Some of our elected officials have talked repeatedly about a need to reduce tax rates and eliminate regulations that concern a group they refer to as “The Job Creators”. These politicians , however, are completely wrong about the role of regulations and tax rates when it comes to job creation. They can not even identify America’s actual “Job Creators”.
When you buy this newspaper, YOU are creating jobs. If 100,000 more of us subscribed to this paper, there would be more workers at the Hays Daily News. The decision to expand the number of workers at a business is NOT based primarily on the owner’s personal tax rate or regulations imposed by the EPA. The primary concern is “Will more employees result in more profit? Will the business be able to sell what the new employees produce“?
Our Representative in Congress, Tim Huelskamp, recently visited with the owners of Tony’s Pizza in Salina, so I’ll use them as an example. Mr. Tony will hire more workers when and only if someone will buy the pizzas the new employees would make. To repeat the point; the primary factor for job creation is NOT, as some claim, tax rates or government regulations; the primary factor is the demand for frozen pizzas.
I live in Rush County and I work in the oil patch; who do you think is more likely to purchase a Tony’s Pizza next week: me or Donald Trump? Who is more likely to buy a Tony’s Pizza sometime in the next month: you or Kim Kardashian? You and I and others like us are the “Job Creators”.
Who do you think is more likely to give money to some hedge fund to speculate on the price of natural gas: you or Paris Hilton? Who is more likely to put money in a Cayman Island bank: you or Charles Koch? Who does Rep. Huelskamp believe is deserving of further privilege and economic advantage: you or Kobe Bryant? The answer to the last three questions is … Not You!
Now for the part that Republican , right-wing, Tea Partiers, like Rep. Huelskamp, will not acknowledge. Government, federal through local, creates jobs. Some of them directly - teachers, policemen, prison guards, etc.- some of them by buying things; like paper for the copiers, new bridges, or new tanker airplanes (manufactured in Wichita). When a politician argues for government to reduce spending, they are arguing for “job destruction”, not job creation.
When the GOP tells us that the government has to improve conditions for “job creators”, they are ignoring your role in the economy. They are saying that people in a certain group have to be insulated from hard times and should not have to sacrifice during austerity. And they are also saying that this special, protected group does NOT include you.
When you buy this newspaper, YOU are creating jobs. If 100,000 more of us subscribed to this paper, there would be more workers at the Hays Daily News. The decision to expand the number of workers at a business is NOT based primarily on the owner’s personal tax rate or regulations imposed by the EPA. The primary concern is “Will more employees result in more profit? Will the business be able to sell what the new employees produce“?
Our Representative in Congress, Tim Huelskamp, recently visited with the owners of Tony’s Pizza in Salina, so I’ll use them as an example. Mr. Tony will hire more workers when and only if someone will buy the pizzas the new employees would make. To repeat the point; the primary factor for job creation is NOT, as some claim, tax rates or government regulations; the primary factor is the demand for frozen pizzas.
I live in Rush County and I work in the oil patch; who do you think is more likely to purchase a Tony’s Pizza next week: me or Donald Trump? Who is more likely to buy a Tony’s Pizza sometime in the next month: you or Kim Kardashian? You and I and others like us are the “Job Creators”.
Who do you think is more likely to give money to some hedge fund to speculate on the price of natural gas: you or Paris Hilton? Who is more likely to put money in a Cayman Island bank: you or Charles Koch? Who does Rep. Huelskamp believe is deserving of further privilege and economic advantage: you or Kobe Bryant? The answer to the last three questions is … Not You!
Now for the part that Republican , right-wing, Tea Partiers, like Rep. Huelskamp, will not acknowledge. Government, federal through local, creates jobs. Some of them directly - teachers, policemen, prison guards, etc.- some of them by buying things; like paper for the copiers, new bridges, or new tanker airplanes (manufactured in Wichita). When a politician argues for government to reduce spending, they are arguing for “job destruction”, not job creation.
When the GOP tells us that the government has to improve conditions for “job creators”, they are ignoring your role in the economy. They are saying that people in a certain group have to be insulated from hard times and should not have to sacrifice during austerity. And they are also saying that this special, protected group does NOT include you.
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