Letter: One man can't solve jobs issue  Published: May 11, 2012,
6:00 AM   The May 5 editorial cartoon showed President Obama
slamming a small football named “bin Laden” into the ground
while a much larger football named “Jobs” was being offered to
him. However such a cartoon appeals to the partisans, might I
suggest that such does little to address the real problems that
I would hope the newspapers would try to address.  The president
has little or no power to put people back to work. Of course, he
can propose ways to add jobs such as a massive government works
program -- and he can propose rebuilding our aging highways,
water systems, electric grid, sewer systems, etc. But, the real
reasons behind our terrible job losses are not within the powers
of the president to correct.  Aside from the cuts imposed by
Congress and state Legislatures, job losses stem from global
competition, automation, corporate greed and other factors.  I
suggest that newspapers concentrate on presenting in-depth
reporting of real pro