Why Aren't Companies Hiring New Employees?

The right is going to argue that companies aren't hiring new employees because they're "uncertain" about Washington. But is that really why they're not hiring? Something tells me that CONSUMER SPENDING is down. Think about this. Do companies hire less employees than they need? I've never heard of a company hiring 10 people to do the work of 20. And who's responsible for the increase in consumer spending? The bottom 90% of society. So to say that the top should be taxed less so they can CREATE JOBS is a ridiculous argument that makes absolutely no sense.

 

Look, you've proven your economics education is approximately nil.

The above thinking is the argument of ignorant simpletons among the general population, not a well informed voter.

 

What's the matter? You can't answer a simple question?

 

I've "answered" this question from liberals on this forum for the last 2 years. Rather than regurgitate it for you, I'll just point out that you are wrong and move on.

Obamacare is choking the life out of small business in this country. We should've either left health care alone are gone full single payer. This half measure (*)(*)(*)(*) is destroying businesses. Individual small businesses simply can't afford the gold plated health benefits that Obamacare demands.

 

Yes. Obamacare is ruining our economy! If a business gets twice as may customers, they're not going to hire any more employees because Obamacare is in the back of their mind! Are you sure I don't know what I'm talking about? It seems to me like it's the other way around.

 

Yes, I know the same old tired Keynesian argument. Looks good on paper. Doesn't work in real life. Between 2 Quantitative Easings and a Stimulus bill we've spent trillions each year for 3 years and it has done nothing.

Let me show you what happened in China due to "the largest stimulus in human history":

There is your Keynsian solution at work in China. Government stimulus is always given for Political, not economic reasons and it results in Malinvestment like Solyndra.

Inf act, the 2nd paragraph about the hangover could be word for word for America. The Stimulus projects are winding down, causing an uptick in social unrest in the form of Occupy Wall Street.

 

Obama prevented the second Great Depression and you're not even thankful for it. That's not the American way.

 

LOL, that's a good one.

Do you write your own material? That was freaking HILARIOUS!!

Besides, I thought it was Harry Reid.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/10/22/reid-wed-worldwide-depression/

 

There are a plethora of reasons why companies aren't hiring:

1. An ineffective yet unfavorable tax system.
2. Exorbitant regulations.
3. Cheaper overseas labor.
4. Ineffective government policy.
5. More favorable foriegn tax systems.

How do you resolve these matters:

1. Reform the tax code through my "Wealth of Nations Tax Reform Act."
2. Eliminate the EPA, Department of Energy, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Transportation, etc. Return all powers over these matters back to the states and allow them to institute their own regulations.
3. Consolidate the CFTC and SEC.
4. Extensively Reform Dodd-Frank.
5. Restore Glass-Steagall.
6. Repeal the Gramm-Leach Bliley Act.
7. Repeal the Commodity Futures Modernization Act.
8. Repeal Obamacare, return power over healthcare back to the states in the form of a categorical grant, recommending state referendums.
9. Pass my "Securities and Derivatives Modernization Act."
10. Pass my "Currency Liberalization Act."
11. Pass my "Leverage Modernization Act."

 

It looks to me like consumer spending is down. Let me guess. Obama is the reason for that as well. Highly unlikely.

 

Whatta silly poll. Obviously the OP doesn't have much experience in the business world.

Companies don't hire in uncertain economies. Never have, never will. Doesn't make good business sense. If you need more workers, hire temps who work with no strings attached.

Duh.

 

Another Republican lie. Don't believe it! Anybody with "common sense" can tell you that businesses don't hire more employees than they need. Increased consumer demands increases the need for more employees. DUHHHHH!!!!

 

Sorry, that argument is too ignorant to debate. Get a job, greg. Watch how the company operates. You obviously don't have a clue about the real world.

 

Both, but you failed to include that in your poll.

You left out the only correct answer, Good job!

 

Yes. Companies aren't hiring because they need the employees but are uncertain about government. What a pile of bulls**t.

 

Are you a conservative Democrat?

 

Okay.. Why don't we just ask the business owners themselves? Oh WAIT.. someone already did!

So tell me man, are 1,330 businesses just lying?

 

give them more credit, so they can default on even more than they started defaulting on in 2006.

 

big business can afford to hire but they will not until a republican is president will lower their taxes and loosen regulations because their greedy

they want his poll numbers down with high unemployment and this is their way of effectiing politics

 

Neither. It's the result of malinvestment of resources caused by decades of artificially low interest rates.

 

sssssshhhhh. You're subverting the two party leadership

 

Well, I guess the customer isn't always right. Businesses can survive without customers so I guess they're the job providers. And I guess businesses can stop doing marketing research too. Since they can physically force people to buy things, why worry about hiring an expensive marketing firm?

 

they can't, and you guessed wrong.

you guessed wrong again.

 

I have no idea what you're talking about.

 

So if a business can't survive without customers, then the customers are the TRUE JOB CREATORS. Am I correct?