Yesterday Mitch Daniels signed a right to work law in the state of Indiana that makes Indiana the first right to work state in the Rust Belt. Coming on the heels of Scott Walker and Wisconsin and John Kasich of Ohio's battles with the left and unions specifically this is a victory for the right.
Indiana, certainly the reddest state in the region, is not a real test of the rights power on this issue. Despite protest it is unlikely that the bill will be repealed.
In Arizona Jan Brewer who is fast becoming a darling of the right wing fringe has now proposed a bill to curtail and any all union rights in regards to collective bargaining, the collection of union dues and more. Brewer has gone one step further and proposes removing these rights from all public employee unions.
It seems to me that when our children are young we encourage them to admire teachers, firefighters, and police officers. Yet the Republicans consistently make these folks the number one target. Attacking union rights, pensions that have not been funded and those that ask for a raise makes these folks public enemy number one for those that are concerned about public debt.
It is a sad state of affairs when we fight two unwinnable wars and give oil companies large subsidies, when the Mitt Romney's of the world pay an effective tax rate of 14 percent, and yet the same folks who support these policies with a straight face try to point the finger of blame for our economic issues at teachers and those we hire to protect us.
Sad indeed. Sadder still it appears to work.
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