congress sparring americans need hiring

As you probably already know, the economy is hardly doing well, despite the recent drop in the unemployment rate to 9.7%. So the question is, if Americans are still longing for hiring then why exactly is Congress sparring and jockeying for who will get credit for a jobs bill? Perhaps that's just how politics works, but its pretty clear that job seekers across the country are looking for Congress to promote hiring versus party line bickering and positioning to take credit for any potential jobs growth bill.

So lets say Congress can pull off an actual jobs growth stimulus plan, the bigger question is -- will such a stimulus target the usual suspect jobs such as construction for example? In other words, even if a jobs creation bill were to be signed into law would it target industries across the board or simply an industry here and an industry there? Take for example, the telecommunications industry which is largely responsible for providing the Internet backbone; for years it has been known that the US lags behind most other countries in the world (including what many would could consider third world countries) in terms of broadband connectivity as a standard. Hello! Even Google went on record recently stating that the Internet is just too freaking slow. Thus, instead of blindly pumping cash into more construction jobs, here's a thought, how about throwing a bone to the T-comm industry to help upgrade the Internet backbone. Doing so, would pick up where the last Internet bubble bust left off. Undoubtedly you would be talking about hiring at least 500,000 workers for such a large long running project.

The bottom line is that everyone knows the economy has a lot of rebounding to do. What's more important is when are we going to get some positive traction going versus continuous rhetoric and sensationalizing? Moreover, do you think any of the other 15 industries could use a lift? In the grand scheme of things the construction industry is a small contributor to the GDP, yet the subject of a lot of focus when it comes to talks about job growth and stimulus projects. In any event while Congress is sparring Americans need hiring...not next quarter, not next year...now. The rhetoric is running out of steam and Americans are frustrated and tired, which means in the end both political parties will pay dearly if both party members don't stop resting on their six figure salaries and help get unemployed Americans back to work.