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<blockquote data-quote="The Other Side" data-source="post: 810392" data-attributes="member: 17969"><p>Brett, </p><p> </p><p>again, the logic of the right wing rhetoric machine takes hold of another mind.</p><p> </p><p>What you fail to understand Brett is WHY the private sector is making less than the government worker.</p><p> </p><p>Was it always like that?? Answer: No.</p><p> </p><p>Since Ronald Reagan began the process of shipping good jobs out of this country, and both Bush's did the same, the only jobs in the private sector left are low paying "service industry" types of jobs.</p><p> </p><p>There are no career industry jobs left in this country. </p><p> </p><p>How about a little stat Brett:</p><p> </p><p>Prior to Reagan taking office, the manufacturing sector represented approximately 43% of GDP in this country. After Reagan and Bush 1, that number dropped to approximately 26% of GDP, after a small rise during the 8 years of Clinton, and heading into the 8 years of GW Bush, that number now sits at approximately 9%of GDP!!!!</p><p> </p><p>What happened? Those good factory jobs where we made stuff just seemed to disappear into thin air. </p><p> </p><p>Starting with Reagan and ending with Bush2 and interupted by Clinton for 8 years, the top 1% of the richest americans recieved the largest tax breaks in the history of this country. The theory was, cut the tax rate on the rich and they will provide the jobs. But if you look at the stat I just gave you, even after the largest tax breaks in history, all the richest people in this country did was take the extra money and INVEST it in foreign countries employing foreigners and not americans.</p><p> </p><p>They didnt build new factories, they didnt provide millions of jobs, they didnt rebuild our infrastructure, they just took the money and ran....all the way to the bank.</p><p> </p><p>Now, you want to compare a constant working person with the government to a service industry career and say the government is making too much when you should know that service industry jobs dont pay squat.</p><p> </p><p>Unless you know of a McDonalds that is paying 70K a year with full bennies, then I think you are misguided and misinformed.</p><p> </p><p>You need to look beyond the political rhetoric and garbage you are being spoon fed and try looking outside the box to understand the working class of this country before you make a judgement on it.</p><p> </p><p>President Obama is trying to put americans to work, not the chinese, the koreans, the vietnamese, the brazillians, the peruvians, the salvadorians etc etc etc and you call him a SOCIALIST.</p><p> </p><p>Three republican presidents took 13.5 million jobs and placed them overseas and you call them heroes.</p><p> </p><p>You better understand what country this is and how you support a political party that is working against you and not for you.</p><p> </p><p>Peace.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Other Side, post: 810392, member: 17969"] Brett, again, the logic of the right wing rhetoric machine takes hold of another mind. What you fail to understand Brett is WHY the private sector is making less than the government worker. Was it always like that?? Answer: No. Since Ronald Reagan began the process of shipping good jobs out of this country, and both Bush's did the same, the only jobs in the private sector left are low paying "service industry" types of jobs. There are no career industry jobs left in this country. How about a little stat Brett: Prior to Reagan taking office, the manufacturing sector represented approximately 43% of GDP in this country. After Reagan and Bush 1, that number dropped to approximately 26% of GDP, after a small rise during the 8 years of Clinton, and heading into the 8 years of GW Bush, that number now sits at approximately 9%of GDP!!!! What happened? Those good factory jobs where we made stuff just seemed to disappear into thin air. Starting with Reagan and ending with Bush2 and interupted by Clinton for 8 years, the top 1% of the richest americans recieved the largest tax breaks in the history of this country. The theory was, cut the tax rate on the rich and they will provide the jobs. But if you look at the stat I just gave you, even after the largest tax breaks in history, all the richest people in this country did was take the extra money and INVEST it in foreign countries employing foreigners and not americans. They didnt build new factories, they didnt provide millions of jobs, they didnt rebuild our infrastructure, they just took the money and ran....all the way to the bank. Now, you want to compare a constant working person with the government to a service industry career and say the government is making too much when you should know that service industry jobs dont pay squat. Unless you know of a McDonalds that is paying 70K a year with full bennies, then I think you are misguided and misinformed. You need to look beyond the political rhetoric and garbage you are being spoon fed and try looking outside the box to understand the working class of this country before you make a judgement on it. President Obama is trying to put americans to work, not the chinese, the koreans, the vietnamese, the brazillians, the peruvians, the salvadorians etc etc etc and you call him a SOCIALIST. Three republican presidents took 13.5 million jobs and placed them overseas and you call them heroes. You better understand what country this is and how you support a political party that is working against you and not for you. Peace. [/QUOTE]
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