[JustSayNoToNannies]

Does capital in the hands of the public, or taxes in the hands of the government produce more self-sustaining jobs?

The former, of course - which is why supporting the payroll tax cut is the conservative thing to do.

[DoughtyOne]

The the Conservative thing, and also the only wise thing to do.

Private sector jobs sustain themselves, at no expense to the taxpayer. In fact those folks pay taxes. Government jobs can’t sustain themselves. They will require taxes for them to even exist. They will never be net pluses to the economy.

You know that, but you can’t say it often enough.