RNC Chair Michael Steele: Government Jobs Aren't Real

Say what, now? If the government gives you a job, it isn't a real job? Does that mean that Michael Steele's former job as an elected official wasn't "real?" The insistence by Republicans that only small businesses create "real jobs" is quite bizarre. People who aren't working don't care if the job is considered "real" by the GOP. They just want to work and get paid for it.

Besides, even if the jobs aren't long-term, they're better than nothing. They get people paid, they pad up their resumes, and they gain job experience. All of these things are very important. And they prevent people from losing their homes, or starving to death.

As a side note, the GOP is also trumpeting that tax cuts are the most effective stimulus. If you let people keep more of "their" money, they'll spend more. OK. But what if you aren't earning any money? What if you're one of the millions who has lost his job? How do tax cuts help the people who most need it? It's all so stupid.

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RNC chair: Only real jobs are those business creates

Most state governors, including many Republicans, are strongly behind a stimulus bill that will fund government projects to put large number of people back to work and get the economy moving again.

"It comes at a time when we need it," Florida's Republican governor, Charlie Crist, recently stated. "People need jobs. It's about jobs, jobs, jobs. . ."

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