My opponent: Stimulus jobs are the "public dole"
Tuesday, 19 October 2010
My opponent, Bob Turner, thinks out-of-work Americans hired by the government for crucial jobs like building tunnels and interstates are "living on the public dole". Really? Has he ever talked to the construction workers who sweat from sunrise to sunset working on public projects? Trust me, they're not taking the easy way out.
Last Thursday, he and I debated the issues most important to New York's Ninth District, and job creation came up several times. Not only do our responses highlight just how different Bob Turner and I are, but they show how backwards the Republican plan is on this critical issue.
See the differences below:
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Take care. Pete
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Dear Congressman Weiner, I thank you for your continued outreach into the the realm of opinions of constutuents far and wide.
As a note, there is a calculation that I would like to have made but personally do not have data sources lined up right to be expedient.
What is the present day level of government spending PER CAPITA in comparison to days gone by?
I'm one of the guys who feels honored to pay into providing baseline services to those who are not able to compete in business and general employment the same way that I have successfully learned to.
I know that our nation's population is growing, and that the number of heads that current businesses are willing to employ is static, if not worse. So therefore, I surmise that the number of people requiring some kind of economic investment and or assistance is also growing.
Why then, is it NOT logically proper that government spending should also be increasing? Am I wrong on the math?
Please continue to count me as a member of the revenue side of your calculation, should you decide to make it. Thanks!
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