Gwen Mason's Answer To A Recession? Government Jobs

Gwen Mason just keeps saying silly things. Last week we discussed Gwen Mason's inability to understand that the current economic recession has hit us right here in the Roanoke Valley. Gwen Mason needs to pull her head out of the sand.

Well, Hank Bostwick and our friends over at SCH gave her a chance to explain what she meant when she said we were "essentially recession proof." Her answer was stunning and says pretty much all you need to know about Ms. Mason.

The reason she thinks we're recession proof?

let me point specifically to City and County government which employ significant numbers

Folks that says it all. We can't possibly be in a recession, our government is WAY too big for us to go into a recession. Ms. Mason is celebrating the fact that our only thriving industry is local government (although she does throw in Carilion for good measure). I don't think she realizes how stupid of a statement that is. Our local governments are MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN THE HOLE. A big hospital and bankrupt local governments, yeah, that's a formula for economic growth.

You might ask yourself, how can someone be so blind and out of touch with real people with real problems? Just look at Ms. Mason's resume and you'll see. According to her own resume, she has never held a job - NEVER - where she didn't get a government paycheck. Her entire career has been funded by your tax payer dollars. She's been a federal government employee, a City employee and apparently works part time writing government grants.

Folks, there's nothing wrong with being a government employee. But it's clear that Ms. Mason's lifetime of work as a bureaucrat has blinded her to the economic realities the rest of us face and led her to the bizarre conclusion that huge local government (even when they're millions in the hole) is the answer to our economic problems.

My goodness it just gets more and more unbelievable with her. No wonder our great City is in the mess it's in with leaders like her.