Jeff Van Drew actually said...

If you had two companies and one of them offered a lower return of investment for those firefighters, teachers, janitors, etc., and one was ...

Is your job to get the maximum return on investment?

So, if it became clear to you that for those firefighters, teachers, janitors, and everyone else that you could get maximum return on invest...

If you really care about those people... you're falling short, in my opinion.