“Right to Work for Less” Continues to Suck
If you ask even sober, reasonable Republicans like Ken Simpler what they want, the #1 item is tax cuts. Sure tax cuts have never worked, but evidence is for sissies. Real men have the courage to stick with things that have failed. That’s why, in spite of never working, #2 on the Republican wish list is always “Right to Work for Less” laws. There is some magic in Right to Work for Less that will fix failing economies, even though (like tax cuts) it has never worked. The important thing is to keep trying. Just ask Scott Walker.
Fresh off of failing as a presidential hopeful, Wisconsin’s wayward son Scott Walker has some more problems to deal with—being the governor of a state that is failing to produce the results Scott Walker promised. Earlier last year, commandant in the war on workers, Scott Walker got Wisconsin to pass Right to Work laws. So far, the results are predictable to everyone who has ever paid attention to history.
The state lost 6,300 construction jobs between April and June, according to preliminary, seasonally adjusted estimates by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics and the state’s Department of Workforce Development.
That’s the largest two-month drop by number and percentage (5.67 percent) in the 25-plus years of state data in the Current Employment Statistics program, which samples a small percentage of employers monthly.
That was months ago. You gotta give this stuff time. Scott Walker may have promised everyone their very own unicorn made out of bubble gum and gold but it takes time to find unicorns and bubble gum:
Gov. Walker’s administration quietly acknowledged over the busy holiday season that Wisconsin surpassed 10,000 layoffs last year as a result of plant closings and economic challenges. The dismal news confirms that 2015 was Wisconsin’s worst year for job losses since Gov. Walker took office – far exceeding the 6,186 workers affected by mass layoffs and plant closings in 2014. The dramatic spike in layoffs have surprised many given the strong economic growth in neighboring Midwestern states.
Light a candle and whisper a prayer for a Democratic candidate to bring Wisconsin into the light.
In Delaware the repeal of prevailing wage laws is probably even more of a priority than right-to-work-for-less. Republicans are just clever enough to present repeal of prevailing wage as a budget solution, and I suspect Markell will be receptive.
After that, there is always the attack on pensions as another “budget fix” for the faux fiscal conservatives.
If scale wage is repealed in Delaware, how will we fund anything? My take was that scale wage was determined/mandated by the Feds kicking in funds? No scale wage and the Feds fold up their checkbook. My other prediction is that if the scale wage is repealed the cost to us tax payers will stay the same. Makes you wonder where the money would go……
@Puck, Naturally, all manner of economy busting nonsense if is sought after by the GOP/Chamber, provided they can claim to be “fixing” a budget deficit while simultaneously shifting the tax burden (& fines/fees burden) to the middle class.
And for the record… In addition to Markell, John Carney still openly states his acceptance of this kind of economic thinking.