Scott Walker has a job plan...

[foolishwisdom]

I'm just gonna let the first paragraph of the news article speak for me:

Wisconsin is facing a jobs crisis. The state's official unemployment rate, down to 7.1 percent in January, has risen to 7.8 percent since Republican Gov. Scott Walker took office. But Walker and the GOP-led Legislature have a plan: First, they curtailed collective-bargaining rights and threatened to lay off government workers, including teachers, cops, and firefighters. Then Walker called a special jobs-focused session of the Legislature, which he dubbed "Back to Work Wisconsin," to pass even more "job-creating" laws. At the top of the jobs agenda? Gutting the state's sex ed standards and replacing them with abstinence-only education.

motherjones.com/politics/2011/11/scott-walker-wisconsin-abstinence-jobs-plan
And it all just goes downhill from there.

...Yeah, I've got nuttin' to say about this. Honestly, what can you say?

[N. De Plume]

I can say that I am finding it increasingly difficult to feel any sense of loyalty to my home state.

[trike]

But don't you see? We have to put the millions of out-of-worker abstinence peddlers back to work in this country! If we do that, soon we'll have more demand for day care workers, teachers, nurses, doctors, social workers and diaper manufacturers! It's an inspired plan, really.

[Bezron]

Looks like he knows he is going to be recalled, so he is trying to do as much damage as possible before that happens.

[N. De Plume]

My favorite part was where he killed the high speed rail project. Aside from being something that would employ people to build and run the damn thing, it would have been a great boon to intrastate and interstate commerce. And commerce creates jobs, too!

Though I wasn’t really fond of Doyle when he decided to drop the issue just because he knew Walker would kill it anyway. But that’s another complaint for another day.

[vesus]

I understand his next plan to create jobs is to force creationism into the public school science curriculum. Note to Republicans: Keep forcing through your useless, non-job creating agendas and the public will remember it come voting time...as dim as they tend to be.

[Thejebusfire]

If he keeps at this, he won't have a job.

[Meshakhad]

I wish we could cut the politicians' jobs.

Hmm. How much money could we save if we cut the Senate in half?

[sadhuman]

Wow just wow. Nice ideas to make some good long lasting jobs there...oh wait no they aren't they are just you trying to push your views on other people and not making any jobs at all.

A job crisis is the perfect time to make temporary benefits for joining some of the Government services. The police, fire brigade and other services always need more people willing to do work. If you want people to work make it look even better to be working right where you always need more workers. You know not go out and start doing social reform that has nothing to do with jobs at all.

[Twilight Zone]

I have a solution to America's joblessness.

1. Stop the outsourcing of jobs by passing a bill which makes outsourcing illegal.

2. Levy a heavy import tax on goods manufactured by US companies outside of the US when they enter the US.

3. Make any other form of cost cutting at the expense of US jobs as unprofitable as possible with heavy taxation.

[N. De Plume]

Nov 17, 2011 22:16:10 GMT -5 Twilight Zone said:

I have a solution to America's joblessness.

1. Stop the outsourcing of jobs by passing a bill which makes outsourcing illegal.

This seems potentially short sighted. However, I would be willing to get in line with extra taxes as a disincentive, similar to your other suggestions.

Meanwhile, you should also add a bit of honey: Tax breaks for people that actually create substantial, quality jobs here in the country/state/whatever jurisdiction your government happens to have.