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Published Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013 | 11:37 a.m.
Updated Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013 | 2:40 p.m.
Senate Democrats today introduced four bills that they say will create jobs in Nevada. But at least one of them involves new spending, and Democrats were largely unwilling to explain how they plan to pay for their proposals during a press conference they called Tuesday. Promising further discussion about revenue sources and vetting of the bills at a Thursday hearing, Sen. Ruben Kihuen, D-Las Vegas, said the bills will be fast-tracked to a vote in the Senate and Assembly early this legislative session. “Job creation is this Legislature’s and this caucus’ priority,” Kihuen said. Sen. Kelvin Atkinson, D-North Las Vegas, ...
I have said this until I'm blue in the face. Politicians/government cannot create jobs. If they could, unemployment would be at zero always. They can only create an atmosphere that either encourages or discourages employment. Any new government spending discourages employment, because that money must first be taken from the private sector which slows the economy.
If they wanted to encourage employment they would lessen the tax burdens and regulatory red tape.
This is not rocket science, it's economics 101.
The State can't even fill the positions they have vacant. With such high unemployment and jobs can't be filled, I wonder if anyone has even thought about pay and benefits? You get what you pay for.
Jeez, noindex, quit feigning the knowledge of "Economics 101" and open a book, or the internet.
Who is the largest employer in the State of Nevada?
The answer is the Clark County School District, a government entity.
If you need more homework on how the government creates jobs, research "NASA" and the "military-industrial complex". And then ask your construction buddies that work on transportation projects who created their jobs. You know, the transportation projects that allow "Economics 101" to function, like access to markets.
These democrats sound surprisingly like republicans. I thought the objective was to recover taxes from all those corporations and businesses that skate through Nevada's tax system without paying. At least two recent Sun editorials mention the significant number of businesses that receive such privileged treatment. Obviously our interest in collecting business taxes is merely lip service. Tax abatements for businesses amount to a tax increase for consumers.