RI LOSES JOBS UNDER CARCIERI

Under the Republicans, Rhode Island is going down the tubes economically.  Under the current Republican Governor, Don Carcieri, the state has lost more jobs under his stewardship than under any recent governor. 

Workers in RI are also in a panic over the Governor's fiscal policies, especially state employees.  He's recently given very high paying patronage jobs to his friends while at the same time telling those at the bottom of the economic ladder to essentially "Eat Cake!"

The Democratic legislature has done very little to help those in need, either.  Rep. Steve Costantino, the Leader of the House Finance Committee, has worked closely to help the Governor destroy the future of many working class Rhode Island families.  It must stop somewhere and only the Democratic legislature in Rhode Island can turn the state around.  Legislators like Costantino need to stop the cutting of taxes of the very rich, stop the patronage of the Carcieri Administration, and begin to focus on how to shore up the loss of jobs, especially those of the state workers.  They are Rhode Islanders, too, they make little in comparison to most workers, and it is time to give them their due instead of demonizing them as Carcieri and the Democratic legislature have done recently.