John J. Sweeney: Take care of Americans in the working classes | The Arizona Daily Star �

I don't agree with this! This is the Left's answer to the Jay Ambrose argument linked below.

"Let's be clear: Spending for working family programs did not cause the budget deficit. Bush's tax cuts for the wealthy, plus increased defense, homeland security and international affairs spending, did." Let us be clear, John J. Sweeney saying it doesn't make it so. Spending on social programs that don't work, both create a disincentive to workers to work, and another incentive for them to stop working. It also misappropriates the money taken from the tax payer. You would like to say only the rich pay taxes, which is mainly true. But many of us who don't feel rich get caught up in it too.

More importantly, a benefit to the rich in this case, greatly benefits the rest of us. The rich tend to be smart (although many are Democrats showing there are exceptions). Smart people acting in there own self interest is what this country was founded on. Given sufficient government oversite, the rich will make themselves richer by serving the needs of the people. Other rich, smart people, step in when they can do it better or cheaper. Government programs have no similar mechanism to serve the people efficiently.

I have not similar expectation for intellegence of union leaders.