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Even a kid can understand that the only way to reduce the deficit is to create jobs – Gerlald McEntee, AFSCME President
As you know, AFSCME is aggressively lobbying the White House and Congress to push a jobs agenda that gets America back to work. Our efforts appear to be paying off. This month, President Obama introduced the American Jobs Act, a bill that economists estimate will save or create millions of jobs.
Saving and creating good paying American jobs will not only get our economy moving again, it will reduce the federal deficit. That is the message of a new television ad we are running in support of the President’s American Jobs Act.
The ad, titled “More Jobs, Less Debt,” will run this Thursday nationally and in Orlando, the site of the Republican presidential debate. It is the opening salvo in a strategic advertising effort that puts AFSCME front and center in the fight to pass a robust jobs agenda.
As President Obama said in his speech earlier this month, the unemployed cannot wait until the next national election. And while a jobs agenda may not clear Congress right away, it is critical that we work with you in the coming weeks to put pressure on Congress to do the right thing. This fight will involve much more than advertising. It requires mobilization and communications efforts in key states and districts to ensure that lawmakers focus on creating jobs and protecting Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid – the very foundations of the American Dream.
We are making progress. We now have a jobs bill that will put Americans back to work. This week, President Obama announced his proposal to reduce the federal deficit by making millionaires share in the sacrifice and pay their fair share. And he reaffirmed his support for protecting Social Security and Medicare.
We consider these to be positive signs from the White House. We will work to support these steps, and we will call out anyone who puts politics ahead of getting the country moving again.
