Romney Wants Fewer Teachers, Police Officers and Firefighters?

June 11, 2012

Trumka Says No to A Romney Presidency

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka put Mitt Romney’s recent statements on public employees into perspective Sunday.

Speaking on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Trumka said, “Mitt Romney says he wants fewer teachers—that means larger classrooms. He says he wants fewer firefighters—that means less safety. I mean, rich people will probably still have good protection; working-class people won’t. He wants fewer police officers—that means we’re in danger.”

The point: When you’re the 1 percent, you can hire your own. Not so the rest of us.