The Boston Globe: on Jobs

Mitt Romney: Tax incentives for employee training

• Stressed his business expertise in crafting policy
• Pledged to create jobs by cutting the federal deficit, streamlining government training programs, and reducing regulations
• Supported tax incentives to encourage employers to provide employee training, and submitting federal legislation to a job impact study
• Supported tax incentives to encourage businesses to create jobs.

George W. Bush: Flex-time & family-oriented work rules via tax code

Bush put a family-oriented twist on a familiar theme, casting his $1.3 trillion, 10-year tax-cut proposal as part of a grander concept of providing greater flexibility to employees. He added several points to his agenda:
• letting employees receive compensation time instead of overtime pay;
• making employer-purchased home computers tax deductible;
• forbidding the Occupational Safety and Health Administration from monitoring home offices;
• and encouraging television networks to return to an evening “family hour.”