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6:14 pm - 06/08/2012
Romney Says America Doesn’t Need ‘More Firemen, More Policemen, More Teachers’

The last three years are the worst on record for public sector job loss, and the 700,000 government jobs that no longer exist remain a large drag on the American economy.

Today, New Jersey Gov. and Mitt Romney campaign surrogate Chris Christie (R) said that those losses meant the country was moving in “the right direction,” and Romney himself backed that statement up later, criticizing President Obama for calling for the hiring of more teachers, firefighters, and police officers, the Washington Post’s Greg Sargent reports. From CNN’s report of the Romney event:

Romney said of Obama, “he wants another stimulus, he wants to hire more government workers. He says we need more fireman, more policeman, more teachers. Did he not get the message of Wisconsin? The American people did. It’s time for us to cut back on government and help the American people.”

State and local governments have been forced to layoff mass amounts of teachers, firefighters, and police officers because budget crunches have led to school closures and the elimination of public safety departments. That has hurt the unemployment situation (which Romney also criticizes), considering the unemployment rate would be a full point lower without the 700,000 layoffs.

Romney’s honesty isn’t a new position for him or the GOP — he’s called for more government layoffs since the beginning of his campaign. But it’s yet another indication that Romney is more interested in continuing the GOP’s ideological battle against government instead of curing the ills that are plaguing the American economy.

Source: http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/06/08/496799/romney-says-america-doesnt-need-more-fireman-more-policemen-more-teachers/
babysinclair 9th-Jun-2012 02:13 am (UTC)
No teacher no cops no firemen

So as the uneducated (lbr its going there) plunge into a choatic world where their parents couldnt afford a tutor~~~ and all hell breaks loose there will be no cops or firemen? like what

this makes no sense

antique_faery 9th-Jun-2012 03:27 am (UTC)
Remind me to kill myself when Americans agree and decide that's best. :/
romp 9th-Jun-2012 05:43 am (UTC)
sounds feudal--think of the workhouses they'll fill up for free labour!
furrygreen 9th-Jun-2012 11:50 am (UTC)
Maybe no free but close. There are a couple oversea companies who are opening "outsourced" jobs in the USA because their countries minimum wage is like $18 and ours is some $8. Haha.
romp 9th-Jun-2012 05:28 pm (UTC)
OMG really?! I've felt like I've been watching the decline of the US empire but that nails it.
furrygreen 10th-Jun-2012 02:25 am (UTC)
Yeah. No lies. LAWLs.

http://www.salon.com/2011/04/11/ikea_s_third_world_outsourcing_adventure_in_the_united_states/singleton/

This is what they want by destroying most of our jobs. That way, they can force us to take lower paying jobs like these.
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