That's actually a great question, but it isn't easily answered anymore.  In decades past, it was simply a matter of discovering a new technology and building it here.  However, with the way things work, technology might be discovered here in America, but the creation of it is done in China, India and other low wage countries.

So it's not just a matter of "discover something new".  It has to be able to be created here.

In decades past, with people not living as long, there were new jobs opening up simply from retirements and, well sadly, deaths.  But with people living longer and being more "able bodied" longer, they are in the work force longer.  So the jobs that, in the past, they would have already given up, they are currently keeping.  This is causing havoc in terms of the steady stream of new workers entering the system.

But I'm not answering your question.  I apologize for that.  I'm just trying to show what USED TO happen to solve this problem.

I'd say the only way to increase jobs would be to raise tariffs and tax companies that ship jobs overseas.  Make it hurt to take a job from an American and give it to someone in India.  Afterall, that's why it's happening - the company is saving money by doing so.  So if you take that away, the job would stay here.

Again, increase tariffs so that the price of a Chinese-made item is in line with the price of the similar American-made item.  That would cause more consumers to buy American, which would lead to more jobs here.

Of course, those aren't easy things to do.  But if you want a solution, I'd start with those 2 things.

I will be back home later and partake in the dialog.

Bonnie and Clyde became folk heroes for a reason.

I believe the issue of jobs requires not only creative development of opportunities for work, the issue requires another action: DOING AWAY with Bush Administration off-shoring of jobs!!!!

The following Adobe PDF file accurately depicts the tragedy of failed federal governance form yet another perspective.

OFF-SHORING AMERICAN JOBS
Corporations, Campaign Cash & Bush Administration Policies

http://docs.google.com/viewer?...

To keep this comment within the confines of a response, I will assert the following.

The Obama Administration should be commended for the Jobs Bill. The legislation is  another example of serous efforts to provide turn-around strategies, policies and legislation to get out nation back on track. The Administration needs to work closely with each state in developing oversight groups focused on developing jobs. The oversight groups should have authority to work with state agencies and companies in seeking ways to best enact the provisions of the legislation. After I agree with just about each suggestion from the LEFTAKERS who respond to Libertas's timely Dairy, I want to add one more significant need.

The President should immediately enact an Executive Order to countermand any legislation that gives tax credits to companies that shipped jobs overseas. I have not read the Jobs Bill. If such orders our tax credits are included in the Bill, I withdraw the comment.

President Obama has clearly stated the need to bring jobs back to the United States via doing away with legislation favorable to off-shoring our jobs.

Corporate America over the past twenty years has learned to operate productively with fewer employees.  Simple creation of jobs will never return the nation to 4% unemployment.

I do not want to come across as negative. I welcome unemployment at any level below 8 per cent.

We could end unemployment today by hiring every unemployed person to dig a whole and then fill it back up again. The only problem is that this doesn't create anything of value in fact it destory value by deverting resources from doing something better.

So jobs are good but only when they are creating something that soceity values. The unemployment that we are going through is rough but it nis necassary to re-allocate people into new jobs that are producing value and creating things that society wants.