Jobs, jobs, jobs...that was the rallying cry by Republicans, Conservatives and Tea Partiers all over the land leading up to the November election. Jobs was a major plank in Ann Marie Buerkle's platform...get government out of the way so more jobs can "grow."
But events in Wisconsin have shown the true colors of the Evil Empire to be quite different.
Their view of "jobs, jobs, jobs" does not include health insurance, benefits, pensions or even a living wage. Or reasonable work hours. It would break up unions. It would further limit the ability of people to organize in the workplace. (Ask any Wal-Mart worker.) It would seek to lower the minimum age requirements.
The Evil Empire can only thrive on low wages, poor schools, and a greater and greater gap between the rich and the rest of us.
The Evil Empire will take 1200 well paying National Grid jobs out of the Northeast without a moment of conscience.
What Buerkle and people like her mean when they talk about government being too big is that rich people want the government to get out of the way of them making more money. Ann Marie is a mouthpiece for people even she may not comprehend are in the driver's seat.
If Ann Marie Buerkle can identify with real working people, then now is the time for her to retreat from the Republicans, the Conservatives, the Tea Partiers. Now is the time for her to speak out for working people. We need her voice and her compassion. Now.
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