In the not so distant past, for those looking for new employment opportunities it was "...go south young man..." Now, it seems like jobseekers, entrepreneurs, and even large corps are changing that slogan to "...go south young man..." So much for the Golden State huh. So what’s driving employment opportunity seekers to head south? Well for one thing, job growth. If the jobs head south, so too will the people. What about businesses, why would a business from the North or West go south, knowing the history of the south? One word -- taxes. Even better -- three words - "dirt cheap taxes." For business owners, entrepreneurs and large corps the huge reduction in taxes adds up to millions in savings. Think about it...why else would anyone want to live in Alabama versus say New York or California? Bottom line is cheap taxes for business means jobs growth in the south -- especially in Alabama and Georgia. The flip side [there's always a but] is that such a move may not be so good for job hunters, who often have to trade in certain rights found in more progressive states such as New York or California, to have a job in the south. Oh well, guess that's an individual decision...maybe a job with no rights in the south is better than no job in New York with rights.

The recent passage of the JOBS Act through Congress is, needless to say, good for business. In particular, good for small businesses. Small businesses do more hiring than the big corporations do, so it just made sense to spark hiring amongst small businesses. Ok, so tell you something you didn't know right. Why all of the sudden was it so simple to get the JOBS Act through Capitol Hill if so much gridlock exists?...you know why, it's an election year and both sides [left and right] are posturing for votes. Each wants to make the other look as an obstructionist to economic recovery. Unfortunately or better stated, fortunately, in this case small businesses have been trapped in the middle as political pawns. So given the passage of the JOBS Act, it's not hard believe that the latest hiring frenzy news is actually real. Hummh, now just wonder if it wasn't an election year, then what? Better yet, what happens next year after inauguration is all said and done? Who knows for sure but if you’re looking for work you had better find that new job now while the "getting is good."

Some days the economy looks up, most other days it looks stagnant. Compound that with massive public sector budget cuts and the picture gets uglier. Much uglier. On the other hand, whether it is through hobbies or jobs, Americans will do whatever it takes to survive and pay the bills. Few Americans have faith in the direction of the economy and more importantly, few are waiting on the economy to turnaround before making personal lifestyle changes to compensate for economic shortcomings.

Basically instead of looking to companies to provide jobs, more and more would be job seekers will be looking within...within themselves to make ends meet. Essentially, more and more entrepreneurs will come online. Then for those that do not really want to make a business out of entrepreneurship, they will just simply turn to hobbies and special talents to make up for the lost income. In doing so, many will find that more cash flow is made through hobbies than working for someone else. That would be a beautiful feeling to look not to someone else's job but to a hobby for supplemental income while enjoying the work all the same. Nice!

Make no mistake about, with or without a thriving economy Americans will get it done whether through hobbies jobs or whatever pays the bills. An unexpected turn of events could very well lead to a severe labor force shortage as more and more Americans throw in the towel as far as working for someone else goes. Long live free enterprise. Go get it.

What do you do when you run out of answers? Well for the Washington bureaucrats - bicker about who should pay for job creation. Surely, we know that the big corps sitting on a few trillion aren't creating jobs. How about Washington, how many jobs are being created there? Last i heard, Washington was cutting jobs like there is no tomorrow. So who pre-tel are these job creators? The ones that created the 120,000 jobs in November? All we know is that big corps haven't been in the job creation game for years now. Moreover, these are fat cats with the cash on the sidelines. Why not have them pay a surcharge? They aren't creating jobs anyway...so why not?

Of course no conversation about job creation is complete without speaking about small businesses, which account for more than half of the jobs in the USA. The whiners complain that a tax surcharge on those making $1 Million or more would effect more than 350,000 small business owners. Ok. Well what about if the tax surcharge specifically applied to those filing C-Corp status. Guess what? That generally doesn't include small business owners. Ooops. Guess i shouldn't spilled the beans huh. News flash, finding a job is still a daunting task for more than 12 million people. Instead of playing politics either the Big Wigs with the cash on the sidelines need to get in the game or guess what...here comes the tax man...and you know you don't want to deal with the tax man. Pick you poison and in doing so decide for yourself who should pay for job creation. If it were me, i think i would probably go with "create a few jobs" option versus "deal with the tax man." But then that's just me.