Roosevelt grandson: Scott Walker is no FDR

[CatWoman]

Editor's note: In a policy conference in Milwaukee on Monday, Gov. Scott Walker compared his public union philosophy to that of a Democratic hero, saying, "The position I pushed is not unlike the principle that Franklin Delano Roosevelt...pushed as well when it came to public sector collective bargaining."

I was recently made aware that Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker drew a comparison between himself and my grandfather, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, in an attempt to justify his attacks on the rights of workers to bargain collectively.

Walker's distortion of President Roosevelt's beliefs could not be more off base. Not only was President Roosevelt a staunch advocate for labor rights, he was a proponent of just and peaceful labor relations. The kind of disharmony brought about by Gov. Walker's attack on workers' rights — to include threats to call in the Wisconsin National Guard as his enforcers — is exactly what President Roosevelt sought to prevent in establishing the National Labor Relations Board as a safeguard for workers' rights.

But it's not just on workers' rights where Gov. Walker's approach to governance strays so far from that of my grandfather. Faced with a dire economic situation, President Roosevelt recognized that the only path toward a full recovery was to invest in stimulative spending, financial oversight and social reforms that ensured every American had a basic level of economic security.

Gov. Scott Walker is not a leader in the mold of FDR, and he's no reformer.

James Roosevelt is the grandson of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/he-knew-fdr-and-scott-walker-is-no-fdr-b9967739z1-218235331.html?ipad=y

[greatauntoftriplets]

1. What the hell???

Walker apparently has delusions of grandeur.

[Squinch]

5. I would say delusions of humanity.

[onehandle]

2. Onehandle: Scott Walker is no silverfish.

He's at least as developed as a cockroach.

[TBF]

3. Walker is driving that state straight down into the ground -

they are like 48th in economic prosperity now. He's a walking disaster.

[Cha]

4. the only thing anyone needs to know about Scott Walker is that

he's sociopathic Koch head.

Mahalo for speaking out, James Roosevelt.. thanks Cat