The Seattle Times
Originally published Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 4:12 PM
The Senate's bipartisan blueprint for addressing unemployment is an important start to a long-range plan to get Americans working again.
THE jobs bill passed Wednesday by the U.S. Senate offers a refreshingly focused and bipartisan blueprint for addressing unemployment.
The vast majority of this tight bill is aimed at Main Street. The best way to create jobs is to help employers. The Senate's $15 billion measure gives companies a break from paying Social Security taxes on new employees for the remainder of 2010 and allows companies to write off equipment purchases. It also includes a one-year extension of the Highway Trust Fund and an expansion of the Build America Bonds program.
This is a noteworthy beginning to a much-needed multipart congressional effort on jobs. Getting workers back on the job by aiding small businesses was a key first step. Tax cuts provide small-business owners with an attractive incentive to once again hang out the help-wanted sign...
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Fri, February 26, 2010
by Crystal Drwenski