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If you're going to attack Paul Krugman, why don't you actually link to what he wrote vs. a far right wing blog's version of it? Any idiot can right a blog (and lots of them do) but it helps to see what he actually said.
During the last elections, out of the top 10 funders to campaigns, 7 were groups backed by big business to support republicans (to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars). The remaining three were unions who traditionally support moderates or democrats. Krugman is right on this--unions are the last voice left in this country for working and middle class people. I'm a small business owner and a moderate--I don't want to live in a country where the political agenda (and public policy) is entirely controlled by big business with no checks and balances.
Legislation comparable to Wisconsin has been introduced all across the country--it's an organized strategy to break public sector unions, and their ability to fund campaigns and mobilize members. It IS a power grab--break the unions, and you basically create a one party system in this country. You can try to deny it, and call it a tin foil hat theory if you want, but Walkers conversation with the man pretending to be Koch made it pretty clear--this isn't a random strategy. Sometimes conspiracy theories are crazy, but this time there's proof that this one is true. I may not agree with everything that unions do, but I think think middle and working class people have an important voice in this country that needs to be heard. I'm far from alone. Turn on your television--hundreds of thousands of people in this country feel strongly enough about it that they're willing to head to their state capitals to make themselves heard. You're seeing the working and middle class version of the "tea party" on steroids, and they're not going to take this.
If you're going to attack Paul Krugman, why don't you actually link to what he wrote vs. a far right wing blog's version of it? Any idiot can right a blog (and lots of them do) but it helps to see what he actually said.
During the last elections, out of the top 10 funders to campaigns, 7 were groups backed by big business to support republicans (to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars). The remaining three were unions who traditionally support moderates or democrats. Krugman is right on this--unions are the last voice left in this country for working and middle class people. I'm a small business owner and a moderate--I don't want to live in a country where the political agenda (and public policy) is entirely controlled by big business with no checks and balances.
Legislation comparable to Wisconsin has been introduced all across the country--it's an organized strategy to break public sector unions, and their ability to fund campaigns and mobilize members. It IS a power grab--break the unions, and you basically create a one party system in this country. You can try to deny it, and call it a tin foil hat theory if you want, but Walkers conversation with the man pretending to be Koch made it pretty clear--this isn't a random strategy. Sometimes conspiracy theories are crazy, but this time there's proof that this one is true. I may not agree with everything that unions do, but I think think middle and working class people have an important voice in this country that needs to be heard. I'm far from alone. Turn on your television--hundreds of thousands of people in this country feel strongly enough about it that they're willing to head to their state capitals to make themselves heard. You're seeing the working and middle class version of the "tea party" on steroids, and they're not going to take this.
This guy is on fire since September.He was so sad in November lol
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