{"id":2096,"date":"2009-12-14T10:53:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-14T10:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/to-create-jobs-stop-destroying-jobs\/"},"modified":"2009-12-14T10:53:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-14T10:53:00","slug":"to-create-jobs-stop-destroying-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/libertarianism\/to-create-jobs-stop-destroying-jobs.php","title":{"rendered":"To Create Jobs, Stop Destroying Jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>With unemployment stuck around 10 percent, President Obama has pledged \"to take every responsible step to accelerate the pace of job growth.\" Here's a thought: Instead of trying to \"create\" jobs by tweaking this tax break or increasing that spending program, why not stop doing things that destroy jobs?<\/p><\/blockquote><p>The author of that incredibly sensible view, Charles Lange of the Washington Post editorial staff, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/12\/13\/AR2009121302448.html?hpid=opinionsbox1\">suggests<\/a> three specifics:<\/p><p><\/p><blockquote><p>End federal protectionism and price supports for sugar.<\/p><p>Repeal the Davis-Bacon Act. ... This law requires employers to pay the \"prevailing\" local wage on federally funded projects.<\/p><p>Reduce the federal minimum wage.<\/p><\/blockquote><p>And if we start thinking this way, we can find other good examples.&nbsp; For example, we could&nbsp;eliminate professional licensure in medicine, law, and other occupations.<\/p><div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/4d4e6_6379328854053402400-5218688960072540007?l=jeffreymiron.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With unemployment stuck around 10 percent, President Obama has pledged \"to take every responsible step to accelerate the pace of job growth.\" Here's a thought: Instead of trying to \"create\" jobs by tweaking this tax break or increasing that spending &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/libertarianism\/to-create-jobs-stop-destroying-jobs.php\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"limit_modified_date":"","last_modified_date":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-libertarianism"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2096"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2096\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}