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The contempt and outright hate the right has for labor has walked a long road. This advertisement from 1956 shows just how far it has come.
Today, modern Republicans have traveled the full gamut. Scott Walker not long ago compared the defeat of labor unions to the defeat of ISIS.
"....6. Scott Walker vows to seek a federal “right to work” law.
During an April interview with Radio Iowa, the 2016 candidate most synomous with the union crushing so-called right-to-work laws vowed to bring his “courage…and capacity” to the White House to oversee a “legitimate” effort to make every state a “right-to-work.”
“I think in Washington we need that even more,” Walker argued in favor of federal intervention.
“As much as I think the federal government should get out of most of what it’s in right now, I think establishing fundamental freedoms for the American people is a legitimate thing and that would be something that would provide that opportunity in the other half of America to people who don’t have those opportunities today.”
7. Ditto for Rand Paul
The Kentucky senator has actually introduced federal legislation to this effect.
8. Chris Christie wants to punch the national teachers union in the face.
In a recent interview, CNN’s Jake Tapper noted Christie’s fondness for advising to punch bullies in the face, asking, “At the national level, who deserves a punch in the face?”
“The national teachers union,” Christie replied, citing the American Federation of Teachers’ endorsement of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
And at a recent campaign stop in New Hampshire, Christie blamed teachers unions for U.S. students falling behind their global peers. “The teachers union likes to be off work four or five months a year. They like to get a full-time salary for a part-time job. They don’t want to work longer hours.”
9. Jeb! says Americans need to “work longer hours.”
Although he’d later attempt to clarify the statement (for the umpteenth time), in July Bush told the New Hampshire Union Leader that in order to achieve his “aspirations for the country” of “4 percent growth as far as the eye can see,” American workers would have to “work longer hours.”
Never mind that the U.S. hasn’t seen a sustained period of 4 percent annual growth in potential GDP in a half-century.
10. And let’s not forget Carly Fiorinia’s layoffs at HP.
The 30,000 sad emojis that greet visitors of CarlyFiorina.org are a lighthearted reminder of the former Hewlett-Packard CEO’s disastrous record running the Silicon Valley giant, but Fiorina, who oversaw the layoff of 30,000 workers as CEO, was seriously unfunny when she simultaneously defended corporations’ right to outsource jobs, lobbying against government efforts to protect U.S. workers.
“There is no job that is America’s God-given right anymore,” Fiorina declared.
Read more at the link: 10 times GOP candidates gave labor a giant middle finger - Salon.com
The question on this Labor Day is Why do Republicans hate the middle class?
Today, modern Republicans have traveled the full gamut. Scott Walker not long ago compared the defeat of labor unions to the defeat of ISIS.
"....6. Scott Walker vows to seek a federal “right to work” law.
During an April interview with Radio Iowa, the 2016 candidate most synomous with the union crushing so-called right-to-work laws vowed to bring his “courage…and capacity” to the White House to oversee a “legitimate” effort to make every state a “right-to-work.”
“I think in Washington we need that even more,” Walker argued in favor of federal intervention.
“As much as I think the federal government should get out of most of what it’s in right now, I think establishing fundamental freedoms for the American people is a legitimate thing and that would be something that would provide that opportunity in the other half of America to people who don’t have those opportunities today.”
7. Ditto for Rand Paul
The Kentucky senator has actually introduced federal legislation to this effect.
8. Chris Christie wants to punch the national teachers union in the face.
In a recent interview, CNN’s Jake Tapper noted Christie’s fondness for advising to punch bullies in the face, asking, “At the national level, who deserves a punch in the face?”
“The national teachers union,” Christie replied, citing the American Federation of Teachers’ endorsement of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
And at a recent campaign stop in New Hampshire, Christie blamed teachers unions for U.S. students falling behind their global peers. “The teachers union likes to be off work four or five months a year. They like to get a full-time salary for a part-time job. They don’t want to work longer hours.”
9. Jeb! says Americans need to “work longer hours.”
Although he’d later attempt to clarify the statement (for the umpteenth time), in July Bush told the New Hampshire Union Leader that in order to achieve his “aspirations for the country” of “4 percent growth as far as the eye can see,” American workers would have to “work longer hours.”
Never mind that the U.S. hasn’t seen a sustained period of 4 percent annual growth in potential GDP in a half-century.
10. And let’s not forget Carly Fiorinia’s layoffs at HP.
The 30,000 sad emojis that greet visitors of CarlyFiorina.org are a lighthearted reminder of the former Hewlett-Packard CEO’s disastrous record running the Silicon Valley giant, but Fiorina, who oversaw the layoff of 30,000 workers as CEO, was seriously unfunny when she simultaneously defended corporations’ right to outsource jobs, lobbying against government efforts to protect U.S. workers.
“There is no job that is America’s God-given right anymore,” Fiorina declared.
Read more at the link: 10 times GOP candidates gave labor a giant middle finger - Salon.com
The question on this Labor Day is Why do Republicans hate the middle class?
