Scott Brown vs Buck. Jobs ideas.

I'm lifting Scott's side of the argument from http://news.bostonherald.com/business/general/view/20110201brown_outlines_proposalsto_grow_jobs_in_bay_state/srvc=home&position=recent

Scott: The Hire a Hero Act would extend the Work Opportunity Tax Credit to businesses that put veterans back to work. Small businesses with up to 100 employees would qualify.
Buck: Politically appealling idea with very small return for the overall jobs picture. We all like vets and small business. Vets are good. Small businesses are run by people we like. But unemployed vets do not account for many of the overall jobless problem and small businesses are small. The impact here on the economy is microscopic.

Scott: The Medical Device Tax Relief Act would repeal a 2.3 percent excise tax on medical device makers that takes effect on product sales after Dec. 31, 2012.
Buck: Republicans like lower taxes. We all like people who need medical devices. They are nice. This has absolutely nothing to do with job creation.

Scott: The Tax Withholding Relief Act would repeal the 3 percent tax on any company with federal, state or local government contracts.
Buck: Again, Republicans don't like taxes but this has nothing to do with job creation.

Scott: The Innovate America Act co-sponsored with U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) that would cut spending and red tape and help businesses use research and development for new products, boost education programs and promote U.S. exports in new markets to strengthen American economic leadership.
Buck: Promotes R&D, gives tax subsidies for businesses which is nice but it DOES NOT CREATE JOBS in any real, immediate way. This seems to be following the President's "Win The Future" (WTF) speech that does not create any jobs or remove anyone from the work force.

Scott: The Expediting Lifesaving Medicines Act would require the Food and Drug Administration to speed approvals of life-saving drugs.
Buck: Would promote earnings and job creation in the ailing pharmaceutical industry (wink wink). What The Fuck does this have to do with jobs?

Scott: A measure that would require the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Commerce Department to acknowledge that their catch-share regulations are strangling the Bay State fishing industry.
Buck: Fishermen are nice, hard working businessmen. Cuts some regulations, which Republicans don't like. That's nice too. This might put a hadful fishermen (who we like) back to work in the short-term but will have a negligible impact on overall unemployment.

Scott is preparing to run for re-election and he wants some cash from the Massachusetts pharmaceutical bio-research people. He's also making a few points with old folks and working people that he can carry around in his truck on the next campaign. This is not because "People all across the commonwealth have made it clear that the issue that weighs most on their minds is jobs.” This is because Scott wants another term and people want to feel like Scott is working for them personally, not for the unemployed person who needs a job.