Occasionally, politicians accidentally tell us what they actually think

Case in point. Take it away Harry Reid. Emphasis added. [Link]

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Wednesday indicated Congress needs to worry about government jobs more than private-sector jobs, and that this is why Senate Democrats are pushing a bill aimed at shoring up teachers and first-responders.

"It's very clear that private-sector jobs have been doing just fine; it's the public-sector jobs where we've lost huge numbers, and that's what this legislation is all about," Reid said on the Senate floor.

Really? Tell that to the people who have been out of work for more than a year.