When Government Creates Jobs

In announcing his intention not to run for re-election, Senator Evan Bayh cited the current partisan dynamic in Washington as the reason "Congress has created no jobs" in the last half-year. He said he plans to go into the business world and created jobs the old fashioned way.

Good for him - he definitely has the connections to be a successful business owner and create good jobs through private enterprise. Unfortunately, his reason for leaving is further evidence of the corruption of thought among liberal Democrats. Congress should not be in the business of creating jobs, but rather encouraging private business to expand operations and thereby increase the workforce. They can do this by creating business-friendly environments, and that means streamlining regulation, reducing taxes, and making it easier for firms that employ US workers to do business at home and abroad.

There's a term for a form of government that takes on the responsibility of managing the nation's workforce: Stalinism. That's what Bara Bama and democrats want for us.