STEELE: Well, the difference, the distinction is this. If you got a government contract that’s a fixed period of time it goes away. The work may go away. There’s no guarantee that there’s going to be more work when you’re done with that job.
STEPHANOPOULOS: But we’ve seen millions and millions of jobs going away in the private sector just in the last year.
STEELE: Yes, but they come back though, George. That’s the point. They’ve gone away before and they come back…
HUH?
By Steele’s definition, a contractor, who bids contract to contract in the private sector, is "making work," it’s not a job because there is an endpoint to the contract, after all, there is no guarantee that there will be another one (is there a guarantee that there will always be a demand for a product in the private sector?)
So, if you have a job building schools, bridges, roads, levees, or anything with money that comes from the Federal Government, you don't have a 'real' job. Isn’t making work *scratching my head* the exact purpose of the stimulus?
Good thing this doesn’t mean that a paycheck isn’t really money.
And I thought Sarah Palin was the worst the Republican Party could come up with.
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i saw the interview and was stunned in the same way. but i've seen steele before, and he struck me as somewhat reasonable. so i'm not giving up on him yet, although this is a bunch to overcome. i think he wishes he had a do over on this one.
oh well, even so, it'll take a dumb statement of coulter proportions before anyone beats out palin. i just don't see it happening any tome soon.
Don't tell anybody, but I have a great job. I started making money in my basement.
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