President Obama’s jobs speech will come less than a week after a Labor Department report showing zero net jobs were created in August. How bad is the job creation environment right now and is there any reason to think it will improve soon? Is President Obama on the right track by pushing for trade deals, payroll tax cut extensions and infrastructure spending in addition to more unemployment benefits and aid to the states? What are the Republican priorities in job creation? We discuss it all with Texas Rep. Kevin Brady, co-chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, which critiques the jobs report each month.
