Bill Clinton Seeks Private Initiatives to Boost U.S. Hiring
As President Barack Obama and congressional leaders continue wrangling over deficits and debt, former President Bill Clinton will be trying to round up new ideas to spur job growth.
Clinton will welcome more than 700 business leaders, politicians and nonprofit association executives to Chicago tomorrow for a two-day meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative. Among those scheduled to attend are Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour and Tony Hsieh, chief executive officer of Zappos.com Inc.
Private efforts to jump-start hiring are needed, Clinton said in an hour-long conference call with reporters, because political gridlock and Washington’s focus upon the budget deficit mean that “it’s inconceivable to me there’ll be another big government stimulus program any time soon.”
Bloomberg
6/28/11
Magnolia Tribune
