Labor & Employment Law

Where Are the Jobs? Not at CPAC Meeting

By Mike Hall

This week in Washington, D.C., thousands of conservative, very conservative and downright OMG extreme conservative activists will gather for the Conservative Political Action Committee?s (CPAC) annual choir session.

The usual cast of characters will headline the event?Grover Norquist, Ann Coulter, David Horowitz, George Will and of course most of the Republican congressional leaders.

For three days starting tomorrow, they will rant against their favorite targets from President Obama to health care reform, from the ?liberal media? to ?big unions,? immigration reform and other issues that just about make their heads explode.

But going over the 18-page CPAC agenda for the meeting, there is one word you won?t find?jobs. Not one workshop, breakout session or featured speaker is dedicated to the nation?s most pressing agenda need?jobs and job creation.

With all that conservative brain power in one place, you?d think they?d want to use at least some of it to ponder fixing an economy that  now is in the 21st month with unemployment at 9 percent or higher and that has nearly 27 million U.S. workers either jobless or in need of full-time work.

Guess these folks think there are more important issues, like these pressing topics: ?Pop Culture: An Influence or a Mirror??, ?Are We Superman? Using School Choice and Home Schools to Grow the Conservative Movement? and my favorite, ?Lawlessness, Racialism and Terror at Obama?s Department of Justice.?

Sounds like a roaring good time.

Full post as published by AFL-CIO NOW BLOG on February 09, 2011 (boomark / email).