Put us back to work (#1819)

It has been 5 years now that Republicans have been saying that the private sector needs to put us to work and not the government. However, since the work created by the private sector has been somewhat successful in putting some of us back to work, the work has been mostly in low paying jobs. Democrats have produced many bills to allow for government to create jobs through infrastructure repair and modernization projects that would pay substantially more than the low wage jobs but Republicans have had enough power to block most all of them. It is time for Republicans to quit blocking help from the federal government that would put millions of Americans back to work in the construction industry that is the lifeline occupation for so many Americans trying to get into and remain in the middle class. Enough of this political partisanship that devastated the construction industry for millions of workers, which thereby devastates those millions of workers and their families. The only reason Republicans are not willing to help our country recover from our current economic failing is because it is part of an overall strategy to use it as leverage to win elections in the future. Since Republicans are continuing to be immovable on passing legislation that puts us back to work, we must do the next right thing and vote these intransigent Republican politicians out of office later this year in November. It is my hope that between now and then Republicans will come to their senses and realize that by helping put American workers back to work, they actually improve their electability by being useful to the American public. Regardless though, either Republicans step up and get our economy moving or they themselves will be voted out of Congress due to their callous disregard of the American citizen they were voted in to represent.