Obama To Cut Jobs In Virginia
By Jason Kenney | Thursday, October 2nd, 2008 | PolicyBarack Obama, trying on the mantle of fiscal responsibiity while still feeling every problem can be solved by the government, has promised to slash federal spending on contractors by $40 billion. Virginia tops the nation in federal contract dollars spent in the state, totaling to more than $45 billion. At a time of economic turmoil and concerns among working families on employment and paying the bills, Obama’s proposal to cut 10% across the board could put thousands of skilled employees out of work in Northern Virginia, Hampton Roads, King George, and all throughout the Commonwealth.
See federal contracts by Congressional District here.
Tags:
Contribute for Conservatism!
Share this post
About the author
Jason Kenney has blogged at J’s Notes since 2001, is the director of RedStormPAC providing online fundraising for Republican candidates in Virginia, and co-founder of K6 Consulting. He is a graduate from Virginia Commonwealth University and resides in Richmond, Virginia.
Comments
4 Responses to "Obama To Cut Jobs In Virginia"
NIMBY
I see, so when a democratic candidate falls in line with the right-winged mantra of “cut spending” it is a bad thing? Or is it the hypocrisy that when you cut money you cut jobs…as long as it is not related to you? You can’t have it both ways.
Hey, Ian. The jobs that Obama will end up cutting are positions that actually produce something for the economy. All Obama is going to do is take that money and waste it on hand-out social programs that won’t produce squat except a new welfare system. And we all know how good the old welfare system was, don’t we?
You forgot (or deliberately neglected) to mention that in your commentary.
Having just come back from Iraq, I can tell you from first hand experience that we spent way too much money on “contractors’.
While some of the services being provided by contractors do help the troops on the ground, a larger percentage of those SOBs should be arrested for ripping off the American tax payer and have made the mission of securing Iraq all that much harder.
Every where I went in Iraq I heard the same story, multi million dollar contracts for projects that were never completed, or was of such shoddy construction that the facilities had to be torn down.
If you’re interested, I can give you a number of examples of waste, fraud and abuse on the part of contractors that I saw with my own eyes.
Leave your response
The comments section is for meaningful discussion. Readers are reminded to post comments that are germane to the article and write in a common language that steers clear of personal attacks and/or vulgarities.
Please take a moment to review our comment policy.