http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/The-Vote/2011/0217/John-Boehner-takes-on-government-funded-jobs-unless-they-re-in-OhioThe veracity of the “200,000 new federal jobs” has hardly been confirmed. More on that later. But it seems clear that Boehner is willing to hand thousands of government workers a pink slip – even if it adds to America’s high unemployment rate.
He and the other Republicans now running the House believe that cutting $100 billion from federal spending for the rest of fiscal 2011 will in fact be good for the economy in the long run – stimulating more private-sector job growth that will more than make up for government job losses. That was the central point made by 150 economists – academics, conservative think-tankers, and former Republican administration officials – cited by Boehner in a letter to Mr. Obama this week.