Weekly jobless claims hit nine-month high.

[CatoMinor]

Hmmm.....maybe we need more govt?

Precisely.  The government is not creating jobs.  That is what we need it to do.

Government does not exist to create jobs, what its to do is create the environment for jobs to be created in the private sector.

[CatoMinor]

Hmmm.....maybe we need more govt?

No, clearly we need to lay off a few million teachers etc. because otherwise we'd have to borrow money at 0.1% to pay them.

Why is it that teachers, firefighters, police ect, are the first people that the left always threaten to lay-off if a new tax isn't created or if a huge spending bill isn't passed? I'd like to think there are plenty of less vital public sector jobs that could be laid off before we get to that point. Maybe there would be more room in the budget for teacher if the teachers unions were not suing the districts for tax payer funded viagra, the cost of which equals the salary of 12 teachers.

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It isn't a myth but is tragically close to becoming one due to government feeling a constant need to stick its nose where it doesn't belong.

[CatoMinor]

I'm not pro-government; I'm pro-growth. But looking at the evidence, there seems to be no growth in the private sector (Where's the hiring, Fortune 500 companies?), and therefore the government should step in and take over. Meritocracy. We'll hire Mr. Private Sector first always, we'll give him Affirmative Action. But if he's not doing his job, we have no choice but to switch over to Mr. Government. The best argument against government is for the private sector to pick up the pace.

But take a step back and look at the larger picture, before you hire Mr. Government to put out the fire look and see that it was government involvement that caused the fire to happen. Great example would be in the housing market where the Clinton administration pressured Fannie Mae to loan to people who's incomes or credit ratings made them ineligible, this became general practice and we all know what happened to the housing market years later.