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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Opponents of an Ohio law to limit public workers' collective bargaining rights have started gathering signatures to get a referendum on the measure.
At the national level, the GOP is making a pretense of trying to balance the budget, but their attempt to bust the CWA, by (get this) passing a law in the House which says anyone that doesn't vote in a union election is actually voting NO (George Orwell anybody?), created a backlash among the majority of Americans who support unions.
That asssertion didn't come from your link, Dan. May I see one for it?
Dan, what would be your solution to the current union issue?
I have a solution. Adopt the federal rules Carter put in place that allows Obama to freeze wages
I absolutely love it when people don't do their own homework. So I did it for you. And I will give you the answer right from the horse's mouth (Congress):
This would have forced union elections back to the anachronistic requirement that someone not voting be counted as a no vote. But you already know you could have found that out just as easily as I did, since it is all over the internet.
Is your name Dan?
No I just think all government employee unions should have to follow the same rules
People wanted fiscal conservatism, so they voted in Republicans. The Republicans are now going after social, partisan issues under the veil of fiscal responsibility (Planned Parenthood, Union busting, etc.) and ignoring the issues they were voted in on. It's extremely disappointing.
In every single state?
Yes all government employee unions. It makes a level and equal playing field for all government employees
So I hope you do understand, that because of that you'd have to use the Federal Government to mandate that all State Employees not have the right to Bargaining rights... meaning YOU just increased the role of the Federal Government instead of allowing it to be a states right issue...
Because shouldn't it be up to the state to decide whether they give workers those rights or not?
No I did not say that. I said they should have those same rules that gives the feds no power. all states adopt those rules and all unions have the same rules to follow. You of course have to find a false scenario to try and show the unions should not have to do that. i doubt it will happen but it would make it fair for all.
My question is why is this okay for the feds but not states?
It is the correct thing to do. I am sick of the democrats using tax payer money to fund their special interest groups
People wanted fiscal conservatism, so they voted in Republicans. The Republicans are now going after social, partisan issues under the veil of fiscal responsibility (Planned Parenthood, Union busting, etc.) and ignoring the issues they were voted in on. It's extremely disappointing.
In Wisconsin they have recalls, and in Ohio they have referendums. In both cases, the result is a poison pill for the Republican party, which is going to suffer for it's slap in the face of the will of the American people.
I was pretty excited when the Democrats were thrown from power. Like Bush, they were continuing to spend America off a cliff. Republicans came in, promising to restore America's spending habits, and end the fiscal insanity that had rocked the nation for the last 10 years. What did they do instead? They went after unions.
At the national level, the GOP is making a pretense of trying to balance the budget, but their attempt to bust the CWA, by (get this) passing a law in the House which says anyone that doesn't vote in a union election is actually voting NO (George Orwell anybody?), created a backlash among the majority of Americans who support unions.
At the state level, the GOP launched coordinated attacks at the same time in Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, New Jersey, Nevada, and other states, in an attempt to bust unions. Why? Because unions traditionally support Democrats. Their cynical and psychopathic use of political power against American citizens has resulted in Cheesehead Armageddon, as Wisconsinites have mobilized resources to "throw the bums out". And yet, the GOP has the audacity to call Americans exercising their Constitutional rights to a democratic process "thuggery". Who are the thugs? The unions? How about the Koch Brothers, and other corporate interests, along with their Republican lackeys, who are attempting to subvert the will of the people, under the guise of balancing the budget? In Wisconsin this lie has been exposed by their own actions. What of the budgetary items in Walker's plan? They have still yet to be passed, and are languishing in Congress, while the union busting provisions were ruthlessly shoved down the throats of Wisconsinites. There is your smoking gun, folks.
Is it any wonder that Americans have buyers' remorse when it comes to the 2010 elections? The GOP has lost Wisconsin, as total recall is in full swing. In Ohio, a referendum is going to make it onto the ballot, and people are pissed at Republicans there too. The first shots of slash and burn class warfare have been fired by the GOP, and the people are responding. Right now, it sucks to be a Republican.
The first Republican presidential debate, scheduled for this May, has been rescheduled, due to lack of interest. Only ONE potential candidate pledged to show up. Do you think the rest of them know something he doesn't? After all, who in their right mind wants to run on the platform that has exposed itself in America? At this juncture, I would have to say to Republicans "Congratulations. You have just handed the White House to Obama and the Democrats in 2012, and on a silver platter too". Americans might want balanced budgets, but they don't want "bat**** crazy".
Article is here.
Sorry, I don't see where it says any such thing. I see your interpretation of what was said...where did you get your information? Surely you didn't interpret what you posted here -- you must have gotten it somewhere. Somewhere in English it must say what you claim. Where does it say in English that not voting in a union election is the same as a no vote? You're not doing my homework for me. You're backing up what you said. I don't see it. Got anything?
Because you refused to look. Jesus Christ!! Here, let me put it in language that YOU understand. Here is a link on the House version of the same bill, FROM REDSTATE.COM. I hope that helps, but christ, you could have done this yourself. Like I said before, it's all over the internet. I found more than a hundred thousand links by doing a simple Google lookup. Oh, what the hell. Let me know if you need more links.
It's a legitimate question. And one I raised in my first post in this thread.
I'm just finding it difficult to understand how you're going to convince every single state to adopt the same mantra without using the Federal Government.
Again I ask you.
Shouldn't it be up to the state in question to decide whether or not state workers have these kinds of rights?
Because the only way to implement such a plan nation wide is to use the Federal Government. Not every state will go along with it.
Are you sick of Republicans doing the same thing, or just Democrats?
Thats the point. They are asking the feds for nothing just using their example. Will the states do it? I doubt it. It would make too much sense and we all know the government seldom makes sense
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