Excerpt: "You need not be a devotee of Fox News Channel or Rush Limbaugh to believe that Americans despise the unions that represent cops, teachers (especially teachers!) and firefighters. You might reasonably believe that simply because far more authoritative news sources have repeatedly suggested it."
The entrance to Democratic Rep. Brett Hulsey's office, covered in notes of support at the Capitol in Madison, Wisconsin, 02/26/11. (photo: John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal/AP)
|
THE NEW STREAMLINED RSN LOGIN PROCESS: Register once, then login and you are ready to comment. All you need is a Username and a Password of your choosing and you are free to comment whenever you like! Welcome to the Reader Supported News community. |
Comments
We are concerned about a recent drift towards vitriol in the RSN Reader comments section. There is a fine line between moderation and censorship. No one likes a harsh or confrontational forum atmosphere. At the same time everyone wants to be able to express themselves freely. We'll start by encouraging good judgment. If that doesn't work we'll have to ramp up the moderation.
General guidelines: Avoid personal attacks on other forum members; Avoid remarks that are ethnically derogatory; Do not advocate violence, or any illegal activity.
Remember that making the world better begins with responsible action.
- The RSN Team
On Wisconsin. On U.S.A.
But recall petitions are out on the 8 eligible Republican members of the State Senate. (Yes, the Republicans have done the same to Democrats.) There's one distinction. Some of those Republicans were elected by slim margins, which makes them more vulnerable to replacement by a Democrat. It will be a few weeks yet until the election, but it makes me wonder what W will do when faced with a divided legislature.
That's something that needs to pass in every state, that local elections cannot be influenced by groups outside the election district ... financially or otherwise.
And there was a lot of union busting talk at the start of this mess in other places too. Somebody was talking to somebody else about it in the Republican Party somewhow or someway.
Suddenly Governor's Christie and Kasich are silent or even supportive of collective bargaining. An anti-collective bargaining bill did pass in Ohio.
Right to work laws are on the agenda in dozens of states.
No union busting? What drugs is this guy taking? To those of us who are union workers in Wisconsin the threat is real, we feel it and it is a reality we are dealing with right now.
Ast the Wisconsin 14 why they remain in Illinois. You think they like the place that much?
I read recently that, to equal the buying power of the 1968 minimum wage, we would need to raise the current minimum to $10 an hour. That was several months ago, and prices have continued to go up.
Doing some calculating, that means the $2.00 an hour I was making in 1969, is equivalent to the $12.50 I was making at my last job ... meaning I haven't actually had a raise in 40 years. A living wage in my county is over $14.00 an hour for a couple with no children. (My wife's son in the Navy is actually helping us with the mortgage.)
Unions are in free fall in America because our Corporate Masters don't want them. They want to pay people as little as piossible, Unions level the playing field. Nobody has ever been evaluated solely on their ability; and money, power and sex all drive humans to make decisions that are not fair. Unions level the playing field, just a bit.
The media won't contest the experts, since the reporter's bosses aren't happy to deal with Unions, and the circle is complete.
Maybe its a square, this Bizzaro stuff makes me dizzy.
RSS feed for comments to this post.