I Thought Jobs Were a Good Thing

Often, I hear conservatives insists that liberals "don't reward work" and want people to be lazy and rely on government handouts. Never mind that job growth has been faster under every Democratic President than every Republican President since the Coolidge Adminstration, something with a .03% probability of happening randomly. However, we are constantly told that our belief in a social safety net is something that turns into a hammock for the lazy people. However, in yesterday's Charleston Gazette a story ran on the successful table games initiative in Hancock County on June 30 with 59% of the vote, three weeks after the successful vote in Ohio County and the defeat in Jefferson County. In the article, the West Virginia Family Foundation, a leading opponent of the table games referendum, had an interesting remark:

Mountaineer “already had their tentacles in the community with jobs and benefits and things people need to support their families,” President Kevin McCoy said. “They have such a strong hold on the citizens that it’s hard to counter.”

Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't jobs a good thing? Aren't jobs with benefits even better? That is what I have always thought. When I ran for House of Delegates last year, I ran on things that I thought would create jobs. My opponent did the same thing. I honestly can't think of any time that I have ever heard a candidate say that jobs were a bad thing. If a candidate did say such a thing, I am sure that he or she wouldn't win. So, if the West Virginia Family Foundation really thinks that jobs are "tentacles," why do so many conservatives who accuse us of being the pro-lazy people seek the support of the West Virginia Family Foundation? Well, I think that this is an ad in the making for anyone who is attacked by this group. While, admittedly, I probably wouldn't vote for a table games resolution in my county, I think that the people of three of the four racetrack counties have spoken so far, and their wishes should be respected, but I certainly wouldn't frame this is being about "the tentacles of jobs."