A Moment of Candor From Harry Reid
in Economy, Federal Budget
Every once in a while a liberal says what he really thinks. Today Harry Reid explained why the Democrats prefer funding public sector jobs rather than permitting private sector job creation:
Meanwhile, what is the richest city in the United States? Washington, D.C., with the average federal employee making more than $126,000 annually.
UPDATE: Minnesota Majority produced this short video, which shows how fantastic Reid’s claims are: (USE THIS LINK AS VIDEO IS NOT LOADING): http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2011/10/a-moment-of-candor-from-harry-reid.php
Every once in a while a liberal says what he really thinks. Today Harry Reid explained why the Democrats prefer funding public sector jobs rather than permitting private sector job creation:
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Wednesday indicated Congress needs to worry about government jobs more than private-sector jobs, and that this is why Senate Democrats are pushing a bill aimed at shoring up teachers and first-responders.Yes, the private sector is doing just great. That’s why unemployment is over 9%, with “real” unemployment more like 20%. And, as I noted on Monday, government spending has done nothing but increase at all levels, even as many companies are cutting back.
“It’s very clear that private-sector jobs have been doing just fine; it’s the public-sector jobs where we’ve lost huge numbers, and that’s what this legislation is all about,” Reid said on the Senate floor.
Reid reiterated his emphasis on creating government jobs by saying Democrats are looking to “put hundreds of thousands of people back to work teaching children, have more police patrolling our streets, firefighters fighting our fires, doing the rescue work that they do so well … that’s our priority.” He said Republicans are calling the bill a “failure” because they are “using a different benchmark for success than we are.”And who is going to pay for all of those government jobs? The private sector, to liberals like Reid, is nothing but a fatted calf, or–to switch animals–a golden goose that will never stop laying eggs. They really believe that the people exist to serve the government, rather than the other way around.
Meanwhile, what is the richest city in the United States? Washington, D.C., with the average federal employee making more than $126,000 annually.
UPDATE: Minnesota Majority produced this short video, which shows how fantastic Reid’s claims are: (USE THIS LINK AS VIDEO IS NOT LOADING): http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2011/10/a-moment-of-candor-from-harry-reid.php
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