The class warfare paradox, the top upper echelon…tippy-tippy top 1% of America procures 95% of allll its dollars and cents…BLING…MONEY. However, and this is the part that keeps me up at night, the people who work on the bottom rung of the ladder…if they are lucky to have a rung and just not sweep up the manure that falls from the upper rungs…BLAZINGLY defend policies that are not in their best interest economically, usher them into debt and could care less if they have enough to retire (if they don’t go bankrupt from their healthcare first). I don’t get it; I have to laugh at it that’s how absurd it is! In the state of Wisconsin the Union obliteration is being sponsored by, none other, than huge private corporations to take away worker’s rights to bargain, that have been an installation in this country since the 19th century and become a part of its fabric and moral fiber. So I thought.
Gov. Walker, like most of the GOP are fueled and funded by billionaire’s and corporations, to be fair almost everyone is, except this is so far from being in the interest of the people. The Tea Party and Republicans are trying to pay for the current deficit, which they caused (See My “Recap of The Worst Moments of The Decade”), stemming from Reagan’s Trickle-Down-Voodoo-That-He-Did-Economics, tax cuts for the wealthy and increased domestic and foreign spending (spending!!), by cutting the working and middle class. Inevitably, asking the lower classes to sacrifice, while trying to give cuts to the Big Fish…Which does not stimulate the economy it just stimulates them (See Republican sex scandals and yearning to be involved with same sex relationships).… Unions have already said they would sacrifice, hence bargaining and will pay more into whatever they need to, their healthcare and pensions. This is not good enough for a Party that wants to see the annihilation of the working man, someone who makes 35K a year and will have a pension less than that. Wake up people and stop voting against your interest. I know its hard for you to pay enormous taxes on your imaginary company when you fantasize about becoming a millionaire in a country that is not really set up for you to become any longer.
You are very naive if you think this is about class warfare or workers' rights. It's an assualt on the Democrat party's fundraising base. Collective bargaining for public employees has NOT been a part of the nation's fabric since the 19th century. It is a much more recent privilege ill-adivsedly extended by legislatures in some states. There are numerous reasons why it cannot really work for public employees, as noted by stalwarts of the Left like FDR and past labor leaders. The Democrat party made a strategic mistake relying on public employee unions for so much support when those unions a byproduct of an untenable structure. The public employees are not the problem, but rather are pawns (dues paying pawns) in the game. The Republican party is trying to kneecap the Democrat party, and the Democrat party hides behind "protecting workers" to conceal its true desire to protect its fundraising stream. Both parties are hopelessly corrupt, they just serve different masters.
ReplyDeleteThe classes and the workers are going to be affected regardless of the larger picture at hand. Unions have been around since the 19th century. It's naive to consider that most Americans are unaware of the fact there's corruption in both parties at all levels and how much the labor union lobbyist contribute to those politicians. This is about underpaid state employees, in particular teachers, that need to continue to stand up for their rights that people have fought long and hard for, and I choose to stand by them and the lesser of the evil. Thanks for your comment.
ReplyDelete...you actually believe teachers are underpaid? They've got a freakin part-time job with summers off but still have enough to support families. I don't know about your state, but here in New Jersey the teachers have ridiculous benefits and tax cuts, and are the ONLY ones with them. ALL the non-teachers in the state, even the far left, think it's unfair, and in some towns and counties the teachers even agree. But they're also part of the union, and the union has more power than the state and they refuse to negotiate for any districts. Theodore Roosevelt supported unions and passed progressive laws, but at that time it was necessary. There were no minimum wages or child labor laws. The situation has changed dramatically since then. Now unions are an unstoppable force, paying the democratic party millions every year in exchange for undying support, as seen by the democrats in Wisconsin going on strike as soon as a bill slightly limiting unions is brought up.
ReplyDeleteI know for a fact they are underpaid, as well as police officers, for the job that's entailed. Yes, working conditions and laws were absolutely integral in reforming when they were. As I've stressed before, it's naive to think Americans are unaware of corruption and lobbyists. The union lobby supporting the Democrats, the NRA and Pro-Life organisations supporting the Republicans, and the Pharmaceutical lobby supporting all of them. I cannot stress the importance of teachers work and how so many that I know are barely getting by while still laying out expenses for supplies for their classes that come from their own pocket, and these are teachers from New York. Anyone can go to college and become a teacher and get the sweet deal of summers off, but many work during that time to make ends meet. Many people in college right now are swapping their major out of education, because they know it's just not that beneficial anymore for the job that's required. They deserve better, our children deserve better. Thanks so much for your comment!
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