Why Exactly Does Romney Want Fewer Firefighters, Police and Teachers? (by Bob Cesca)

[uphill fighter]

1. Master plan to do away with both federal and state government

There is definitely an agenda to do away with government - at least as an effective force in curbing corporate excesses and other injustices. Right wing talk show hosts are hammering away at it, and the rightwing politicians at all levels are also working at undermining it. Paul Lepage, the Boss Hogg-like governor of Maine is a good case in point. He recently accused state workers at the middle-management level of being corrupt and lazy - causing a huge backlash, fortunately:
http://bangordailynews.com/2012/04/27/politics/lepage-stirs-ruckus-after-calling-state-workers-corrupt/