job creator

Opens new positions

Job creator is a political term for business owners and entrepreneurs, framed to emphasize that private enterprise generates employment.

The phrase gained currency in debates over taxation and regulation, implying that policies favorable to the wealthy benefit everyone: Tax cuts for job creators will stimulate the economy.

Critics note the term is often deployed to justify policies that primarily benefit corporations and the rich regardless of actual hiring.

entrepreneur

startup

New business enterprise

investor · businessman · businesswoman · visionary · pioneer · innovator · risk-taker · angel investor · incubator · capitalist

employer

hiring

Giving someone work

HR · staffing · headhunter · supervisor · executive · proprietor · administrator · personnel · payroll · workforce

political

tax cuts

Decreased government assessments

free market · stimulus · economic growth · policy · campaign · rhetoric · incentives · subsidies · enterprise zone · trade

Opposites
economic role in employment

job creatorworker

Person who toils

employee · job seeker · wage earner · laborer · hired hand

economic impact on employment

job creatordownsizer

One who reduces scale

corporate raider · outsourcer · automation

political/rhetorical framing

job creatorrobber baron

Unscrupulous wealthy industrialist

vulture capitalist · exploiter · union buster · tax dodger · parasite

Family

job, jobs, jobbed, jobbing, jobless, joblessness, creator, creators, create

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G