Greenville News Oct. 12 2015
Mega kudos to The Greenville News editorial for stating again how politics is standing in the way of jobs staying in the United States by politicians not supporting the approval of the Ex-Im Bank. In July, 64 senators voted for an amendment to reopen the bank, but conservative Republicans who control key leadership positions continue to prevent a vote in the House of Representatives.
The Export-Import Bank requires that most of the production and jobs for deals it finances be located in the United States. General Electric’s CEO has been telling Congress that failure to reauthorize the export financing agency would force the company to move over 500 jobs overseas, due to losing contracts for turbines, power projects and other industrial equipment.
We are all so sick of narcissistic, self-serving politicians making decisions in the name of labeling their ideologies as Tea Party, liberal, conservative, progressive, moderate, Democratic, Republican, etc., and now Socialist. We are Americans, and politicians do not understand that many people are suffering because they need jobs to pay their bills and stay off government assistance, which as we know is paid for by the taxpayers.
The Economic Policy Institute stated that in 2014 over 48 million people in the United States, as measured by the Supplemental Poverty Measure, were in poverty. That number would be even higher if not for the safety net of government programs.
“Stop Politics and Create Jobs” should be the new slogan of all politicians.
Bruce Chambers
Simpsonville
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