When I first moved to Michigan, there was no doubt in my mind that the reason my paycheck was fatter than it had been in Indiana was because of the United Auto Workers. There's plenty of evidence that the decline of Unions has had a direct causative effect on income inequality--when Unions get their members better pay, everybody gets better pay.
Needless to say, republicans just can't have regular folks making a decent living at the expense of their benefactors, the Richie Rich's of America, and their war to destroy the middle class continues apace.
Not content to have destroyed public sector Unions in Wisconsin (and the state's economy with it), Koch brothers sycophant Scott "I Have No Opinion on That" Walker is readying himself to make his home staters even poorer with a new right to work for less law. Ought to make for a hell of a Presidential campaign slogan: MY CITIZENS MAKE LESS MONEY THAN YOURS!
Taking a cue from Walker and hoping to get a share of that Koch brothers cash for themselves, Nevada republicans are readying a series of laws to weaken labor unions and show that republicans don't have a problem with government regulation as long as it's being used to fuck over the poor and the middle class.
Couple the war on workers with new evidence that up to half of Americans are in dire shape financially and you have a recipe for Kochs flambe.
Because you can't keep a man down for long when he's starving.
Peace,
emaycee
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