The only way to combat the country's high unemployment rateis to encourage companies to invest in their own capacity, Scott Sperling, co-president of THL Partners, told CNBC Thursday.
Sperling believes companies are only going to hire more people if they have demand for their goods or services.
"They aren't going to hire people because of a $5,000 dollar tax credit. Nobody is going to do that," the head of one of the nation's leading buyout firms told CNBC's "The Strategy Session".
"Anything that goes on in any aspect of the population that takes dollars out of their pockets for whatever government purpose probably is not positive at this point in time in the economy," Sperling said.