Extending payroll tax cuts and other proposals in the jobs package might sound good in the short-term. But there are some long-term implications.

The jobs plan Obama is trying to push through Congress addresses the huge unemployment problem in the U.S. today. But jobs are intimately tied to housing, and the plan overlooks that ongoing crisis.

Three economists discuss their ideas and concerns about job creation in this country.

Obama's jobs package was announced last night. We spoke to the man in charge of the country's second largest city, Los Angeles, about how his constituents can benefit from the plan.