Too many times Republicans don’t think, they merely repeat mantras. One of these mantras is that government doesn’t create jobs, only the private sector creates jobs. Julia Hathaway, Secretary of Labor and Industry and a Corbett appointee, spoke to the Palmerton Area Chamber of Commerce at at the Blue Ridge Country Club. She was quoted in today’s Times-News as saying, “It’s no secret; government does not create jobs, you do.”
This is so dumb it makes my head hurt. What are teachers, turnpike workers, police, park rangers? Chopped liver? One of the reasons unemployment remains high is because of the lay-offs of public workers. We all suffer from this. Larger classes in schools, fewer firefighters and police, not as many garbage collectors, longer lines at the DMV--all are the result of cutbacks.
Ms. Hathaway also said, “This is a government that wants to help. We want to know what is working, what is not working, and do whatever it takes to make Pennsylvania prosper.” What absolute bunk.
I’ll just give you one factoid. I know a woman who works with students trying to get their G.E.D.s in Carbon County. These are people who, for whatever reason, did not graduate from high school, but now are working for their equivalent degree. Ambitious people. People trying to better themselves. My friend said that last year in Carbon County approximately 180 students received their G.E.D.s. This year, because of Corbett cutbacks and new restrictions, the number is 17.
Really, it makes my head hurt.
I have always been an advocate of having more women in elected positions of government. I should say competent women. Julia Hathaway obviously is not one of them. She obviously gets all of her information from fox News. Most fox News viewers are low information voters though.
ReplyDeleteShe must have been ill when she was taking high school civics class. Then again maybe she never took the class.