Don’t bother asking Republicans about a jobs plan. That’s because they don’t have one. Or rather, what they have are the same failed Reaganomics and Voodoo Economics we’ve been trying for 30 years. A Republican will tell you we need to cut taxes and get rid of regulations to create jobs. Only we’ve been doing this for 30 years and where exactly are the jobs?
Under Bush taxes were cut to all time lows while regulations were slashed left and right. Yet there was net zero job creation from 2001 to 2009. What Republicans do along with some DLC corporate Democrat types is make it easier for companies to outsource their labor while allowing them to park their money offshore in the Cayman Islands to avoid paying taxes.
At heart Republicans are all about cheap labor. They oppose Unions. They oppose the minimum wage. If you ask a Republican like Sharron Angle she’ll tell you there are plenty of honest jobs out there it’s just Americans won’t work for $4 an hour. Republicans are all about driving down the cost of labor. Capitalism loves cheap labor. Given a choice capitalism would prefer slavery. This is why we continually see big companies moving overseas to exploit cheap labor in some cases paying people less than $0.10 an hour.
Republicans have been opposing any Democratic plan that might create jobs or stimulate the economy because they want to continue to drive the cost of labor down. They also don’t want things to get better because they see political benefit in a bad economy. The thing about the Great Depression is that labor was so cheap that many corporations actually did very well. Republicans want that scenario again. They want American Labor to be on par with Chinese Labor.
This is why you don’t hear any Republicans talking about jobs. Instead you hear them talking about a Muslim Community Center, immigration, or repealing the 14th amendment. You hear them claim Obama is a Muslim even though our Constitution says there shall be no religious test to hold office. You hear them talk about taxes even though taxes are at their lowest level in over 75 years. You hear them talk about regulations even though regulations are as lax as ever. Just look at the egg recall.
Anything but jobs because Republicans don’t want to create jobs. The real Republican economic plan they won’t talk about is that they want to continue to drive the cost of labor down so low that America actually starts attracting businesses back from China and India. That would mean Americans would need to accept jobs paying about $2 an hour. Who can survive in America on $2 an hour? That’s barely enough money for food let alone shelter and utilities. Not to mention a car, car insurance, and health insurance.
But that’s what Republicans want. So don’t ask them about jobs instead keeping worrying about The Muslims and keep questioning if Obama is a Muslim as if that even matters.
