UCF Professor Sees Merit in GOP Economic Proposals

Like a lot of Floridians, Sean Snaith, head of University of Central Florida's Institute for Economic Competitiveness, is having second thoughts about the Obama agenda.

Quoted in a Christian Science Monitor article, "A GOP Plan to Help the Jobless," Snaith said the Republican plan to freeze tax rates and reduce government spending would help achieve a faster reduction in unemployment.

"There's a real sense that we're without a rudder right now. We're seeing program after program put up by [Washington Democrats] ... and really little effect as far as job growth is concerned," the professor said.

Snaith had previously supported the general scope of the initial Obama stimulus, and still doesn't believe that the GOP plan is a "panacea." But, he avers, "In the sense that it provides a little stability, it could be beneficial."