With unemployment stuck at stubbornly high rates in many states, it’s no surprise that governors in 2012 are talking a lot about the need to create jobs. But while some governors are outlining lofty, sweeping promises, Maine Governor Paul LePage cut to the chase.
“As governor,” the Republican said in his state of the state address last week, “I cannot directly create private sector jobs.”
LePage’s point-blank phrasing sums up how Republicans are approaching the jobs question in the states this year — and their deep philosophical difference with how Democrats are viewing it.
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