First Punish The Unemployed, Then Declare War On The Employed

First, many of the Republican lawmakers stalled and blocked the unemployment extension bill that would have given a lifeline to the unemployed. Also, there was a lot of name calling of the unemployed by the Republican lawmakers and even candidates running for office. Such name calling to the unemployed like "spoiled," "lazy," "hobos," "drug addicts," and so on. Well, it looks like the employed people are not exactly safe.

From Colorado:

Republican gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes said Thursday he would lay off as many as 4,000 state employees if elected and force a showdown with the federal government over drilling for gas and oil.
Dan Maes told the Denver Petroleum Club he would cut at least 2,000 workers "just like that" from the state budget, with projected savings of $200 million.
He didn't specify which agencies would see layoffs.
Maes also called for a confrontation with the federal government over energy drilling. He challenged Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, a former U.S. senator from Colorado, saying the Department of the Interior had blocked businesses with drilling permits from going forward.
"If you have a drilling permit for the Roan Plateau, then drill. And if Ken Salazar doesn't like it, he can come and see me in Denver," Maes said.

From Hatch's website:

Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) introduced legislation today aimed at cutting the bloated federal government down to size. The Reduce and Cap the Federal Workforce Act would reduce and limit the number of civilian federal workers to February 2009 levels.

"If we are to get our deficit under control, we need to rein in the runaway growth of our federal government," Hatch said. "Simply put, the federal government is growing at breakneck speed and it is time to apply the brakes before it bankrupts the nation and the taxpayers. My bill is a commonsense approach to putting a halt to big government."
Hatch said the numbers show why his legislation is needed. From 1981 through 2008, the senator noted, civilian workers numbered between 1.1 million and 1.2 million. The Obama administration is forecasting the government's workforce this year will reach 2.15 million and serve 310 million Americans.

Well, let's look at today's job numbers:
Private employers added just 1,420 jobs per state in July -- not nearly enough to make up for job losses in the government, 50,000 of which were local-government layoffs. Unemployment remains high, at 9.5 percent, and many economists expect it to track higher in the fall.