Waiting for Less Suicidal Tendencies

Key phrase in the following Ahead of the Tape (Kelly Evans, WSJ 7.2.10) is "another month of anemic gains":
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704525704575341313711100000.html
(We've had several anemic months of "recovery" after losing 8 million jobs.)

I think private-sector employers are just waiting for the governments (fed, state, & local) to stop plans to spend & tax & regulate them into oblivion before taking the risk of buying new equipment, expanding production capacity, & expanding their human resources. I eagerly await that day, too (having just exited a Census job myself).