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Thursday, February 20, 2014

Dems Struggle (again) To Explain Why Less Work Is Better

DEMS’ MIDTERM PLAN MEANS LESS WORK FOR AMERICANS

For a second straight week, Democrats find themselves explaining why it’s a good thing for fewer Americans to be employed. Last week, it was a Congressional Budget Office report that said millions would leave the U.S. workforce in order to obtain ObamaCare benefits. This week, the CBO says that the centerpiece of the Obama Democrats midterm campaign pitch, a call to increase the federal minimum wage by 40 percent, will cost as many as 1 million jobs. Democrats aren’t much disputing the finding from the nonpartisan green-eyeshade brigade, but are instead trying to explain why less work is a good thing. Again. The argument is that while those low-wage jobs would be wiped out, the enhanced incomes of those still working will pay dividends in the years to come. It’s a similar argument as last week’s: Fewer people will work, but their being “freed” from unsatisfying employment will create new opportunities and raise overall living standards.

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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

I agree the DEMS are toast..this diaster has also pissed off some of the 47%......hopefully the truth gets out....and the attempt to stage a marxist coup has failed.....better vote tea party or its bussiness as usual

Anonymous said...

This is the most convoluted thinking I have ever seen. If I do not make enough money, no amount of subsidy matters. I can not afford health care. I just do not understand why nothing is being done about this.

Anonymous said...

I don't WANT to spend more time with my family; I go to work to get away from them!

lmclain said...

Orwell was a brilliant prophet. He told us the government would lie and insist it was the truth. Working less will RAISE your standard of living and allow more "family time"?? And by "family time" do they mean huddled around a burning pile of wood, cooking squirrels on a fire and hoping it doesn't get too cold tonight?
The only thing obama hasn't done yet is tell us that having no money, no health care, and no job is somehow a wonderful utopian dream of carefree existence.
Desperate people do desparate things, like beginning civil war or bum-rushing grocery stores.
Maybe a mean letter to the editor will get their attention and help out.

Anonymous said...

Its time to end this regime.