More On The MA Democrats Betrayal... Somebody Finally Said It Out Loud...

[WillyT]

I'm talking about that last sentence.

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Democratic New Bedford Mayor Scott W. Land, president of the Massachusetts Mayors’ Association, told the Boston Globe the plan was necessary, saying “You need this reform now; otherwise you’re going to to lay off employees to pay for benefits." The threat of layoffs if collectively bargaining rights weren’t trimmed seems to match similar rhetoric coming from Governor Scott Walker (R-Wis.).

The big difference: The rhetoric is coming from a Democrat.

Many have framed the attacks on collective bargaining rights as a tactic for Republicans to eliminate the Democrats base. However, this simplifies who is attacking public employee unions. At the time when Obama called for a federal wage freeze in November, I wondered on this website whether it was Obama’s PATCO moment, which opened up the door for more attacks on public workers. (In 1981, President Ronald Reagan fired members of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization en masse.)

While Democrats have been less brazen in their attacks on public employees' unions, they have still attacked public employees unions. Why is that? It's because it's often less politically risky for Demcorats weary of taking on the rich to go after unions than to call for higher taxes on the rich.

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Link: http://www.inthesetimes.com/working/entry/7242/mass_dems_push_bill_to_eliminate_collective_bargaining_as_we_know_it/

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[patrice]

1. So they think they're supposed to bitch at the drunken spouse, but when it comes

to taking the booze away from them (tax cuts), they should blame the abused spouse instead.

I saw this story earlier today, but couldn't read it until now; it's so depressing!

[WillyT]

2. Kick !!!

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