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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIf "Government doesn't create jobs" as our RW friends like to say...
...then why do Corporations and "business associations" spend hundreds of millions a year sending lobbyists to Congress and State Legislatures? That would seem to be a huge waste of money if their mantra is true, wouldn't it? Just asking!!!
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If "Government doesn't create jobs" as our RW friends like to say... (Original Post)
Viva_Daddy
Jul 2012
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Bluerthanblue
(13,669 posts)1. your title made me think of a different question-
If "Government doesn't create jobs" why are the Republicans blaming Pres. Obama for the lack of jobs?
99Forever
(14,524 posts)5. Excelent point. n/t
lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)2. Government certainly creates private profit. n/t
DJ13
(23,671 posts)3. If "Government doesn't create jobs"
Why are the conservatives in a huff about the looming mandatory defense cuts in 2013?
Bluerthanblue
(13,669 posts)4. because the military is sacred.
It's one of their gods.