Editor,
The only way for our democracy to stop careening between the left and the right, between Republicans and Democrats, is for the voters to finally understand that the real leaders of our society are not the arrogant lawyers in Washington, but the humble job creators: those who struggle every day to find a profitable way of keeping you employed.
This is because for most of us, a job is the only lifeline that we have and the only chance for solid, lasting prosperity and therefore life. Give people meaningful, stable jobs and you gave them life.
It is absolutely idiotic not to give these real leaders of our society a leading role and voice in our government; it is idiotic not to make their concerns the highest priority. Behind the progressive causes and speeches peddled by the likes of Obama, Macron or the consummate two-faced Chinese leaders, a political war for jobs takes place for who gets to reap the full benefits of our technology’s productivity and who becomes the opioid addled dweller of a consumer wasteland.
The most important criteria that should guide our voting preferences should be policies that are effective at winning this war because this war ultimately is a zero sum game: your employer either can compete, stay in business and keep you employed or it does not.
Virgil Stevens
San Carlos
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(3) comments
Let's not try and kid people. People don't start companies or become entrepreneurs to "create jobs." They do it to support themselves or hopefully make themselves rich and powerful. And to do that to the utmost, they have to shortchange workers or get rid of them entirely. Entrepreneurs are self-serving, not leaders of anything outside their self-interests.
Right you are Cynthia. Business owners respond to perceived opportunities they don't create them. We need everyone to make it all work. None are to be 'exalted' over another. Or society and too many others lose sight of that simple fact.
Well said, Mr. Stevens! I believe the American people realized this during the election of President Trump. As for Mr. Caggiano and Ms. Cornell's comments, it sounds like they're not supporters of American job creators or of people striving to make better lives for themselves and their employees. I don't think we can count on their votes for real leaders in our society.
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