Jobs with dignity for all

Dear Editor:

My boyhood hero, Robert Kennedy, used to say that “Jobs are better than welfare.”  As a liberal/progressive Democrat, I agree.  But I would add that having a job that pays a good and living wage that is well above the federal government’s “official poverty line” is the human riight of every American who is willing to lead a responsible and productive life.  Therefore, I am proposing that following the November 2018 elections, our President and Congress reverse the 2017 tax cuts and instead spend $1 trillion on a new federal government jobs-creation bill that guarantees a job with dignity and respect to all Americans that not only pays well above the official poverty line, but also pays well above the official “near-poverty line” (which is between 100%-125% of the official poverty line).

It is the HUMANE and JUST thing to do.

Sincerely,

Stewart B. Epstein