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On Principle
While I am disappointed that The Columbian did not endorse my campaign this year, I am at peace with the reasons why. The Columbian thinks that the way forward involves lower wages for working people. I disagree. Preserving and strengthening the middle class is a very basic principle. Given a choice between whatever political advantage I might have gained by going along with The Columbian’s view that working people are paid too much, or fighting to restore economic prosperity for all Americans, there was no contest in my mind. We have to do whatever we can to protect American family wage jobs.
For thirty years we have tried again and again a radical experiment: if we cut people’s pay, we will end up more prosperous. The terrible result of this policy is all around us today. Lowering people’s pay makes us all poorer.
Now The Columbian believes that this radical doctrine of lower pay, which has ravaged the private-sector should be tried on the public sector. Maybe they feel policemen and other vital public services will be more exciting if they are preformed by people holding down two or three jobs just to make ends meet. Again I disagree.
The way forward consists of rebuilding our economy by paying people properly, and by investing our resources in long-term projects such as building a new I-5 bridge. Our future depends on reinvigorating small businesses.
Cutting people’s pay simply drains demand for the products and services our small, and for the matter, larger enterprises sell. The Columbian, unfortunately, has adopted a self-defeating strategy that I cannot and will not back.
I know that a lot people become cynical about politics because people see political leaders selling out any principle to gain support from powerful forces. I will not back down from my long-term position of making sure that working people are paid a living wage, whether they work for a private employer, or if they work for us.
I appreciate the strong support I have received from the community since The Columbian decided to decline to back our campaign. It really is all about us!!
Rep. Jim Moeller
E.J. Dionne: Recognizing the immense contributions of America’s unions
Labor Day 2010
An excellent op-ed and reflection on what we owe the union movement and what we owe ourselves this Labor Day. Read this fine article from The Seattle Times.
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Locally:
Rally drums up union support
Heck, other Dem candidates stress job creation
CVTV Candidate Interviews 2010
CVTV has its candidate interviews up. Here we link to Jim’s interview for the 49th, Position 2. Other local candidates also have interviews up or coming soon.
Jim’s campaign acknowledges that without resources like CVTV our community would not be as informed about issues nor as able to enjoy our many cultural resource…s. Government television with its truly fair, balanced and local insights impart a neighborly feel to our airwaves and the Internet. It employs Washingtonians. It is fun and it is serious, and it worthy of our attention for all kinds of programming. For that we give it credit for its work.
Thank you CVTV.
“CVTV footage, obtained pursuant to the Public Disclosure Act, in no way is intended by CVTV, the City of Vancouver, or Clark County to either promote or oppose any candidate for public office or any ballot proposition.”
