A Department of Jobs?

From the New York Times:

"The administration may also merge the Department of Commerce, the Office of the United States Trade Representative and some economic divisions at the State Department into a new agency, administration officials said. Possible names include the Department of Jobs or the Department of Competitiveness."

A Department of Jobs! How clever! How Carteresque. Jimmy Carter created the Department Of Education to reward the teacher union which it did while ruining public education in the process. He also created the Department of Energy to prevent the long gas lines that were a hallmark of his administration. Though yet to produce that first btu of energy, the department has squandered billions of tax dollars to pursue a presidential obsession, automobile batteries, together with windmills and solar panels. One wonders of the President will be able to keep a straight face when proposing a Department of Jobs. The high price of cheapening the Cabinet is more than the public should be asked to pay. Surely there must be a more fitting memorial to failed Democratic presidents than dysfunctional Cabinet Departments.