Meg Whitman’s Job Creation Strategy: Fire Workers or Reduce their Salaries to Minimum

The Upcoming November Midterm Elections is shaping up to be a tight and close one. With Republicans drawing strength from voter dissatisfaction and anger towards the Democratically-controlled Obama administration, we might well be seeing a sudden change in power in the U.S. congress this November. With numerous Tea Party victories in various Republican primaries, the GOP has been quite confused if they will be treating this as an opportunity or a threat. Meanwhile, Pres. Obama and his Democratic party are trying every means possible to fire up their supporters and persuade undecided voters as well. They live by the argument that a Republican victory in the polls will endanger the national agenda which is already of 2 years worth.

In the state of California, Republican Meg Whitman is going up against a tough Democratic candidate, Jerry Brown for the seat of governor. Recent polls show that Brown is leading although Whitman is closely trailing behind. In a recent report, Whitman has been busy spending her own money in paid commercials. In fact, as of September 15, she has spent $119 million of her own money for her campaign along. It is good to note that Whitman is the former president and CEO of E-bay which might be the reason for her seemingly endless wealth. As a testament to her wealth, she is widely considered as the fourth wealthiest woman in the state of California with a net worth of $1.3 billion as of the year 2010.

What struck the attention of the media the most is her stand towards job creation. While her propaganda stands for creating more jobs, she believes that by getting rid of public employees, she will be successful in reversing unemployment. She aims to either fire or reduce the salary of 40,000 public employees up to the minimum. By saying so, she probably doesn’t believe that public employees such as teachers, policemen and firemen are actual workers. Not only will her plan increase the level of poverty and unemployment, but it will also directly affect the middle-class sector. Depriving them of just compensation or work will only add up to the long list of problems that the state has.

It seems that Whitman’s plans are for every millionaire and billionaires gain. She also aims to end the welfare programs of the state and eliminate the state's capital gains tax. This will enable rich individuals to freely invest in business ventures without ever worrying of taxes and government regulations. Her vision for California is far from the realization of the American Dream. Let us just hope that voters will certainly be responsible enough in choosing the best and deserving candidate for the vacated seats this election.