Consumer Law

OT: Job-Killing Madlibs

By Jeff Sovern

by Jeff Sovern

I recently spotted this in the office of a politician of a certain party:

Want to know how to attack the arguments of the other party?  Just describe their proposals as "job-killing." For example, insert the proposal in the following:

The other party supports a job-killing _____.  Not only will this kill jobs, but it will raise your taxes.  Oppose the job-killing _____!  instead, vote for my plan to [do the opposite].

Here is how it works in practice:

The other party supports a job-killing program to hire people.  Not only will this kill jobs, but it will raise your taxes.  Oppose the job-killing hiring plan!  instead, vote for my plan to fire people.

And another example:

The other party supports a job-killing program to make students recite the Pledge of Allegiance.  Not only will this kill jobs, but it will raise your taxes.  Oppose the job-killing Pledge of Allegiance program!  instead, vote for my plan to ignore the Pledge of Allegiance.

Full post as published by CL&P Blog on January 10, 2011 (boomark / email).