The unemployment rate in America is tragically high, and government stimulus packages have not only failed to create jobs, they have taken money from tax payers and businesses in the process. One of the primary causes of the high unemployment in Michigan and across America is too much government intervention in the private business sector. Our representatives in Washington claim such intervention creates jobs when, in fact just the opposite occurs. Government cannot create jobs. Government can only create an environment for job growth by limiting taxation and regulation.