I sent this "Letter to the Editor" to
the newspaper... please consider sending a similar letter of your own.
Let's take these politicians to task every time they talk about "jobs,
jobs, jobs:"
Once again with President Barack Obama's State of
the Union Speech we got another politician hypocritically talking about
"Jobs, Jobs, Jobs."
If just one job was created every time some politician opened their
mouth and started talking about "Jobs, Jobs, Jobs" we wouldn't have any
unemployment in this country and everyone who wanted to work would have
a decent, living wage job.
So, what is the main obstacle to
full employment? Accountability from the very politicians who mouth the
words "Jobs, Jobs, Jobs" whenever they want to get elected, re-elected
or want thunderous applause then go about their business forgetting
about jobs as they go looking for their next bribe from a Wall Street
lobbyist who views unemployment as the way to keep all wages down which
pushes profits up.
What we need in this country is a real "Full
Employment Act" which mandates--- by legislation and law--- that the
President and the United States Congress must maintain full employment
as part of their responsibility to the American people.
What good is a government that gets us into war after war but can't even assure full employment for the very people it taxes?
Wars cause government debt and deficits; peace and full employment eliminate debts and deficits.
We need the re-establishment of the Works Progress Administration
(WPA), Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Comprehensive
Employment and Training Act (CETA) not these dirty wars.