“Politicians often talk about “creating jobs” as though they can magically invent them from thin air. A “government job” or a job subsidized by government funds requires the salary for that position to be drained out of the private sector through taxes. Moving wealth from one place to another is not actually 'creating' anything.”

Rupert on the Issues https://web.archive.org/web/20130731155138/http://rupertforgovernor.com/issues, RupertForGovernor.com (2011)

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