(FriendsOfTheUSchamber)  The congressional majority and the administration have taken their eyes off the ball when it comes to Americans' top priority - creating jobs.

Although the economy may be growing again, it is not growing nearly fast enough to create the 20 million jobs we'll need in the next decade to replace those lost in the recession and to keep up with a growing population.

Instead of partnering with the business community and embracing proven ideas for job creation, the congressional majority and the administration have embarked on a course of rapid government expansion, major tax increases and suffocating regulations.

Their actions have injected tremendous uncertainty into our economy. Banks, investors, companies, entrepreneurs, and consumers are concerned and worried. They don't know what is going to hit them next.

One thing is certain: If we continue on our current course, we may lose even more jobs and we could end up in a double-dip recession. We will also erode our competitive position globally, as other nations take steps to cut taxes, reduce regulations, and restrain the appetites of government.

As the president has said repeatedly, and as every economist knows, prosperity and job growth come from the private sector, not from the government. Government's role is to establish the right conditions so the private sector can invest, grow, compete, create new products and services, and put Americans back to work.

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(LVRJ)  Obama is as hopeless, helpless, clueless and bankrupt of good ideas as the manager of the Chicago Cubs in late September. This "community organizer" knows as much about private-sector jobs as Pamela Anderson knows about nuclear physics.

It's time to call Obama what he is: The Great Jobs Killer. With his massive spending and tax hikes -- rewarding big government and big unions, while punishing taxpayers and business owners -- Obama has killed jobs, he has killed motivation to create new jobs, he has killed the motivation to invest in new businesses, or expand old ones. With all this killing, Obama should be given the top spot on the FBI's Most Wanted List.

As far as the taxpayers -- the people who actually take risks with our own money to create small businesses and jobs and pay most of the taxes -- we require protection under the Endangered Species Act.

You won't find proof of the damage Obama is doing on Wall Street, but rather on Main Street. My friends are all part of the economic engine of America: Small business. Small business creates 75 percent of new jobs (and a majority of all jobs). I called one friend who was a wealthy restaurant owner. He says business is off by 60 percent. He's drowning in debt. He won't last much longer. His wealth is gone.

I've polled all my friends who own small businesses -- many of them in the Internet and high-tech fields. They all agree that in this new Obama world of high business taxes, income taxes, payroll taxes, capital gains taxes, and workers compensation taxes, the key to success is to avoid employees. The only way to survive as a business owner today is by keeping the payroll very low and by hiring only independent contractors or part-time employees provided by temp agencies.

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