The public sector has gotten a bad name because much of what passed for government in the past eight years was a way to enrich the wealthy at our expense.
Through a mercenary Congress controlled by the GOP during the Bush years, corporate America received a long list of undeserved benefits in tax breaks, subsidies, no-bid and cost-plus contracts.
Even worse, as sales taxes, payroll taxes, and property taxes on working people were unfairly increased, many important public services were sharply reduced.
Corporate-backed Republican politicians use the anti-government sentiment they have so carefully engineered to kill vital programs that many employers have always despised.
If corporations continued to get their way, OSHA would be gutted, our environmental and labor laws rendered worthless, our public health system dismantled, and the safety net for the disenfranchised only a dim memory.
It’s time for working people to put an end to this nonsense.
Stand with President Obama, who's firmly opposed to privatization and contracting out of public services.
A government that works for us will provide critical goods and services that can not, and should not, be run for profit.
Our kind of government will:
regulate and limit the destructive effects of corporate greed
guarantee everyone a decent job
ensure quality health care for all
rebuild our infrastructure and expand mass transportation
continue to provide high quality postal service
clean up and protect our environment
enforce workplace regulations
provide quality education, housing, and child care for all
protect Social Security
We can fund all of these programs through a more equitable tax system that sharply increases taxes on corporations and the wealthy.
Additional funds can be gained by eliminating unnecessary and wasteful military spending.
Let’s put government to work for us, not for the corporations.
