Because they would get benefits from the government, either in the form of tax incentives or others. We are helping Wall Street with money. We are helping automakers with money. The government is considering a stimulus package. Why not stimulate companies that create jobs? If a company can show that their payroll added 11% more jobs, the government should be happy to reward that company by all possible means.
Companies would want to do that also because the more people that have jobs, the more people that will be able to buy the goods or services from that company.
