GOP strategist Jack Burkman on Fox News:

"Many in the American quote-unquote middle, like postal workers, are really unskilled labor, WHO SHOULD HAVE BEEN PUSHED DOWN, for market reasons, but because of union and government pressures, we import labor at the bottom and we keep these people here..."

When it comes to defending tax cuts for the richest 2%, Republicans argue that in America today a $250,000 income does not qualify as "rich" but they are outraged when a public employee makes $100,000 a year.