Job creators not creating many jobs

LESLIE EMERICK; Olympia • Published October 17, 2011

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How are “trickle-down economics” working for you? Did the trillion dollars in the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy make it to your pocketbook?

The tax cuts for the rich are currently in place, so where are the jobs that are supposed to be associated with these tax cuts?

Around 8 million jobs were lost in the last eight months of the Bush presidency and Wall Street was handed $700 billion. Where did the money and jobs go?

Did the “job creators” create more jobs in the U.S. with their tax dollars? No, the “job creators” fired American workers and took their tax cut money to places like China, Bangladesh and India and hired foreign workers for a cheaper salary.

And much of the Wall Street bailout went to banks in foreign countries.

When I hear people whining about raising taxes on the top 1 percent, who received the largest chunk of the Bush tax cuts, I can’t help but wonder why they will let our infrastructure collapse, our education system deteriorate and the social safety net be shredded to protect millionaires and billionaires who do not need more corporate welfare.

Thank goodness for people like Warren Buffet who are willing to pay their fair share to keep our country strong. Who are the real patriots here?

Stop the class warfare on the poor and middle class by rebuilding our infrastructure, education and health care systems. The true strength of any nation lies in its citizens.

Support the president’s jobs bill.

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