September 13, 2011
President Obama again implored Congress on Monday to pass his $447-billion jobs plan, which calls for, among other things, hiring more construction workers, teachers and police officers.
The plan also sets aside $8 billion to pay employers up to $4,000 to hire workers who have been unemployed for six months or more. The incentive is similar to that proposed by the president for companies that hire unemployed veterans.
Jena McGregor at The Washington Post, however, questions whether such an incentive will have any effect at all in higher-paying fields in business and technology. She writes:
