Tuesday, June 12, 2012

More Firemen, More Policemen, More Teachers

From Paul Krugman's blog:

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/12/more-firemen-more-policemen-more-teachers/?nl=opinion&emc=edit_ty_20120612

First, Mitt Romney ridiculed Obama for saying that we need more public employment:

    He says we need more firemen, more policemen, more teachers. Did he not get the message in Wisconsin?

Afterwards, some commentators wondered, couldn’t he have chosen different professions to ridicule?

And the answer is no. When we talk about public workers, that’s pretty much who we’re talking about:

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