Sunday, November 6, 2011

George Will: Loss of public jobs is a ‘good’ thing


At Raw Story
George Will: Loss of public jobs is a ‘good’ thing
(with video)

Will is articulating the conservative position that loss of public sector jobs is actually an exchange of government jobs "boondogling" for private sector jobs, you know, teachers, policemen, and firemen in exchange for more low-paid "hospitality workers," which is where the "job creation" in the private sector is coming from.


McDonald's Job Applications Dumped On 'Occupy' Protesters By Chicago Board Of Trade
Read the rest at The Huffington Post
Dozens of photocopied McDonald's job applications were reportedly thrown from the Chicago Board of Trade building and onto Occupy Chicago protestors earlier this week, according to Chicagoist (h/t Mediaite). 
In April, McDonald's announced plans to hire 50,000 new employees in a single day. The fast food giant was subsequently flooded with more than one million applications, a McDonald's spokeswoman told HuffPost in April. As of October, there are officially 13.9 million unemployed people in America today....

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