There are three things I like about Joe Biden: I like his nice white teeth. And he wears great shoes and socks. He has the world’s most dapperly attired feet.

Apart from his smile and his feet there is nothing else worth mentionng.

Point 2: any reasonable reading of the available data suggest that attaining a degree provides a moderate increase in the likehood that you’ll get a job. Around 25% or one fourth of Americans 25 and older has a degree. So, assuming you are correct that 1 in 5 of the currently unemployed are college graduates, we know that college graduated are unemployed at a lower rate than random chance.

Point 3: while the prescriptions in your examiner article’s conclusion might lead to more jobs, they would also most likely lead to substantially reduced government revenue. Thus they would increase the deficit and make it even harder for the government to do things to mitigate the effects of the recession.

So if you are currently unemployed, you have to wonder which you’d rather have: government funding to subsidize 65% of your cobra payments, or a reduced cap gains tax ostensibly leading to a slight uptick in employment.