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First Wisconsin, Now OhioPosted on Mar 1, 2011
All that talk about Wisconsin being a potential test case for the rest of the country might be right, as now Ohio’s Senate is preparing for a vote this week that could end collective bargaining for public-sector workers in the name of—you guessed it—austerity. —KA
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By purplewolf, March 3, 2011 at 5:27 pm Link to this comment
With all this anti-union actions going on, don’t these Repugs realize that with less income that people earn, the less taxes collected ? Unless they raise taxes to cover the losses they are creating right now with all of this union busting.Unions have helped assure that people will get paid a fair wage for their days work. If the unions are busted we can look forward to less income,unhealthy and unsafe working conditions,lower wages and no benefits or very few and far.
We will be going backwards rather than advancing. With less income, people will have to cut back on everything they would purchase normally which means the rich, who feed off of the working people in so many ways would also have less coming in for their overflowing bank accounts. How many people will be able to afford those 40K electric cars when they work at McDonald’s? Not many. We will be lucky to keep a roof over our heads and feed our families. Forget about anything else.
Thank you GOP/T.P.er’s and the rest of those who cater only to the rich in this country.
Report thisBy Leefeller, March 3, 2011 at 4:27 pm Link to this comment
Several years back I traveled through Ohio, it may be a beautiful state, but the state of Ohio seemed tired and the economy appeared very stagnate back then, in 2006. I suspect Ohio… may be the future rest of us!
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Report thisBy rollzone, March 2, 2011 at 4:17 pm Link to this comment
hello. Ohio has been in the worst way for the longest
Report thistime (not factually: actually). they now require
dramatic and drastic reversals of most policies
regarding regulations and taxation. there no longer
exists a work environment, it is on life support. it is
a beautiful state, and a return to sound economics
would be very welcome. public sector workers are the
only ‘well paid’ employees in some districts.
everything has to take a huge jolt to bring their
economy back to life. this is a step in the right
direction.
By PatrickHenry, March 2, 2011 at 6:41 am Link to this comment
Fines and imprisonment for chooseing not to work.
Civil wars have started over less. Beware of what may lead out of this.
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