With no jobs created in August, and predictions saying that the unemployment rate will remain around 9%, some are asking CEOs, small business owners and others what they would do to create jobs. One CEO said that the United States needs to improve its infrastructure to be competitive, as well as lowering regulations. Small business owners say that a lack of capital stops them from expanding, and that lower financial regulations would make banks more willing to loan. Others say that they have trouble finding people qualified to do high-tech jobs, or specialized tasks. One thing that was common to most, was that political fighting distracts from what the best solution to the problems would be.
See "Private Ideas on How to Create Jobs", Joe Light and Alan Murray, The Wall Street Journal, September 7, 2011