Reply #5: Another Aspect of These Cuts...

[iamjoy]

People like to beat up on government workers as useless and a waste of money - until they need government services. Then they're mad because they have wait in line at the DMV or the park where they take their kids is run-down, etc. Then they criticize government for not doing more.

What people also forget when they talk about cutting government spending is the people the government employs. These are our neighbors, friends and family members who work as teachers, who maintain our roads and yes, clerk at the DMV office. When government cuts spending, these people are out of a job.

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http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2010/10/welcome_to_the_anti-stimulus.html

an article about how the government cuts are causing the high unemployment rate. If you look at the private sector, it is adding jobs. But, the cuts in public sector jobs outweigh any benefit. Further evidence that tax breaks won't help and that spending cuts do have consequences.