THOMPSON: Putting Americans back to work - Washington Times
The U.S. Department of Labor stated in the late 1800s that Labor Day was established to celebrate the “strength and spirit of the trade and labor organizations.” Unfortunately, true Labor Day celebrations have taken a back seat to the mere enjoyment of a three-day weekend.
Perhaps this year it’s a little different. With the unemployment rate at nearly double what it was four short years ago, the reality is that fewer people will be taking a break from rewarding work and more will be trying simply to take their minds off another fruitless week searching for jobs that don’t exist.
Is the dream of the American worker alive today? It is a fair question both this weekend and this year as our country considers the solutions to the challenges putting our country in crisis.
Stimulus, bailouts, TARP and Obamacare are just a few of the commonly used terms of economic promise repeated by our country’s current political leadership. All these efforts have failed to spark our economy and have resulted in the same outcome: more money taken from family budgets to fuel expanding government.
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