Extending the payroll-tax holiday
“There is no demand right now. Cutting the payroll tax for employers and employees stimulates demand (employees keep more of their money) and lowers the cost of hiring workers (by lowering the tax burden for employing somebody). It’s the best tactic on this list.”
“All job creation should be focused on helping small business, not simply rewarding the most-profitable companies or shifting federal money to states for infrastructure.”
Providing tax credits for hiring/reducing regulations
“Democrats should embrace some business-oriented ideas but tie benefits to an accountable way of increasing private-sector job growth.”
“Spare us any more pissing-in-the-wind stimulus or government hiring. The Democrats need to own private-sector invigoration.”
Investing in infrastructure projects
“Of these proposals, only one creates jobs directly. Investing in infrastructure does that, and it provides long-term benefits to the country.”
“Infrastructure, particularly schools, has an immediate and visible impact, as does tax credits for hiring new workers.”
“Infrastructure investment is by far the strongest elixir but the hardest to get through Congress today.”
“Another reminder that Dems should have done much more real stimulus when we had the chance.”
“Cutting taxes does not create jobs. Giving businesses more money does not create jobs. Creating jobs creates jobs. Build.”
Which, if any, of these job-creation proposals should your party support?
Republicans (98 votes)
Extending the payroll-tax holiday: 41%
Providing tax credits for firms hiring new workers: 39%
Investing in infrastructure projects, such as roads, airports, and school construction: 19%
Reducing regulations on businesses: 92%
Lowering the top corporate tax rate to 25 percent: 85%
None of the above: 3%
Reducing regulations on businesses
“The first trillion in demand-side stimulus didn’t work, so forget the fiscal side. Regulatory reform will work, and we have a great story to tell of an administration run amok.”
“Regulation is a hidden tax we can cut without increasing the national debt.”
“At this stage, we should accept that government intervention is not going to work. Thus, getting government out of the way is the best way to encourage job creation (real, permanent, well-paying jobs, that is).”
“Businesses need predictability before investing. Obamanomics has proven chaotic, so people are sitting on their money.”
Lowering the top corporate tax rate
“Listen to businesses. A competitive tax structure and stable regulatory environment are the only federal ‘stimulus’ efforts that will encourage businesses to invest the job-creating capital they currently hold in reserve.”
“Route to job creation: less spending, less regulating, lower tax rates. Anything else repeats the expensive spinning of wheels that we have had for the last two and a half years.”
“Bottom line: Without a major overhaul of the tax code, we’ll just be nibbling at the edges.”
“Lowering corporate taxes will do the most to produce jobs at the lowest impact on the deficit.”
“The irony is, Obama could help his reelection chances if he took Republicans up on deregulation and modest tax cuts.”
None of the above
“Jobs will be created when Wall Street and Main Street believe there is a sound economic plan.”
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This article appears in the Sep. 3, 2011, edition of National Journal.
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