Over 600,000 public sector jobs have been lost since Barack Obama became President. I have no illusions that should he win re-election those jobs are coming back. But I am also certain that should Daddy Warbucks and Jughead win on November 6th, that number is going to seem like a grain of salt in the sea. Nothing either of them has said would lead one to believe that they have any respect or feel any need for public sector employees--you know, those thankless but monumental jobs involving teachers, policemen, firefighters, and countless others who make our world a lot better place by taking care of us all.
It is also not a secret--see also, Scott Walker, Governor of Wisconsin--that republicans are hell bent on destroying the last remaining strong unions (not counting professional athletes and actors). There is nothing Willard would like more than to be Scott Walker on a national level, and we just cannot afford any more union-busting. The middle class has been squeezed enough and the public sector is one of the few chances we have left for good paying jobs that aren't at the whim of corporate greed.
President Obama's American Jobs Act--defeated thanks to those job creators, the House republicans--specifically calls for actions to save and grow jobs for teachers, policemen, and firefighters. There is nothing in the republican platform that calls for the same. President Obama will not have an agenda designed to destroy public sector jobs and take away more vital services for ordinary Americans.
Only republicans think teachers, policemen, and firefighters are overpaid and pampered with too rich benefit packages. Nothing could be further from the truth--these people are the backbone of America, and a vote for President Obama is a guarantee of their continued strength and vibrancy.
Peace,
emaycee
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