New York’s senators among those with ideas ahead of job summit
Written by Written by Rob Lillpopp on December 3, 2009 – 6:10 am

Brian Tumulty writes in today’s Democrat and Cronicle - “Administration officials have received plenty of advice in advance of the “forum on jobs and economic growth” that President Barack Obama will hold today.

Sen. Chuck Schumer wants the Census Bureau to go to unemployment offices around the state to hire temporary workers for the 2010 population count.

“They are good jobs,” he said. “They pay up to $20 an hour.”

New York’s junior senator, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, wants the administration to back a tax credit for new job creation. Such a tax credit, pegged to offset the cost of payroll taxes, could help produce an estimated 3 million jobs, according to the liberal-leaning Economic Policy Institute.”

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