Posted on 03/10/2015 12:56:30 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
In a sharp jab at Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, President Obama on Monday criticized Wisconsin's newly-signed law to prevent workers from being obliged to pay union dues as a "sustained, coordinated assault on unions, led by powerful interests and their allies in government."
"I'm deeply disappointed that a new anti-worker law in Wisconsin will WEAKEN, rather than strengthen workers in the new economy," Obama said. "Wisconsin is a state built by labor, with a proud pro-worker past. So even as its governor claims victory over working Americans, I'd encourage him to try and score a victory for working Americans by taking meaningful action to raise their wages and offer them the security of paid leave."
"That's how you give hardworking middle-class families a fair shot in the new economy not by stripping their rights in the workplace, but by offering them all the tools they need to get ahead," the president added.....
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
“What is Sen. Ted Cruzs game plan for ethanol subsidies?”
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That’s a good question. Certainly isn’t out there in Iowa vowing to terminate them.
“Apparently women can have choice but not workers.”
That should be a national billboard. And a question asked of every dem candidate.
It’s more than single issue. And it isn’t a matter of sitting home unless a flat-out liberal or kook gets the nomination.
See post #32. http://freerepublic.com/focus/news/3266162/posts?page=32#32
Notice that Obama and all of the big-wig union bosses use the terms “workers” and “working families”, implying that only Union members are workers; thus, employed people not in a union don’t really work.
What we`re gonna be seeing is a WEAKENING of the power of labor over the next couple years and along with that the WEAKENING of the power of the Democratic Party.
It`s almost like what we`re seeing (Monday) is the moment Wisconsin becomes a Republican state, UW-Milwaukee Professor Mordecai Lee said...
Message= "I ain't too bright, but if I use strong rhetoric maybe I'll fool some."
Thanks for the link.
We sure learned a lot about working the electoral vote and even the super electorates seated in the US Senate, by watching the Obama-Clinton battle.
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