The Right to Work and Liberal Hypocrisy
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Suddenly Liberals find a right that people shouldn’t have
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There are a great ironies regarding the apoplexy that Liberals are experiencing over Michigan’s latest decision to become a “right to work” state.
First, “right to work” adds to worker rights: specifically, the right of an individual to choose whether to be in a union or not. As Liberals are usually the first to bellow for an individual’s maximum rights (i.e. the right to privacy [abortion], the right to virtually all free speech, the right to relieve oneself in the town square, etc.), it is passing strange that they are against this increase in rights. Could they be saying that all individuals are better served when resources are kept with the few (i.e. member dues funneled to union leadership who can then represent the workers)? If so, then perhaps keeping wealth with what they characterize as the evil 1% is best so that all are better served as it is the wealthy who own businesses that hire.
Second, Liberals are bellyaching about non-unionized workers benefiting from union-negotiated bargaining. The term “sponging” has even been used. This is a far cry from them of just 2 months ago when they hung Mitt Romney in the court of public opinion for even suggesting that there are people who take and benefit from the system without giving back in full. Why can’t Liberals just think of the non-unionized workers to be part of the “Romney 47%” that, based upon last campaign’s rhetoric, are a protected class?
Perhaps the best way to interpret their inconsistencies is that they believe it’s ok to take from the 1% but not from union coffers.
-I.M. Windee
