EPI applauds White House summit on jobs

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EPI applauds White House summit on jobs

Lawrence Mishel November 12, 2009

In response to President Obama's announcement November 12 of a White House summit to explore options for addressing the jobs crisis, EPI President Lawrence Mishel issued the following statement:

“President Obama is right to say that we should take ‘every additional responsible step’ to help put Americans back to work. With a double-digit unemployment rate and nearly 16 million Americans looking for work, we should take decisive action as quickly as possible to create jobs. High rates of unemployment damage our economy in ways that can take years, if not generations, to fix, by casting millions of families and children into poverty and making it difficult for our nation to invest for the future. President Obama’s focus on job creation is necessary and welcome.”

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Policies to create jobs
October 20, 2009

"EPI on October 20 unveiled a proposal for a tax credit that could create millions of jobs over the next two years.

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Labor market experts Timothy J. Bartik at the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research and John H. Bishop at Cornell University outline the details of the policy initiative in two papers: The job creation tax credit--Dismal projections for employment call for a quick, efficient, and effective response and Complementing recovery policies with a jobs creation tax credit...

"Clearly, job creation should be a top priority of policymakers now," said Bartik..."