The president said that the shovel-ready jobs were not as shovel ready as they thought.

Then he laughed.

Well, the millions of men and women who are trying to pay their bills don’t think it’s a joke.

When will people understand the only jobs the government can create are government jobs —and the taxpayers have to pay for those government jobs.

The only thing the government can do is get out of the way of the private sector and let them create the jobs.

James Boone

Vicksburg