And the main Jobs they're worried about are their own.
Because their economic prescription for more American Jobs, is in a word -- "Underwhelming."
As per GOP usual ...
Economists See Limited Gains in G.O.P. Plan
by Jackie Calmes, nytimes.com -- Oct 22, 2014
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The [GOP] proposals would mainly benefit energy industries, reduce taxes and regulations for businesses generally, and continue the attack on the Affordable Care Act. It is a mix that leaves many economists, including several conservatives, underwhelmed.
“Some of those things will help,” Matthew J. Slaughter, an economics professor at Dartmouth College, said after reviewing nearly four dozen measures that House Republicans have labeled “jobs bills.” He cited some business tax cuts, for example, even as he cautioned about the cost of such actions.
“But,” added Mr. Slaughter, who served on President George W. Bush’s Council of Economic Advisers, “it just struck me as sort of a compendium of modest expectations. If you ask me, ‘What’s your ballpark guess for how many jobs are going to be created?,’ it’s just not many.”
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Not many" ... that is economist-speak for more GOP grand-standing ...
In other words, "All Talk, No Substance."
If Republicans really cared about creating American Jobs, well perhaps they should take an Econ course or two -- because Supply-side remedies, are a 1980's unproven solution, for a 21th century Demand-side problem.
Republicans Have Known All Along That Their Jobs Plan Wouldn't Work That Well
by Danny Vinik, newrepublic.com -- Oct 23, 2014
[...] Never has that point been clearer than in the New York Times Thursday morning, where economists on both sides of the aisle -- and even House Speaker John Boehner’s spokesman -- admit that the Republican “jobs” plan wouldn’t actually help the economy very much.
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The traditional Republican ideas to boost the economy -- cutting spending, reducing regulations, and reforming the tax code -- represent a misunderstanding of the underlying problems with the economy. Those are all supply-side policies, intended to boost investment and improve productivity. Those aren’t bad goals, of course, but they don’t solve the demand-side issues that are actually holding back growth.
When the Great Recession struck, households cut back on their spending, forcing businesses to fire workers, who then cut back their own spending—thus, a lack of demand. This creates a nasty cycle of reduced spending and job losses. The government’s role in these situations is to fill the hole in demand by using fiscal or monetary policy. We did both and they were moderately successful. [...]
If Republicans really cared about creating American Jobs, well perhaps they should have given the economy a boost, back when they had the "jump starting" chance ...
Republicans Are Running for Congress on Their 'Jobs Plan.' Slight Problem: It Won't Create Any Jobs.
by Ian Reifowitz, huffingtonpost.com -- 10/28/2014
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What have Republicans actually done to affect job creation in this country? Nothing good, according to ThinkProgress. They blocked President Obama's American Jobs Act, a measure that would have added about 2 million jobs and 2 percent to economic growth in the first year after passage, according to Mark Zandi, former McCain campaign adviser. Multiple forecasters similarly predicted that the law would have created roughly 150,000 additional jobs per month in the first year. And we know that over the past four years, states that moved rightward in 2010 have significantly underperformed states that moved leftward in that year when it comes to job creation.
As for the country as a whole, we are creating jobs, no thanks to the Republicans. As Paul Krugman has been saying since August 2009, it was government policy -- i.e., the Obama stimulus -- that saved us from another Great Depression and which has significantly aided job creation since then. In fact, Obama's private sector job creation and unemployment numbers are better than Reagan's. And that was before last month's very strong jobs report.
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Here's what it comes down to. The Republican jobs plans won't do anything of real substance. On wages, their rejection of even the concept of a minimum wage shows that Republicans don't care if employers engage in a race to the bottom. Five bucks an hour isn't good enough for you? They'll just find someone else. I thought we'd settled that question during the Great Depression. Sounds like Republicans are channeling the ghost of Herbert Hoover again. I'll take Barack Obama over that crowd in a heartbeat.
If Republican really cared about anyone's Job, but their own ... well
the Economy would ALREADY be booming.
And we wouldn't have listen to the hollow promises again, about Jobs being their Priority 1.
They had their chance to add 2,000,000+ Jobs with American Jobs Act -- and they choose to ignore it all to spite Obama. That's NOT Leadership. That's not Caring. That is simply Economic Incompetence.
As per GOP Do-nothing usual ...
In other words, "Big Promises, but No Follow-thru."