Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on President Obama’s Plan for Jobs and Deficit Reduction

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 19, 2011.  Today President Obama said some things that very much needed to be said.  He said we need to focus first and foremost on creating jobs, and he laid out a plan for doing just that.  He said that asking millionaires like Warren Buffett to start paying their fair share in taxes is not class warfare, but simple math.  He said Social Security does not contribute one dime to the deficit and…