During the White House press briefing on August 4, 2011, Carol E. Lee of the Wall Street Journal asked White House Press Secretary Jay Carney about creating jobs, to which he said the White House doesn’t create jobs, but then admitted tax cuts (not tax increases) is a policy that could help spur economic growth.
Lee: “Sort of to follow on that, why should Americans believe that the White House can create jobs when the unemployment rate has been so stagnant and the record is sort of anemic?”
Carney: “Well, the White House doesn’t create jobs. The government together -- White House, Congress -- creates policies that allow for greater job creation. And that can be through tax cuts, for example, for working Americans.”
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