An Open Letter to Democrats on Jobs

I write to you today because I am concerned that you do not understand what jobs are (other than Bill Clinton-type jobs, which are another category entirely). What else am I to gather from your constant refrain that the private sector is somehow to blame because it is not creating enough jobs?

It's a claim your candidates make over and over again. In California, Barbara Boxer runs ads against Carly Fiorina suggesting that Fiorina is unfit for the Senate because "as the CEO of HP, Carly Fiorina laid off 30,000 workers." Ominous music more appropriate to a horror movie underscores the ad's final contention: "Carly Fiorina: Outsourcing jobs. Out for herself." ...

Democrats: either you are stupid or you are liars. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume that you are stupid. I will therefore use small words and short sentences.

I do not have the obligation to give you a job. You do not have the obligation to give me a job. No one has the right to hold a job.

These are times that demonstrate more starkly than I can ever remember how important gainful employment(jobs) is to the overall health and welfare of a country and its citizens.

These are also times that demonstrate more starkly than I can ever remember how important the private sector is to securing such employment and economic stability for the citizens.

Unions are not the answer, the government is not the answer and until the majority of people recognize that simple fact, we will remain in a freefall.

Spot on is correct, though I do have one quibble. He said: "..All productive businesses have two goals. First goal: serving customers. Second goal: creating profit for financial backers..."

It is my opinion that creating profit comes first but I will concede that it is possible the two are tied together, like two large planets under the gravitational influence of each other. You can serve your customers, but if you don't run your business to make a profit, then your company will go out of business and the jobs disappear...and there are no customers.

A great example of this is Lechmere, a New England chain (electronics and other consumer goods) that went bankrupt back in the nineties. Their customer service was legendary. They were a company that would take back any product they sold, no questions asked. I know of people who did it without even having the original receipt. I also knew scumbags who boasted of buying goods there like a camera or television, using for a vacation or Super Bowl, and returning it for a full refund after the event. It wasn't hype, they were that good. For many people, when someone asked where they should buy something, a stock response was "you can't go wrong with Lechmere..."

But they didn't keep their eye on the profit motive, now they are gone.

I work in a hospital, and I am proud to tell people we run it as we would a profitable business (Though we actually ARE a non-profit) The point is, we can run it like a business, but that doesn't mean we have to treat our patients like products on shelves. If we are profitable, we can expand, buy better equipment, hire appropriate levels of staff, etc. Everyone wins, most of all, the patient.

So, I think #1 should be to make a profit. If you make a profit without treating your customers correctly, you will lose. It ALWAYS catches up with you.

Otherwise...a BRILLIANT opinion piece. Great author, Ben Shapiro!

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