Robert Reich On Jobs

Reich is advocating for the government to become directly involved in employing people - public works projects and such.

AlterNet: August Job Growth Was Zero -- Our Only Hope Now Is For Obama to Be Bold With His Jobs Plan

We need 125,000 a month merely to keep up with population growth.


So why don’t Republicans get it? Either they’re knaves – they want the economy to stay awful through next Election Day so Obama gets the boot. Or they’re fools – they’ve bought the lie that reducing the deficit now creates more jobs.


Every time you hear anyone say we’re “broke” or “can’t afford to spend more,” tell them we’ll be in worse shape if we don’t. If the economy remains dead in the water, the ratio of public debt to GDP balloons.