Here is a quotation from a Romney-Ryan campaign e-mail that shows that Republicans are either sloppy with their language, are going to hire 12 million new government workers, or have bought into the myth that Washington can directly fix things like unemployment: “My economic plan creates 12 million new jobs.”
This is how it should have read: “My economic plan creates the conditions whereby 12 million new jobs can be added by the private sector where real economic growth occurs.” Of course, perhaps that is too wordy — but let’s not talk down to the American people and assume they can’t understand the more sophisticated and more accurate argument (but perhaps still false) in my version.
The American people, specifically the voting public, showed that they need to be talked down to when they decided to elect Barack Obama President of the United States in 2008. Their collective attention span and critical thinking skills are clearly deficient in understanding a detailed argument about policy.
That said, I find your expression much more compelling and informative than the Romney Campain’s, however insuccinct it may be.