At one time, Democrats and President Obama talked about ways to stimulate the creation of more jobs in the debt ceiling negotiations. Now the plans of both parties are all about cutting spending.
Neither debt ceiling plan under debate in Congress addresses the nation's high unemployment — they only cut government spending. Economists say the question isn't whether that will hurt employment, it's by how much?
An old sawmill town in Oregon is home to a Facebook data center. It's helped the local economy, even though there are relatively few jobs at the "server farm."