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Obama Stands Up In Support of Michigan Workers In Right to Work Fight
President Obama stood up for workers in Michigan today by saying, ‘These so called right to work laws have nothing to do with economics. They have everything to do with politics.’
After praising the 115 new union jobs being created for the factory, the president discussed the success of the auto bailout. He said that the auto industry has added over a quarter of a million new jobs. Obama said that if companies want to build the best, they need to invest in the United States of America. The President said, “It makes sense to invest here in America.” The president said the country is making progress. Obama said, “What we shouldn’t be doing is taking away your right to bargain for better wages. These so called right to work laws have nothing to do with economics. They have everything to do with politics.” The president said right to work laws give workers the right to work for less money.
Obama said, “We don’t want a race to the bottom. We want a race to the top. America is not going to compete based on no skilled, low pay, no workers’ rights.”
The president later argued for the extension of the middle class tax cuts, and raising taxes on the wealthy. Obama said he willing to compromise a little bit, but he also wants investment in the things that make the economy grow. The president said he won’t compromise on tax cuts for the wealthy, because he won’t set up a situation where students, schools, or parents with disabled kids don’t get what they need because the wealthy got to keep their tax cut.
All through Obama’s first term many on the left wanted him to stand with workers in Ohio and Wisconsin. Now that he has been freed from the burden of electoral politics, and his political popularity has rebounded, the president can use the bully pulpit to argue for workers who are being left voiceless in Rick Snyder and the Republican Party’s power play. President Obama has always been a supporter of workers’ rights, but now there is nothing stopping him from joining the fight.
It may not be possible to stop the Republican fast tracking of right to work in Michigan, but Obama’s words will bring the weight of the presidency and national spotlight down on the travesty that is taking place there.
The Republicans’ worst nightmare has come true. Obama is back for a second term, and he is taking on all of their sacred cows from tax cuts for the wealthy to right to work.
President Obama has been unleashed, and he is standing up for workers’ rights.
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11 Responses to Obama Stands Up In Support of Michigan Workers In Right to Work Fight
Maranon
Dec. 10th, 2012 at 3:41 pm
Power to the peole…
Super Obama to the rescue!
SickupandFed
Dec. 10th, 2012 at 4:03 pm
To all that say Obama is just another George Bush:
KISS MY AMPLE BLACK ASS!
gene mc daniel
Dec. 10th, 2012 at 4:09 pm
the average worker in america could’nt hide his or her ask if not for. the union and liberalism since the great depression
BRAD
Dec. 10th, 2012 at 5:07 pm
does anyone think obama cares about whats going on in michigan,or the people in michigan yeah right he only cares about himself!
Shiva (Moderator)
Dec. 10th, 2012 at 5:33 pm
LOL
You are much to used to the GOP, you see, people on the outside of the GOP actually care
djchefron
Dec. 10th, 2012 at 6:15 pm
Hey brad take your meds.You need to calm down and BTW its President Obama
djchefron
Dec. 10th, 2012 at 6:12 pm
I really don’t feel sorry for them.In 2010 the voters either sat on their derrieres or voted rethuglican.They listen to Ed shultz and the professional left to stay home because President Obama-was only paying lip service to them.They listen to fox news about death panels in the health care law.We warn them we pleaded with them about what would happen.Now their chickens are really coming home to roost and I leave them with this quotation
“First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out–
Because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out–
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out–
Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me–and there was no one left to speak for me. “
Deborah Foster
Dec. 10th, 2012 at 7:04 pm
I think many of us have been speculating that a more progressive Obama might be coming in the 2nd term. As Jason mentioned, he is freed from electoral politics now and he’s thinking about his legacy. To be a truly great Democratic president, Obama will need to be a progressive. He definitely should not be a corporatist (which at times he has shown signs of doing things that privilege the 1%).
It sounds to me like Obama is going to say more about Michigan than he did during the Wisconsin ordeal. I think a lot of people wanted to see him do more to show his support for Wisconsin workers at that time.
djchefron
Dec. 10th, 2012 at 8:13 pm
Charles Pierce has a must read on this
Michigan’s Race To The Bottom
www.esquire.com/blogs/pol...
djchefron
Dec. 11th, 2012 at 7:43 am
This right here is why union workers have made their beds now they have to deal with the consquenses.
In the last election 40% of households that have a union member voted GOP.That’s about 7% of the electorate.You voted against the scary black man because {I don’t know maybe because to your warped thinking he is a scary black man} against your interest.Since when ray gun dismantled the air traffic union republicans have made it their cause to wipe you out.Yet you voted for them anyway.40% of you,if it wasn’t so sad I would be LMBAO.
Bob Mantione
Dec. 11th, 2012 at 11:23 am
Republicans like to confuse this issue with a term like “Right To Work”. Their base doesen’t get the fact that corporate profits are at an all time high, but worker’s pay is declining. If you think “wow, that doesn’t seem fair”, then you
get it. Organized labor is the only thing that protects a fair wage in America. Without it, wages will continue to decline, while greedy CEO’s continue to add BMW’s to their garage. It’s as simple as that!