We need a new third party. The Workers Party. Start small with a few senators and a few dozen congressmen. This Workers party will vote up or down on labor bills, everything from NAFTA to health insurance. Nothing political, just labor. Not communist or capitalist. Just representing those of us who work, don’t protest, because we work, and have to feed our families with our labor. It would keep the government from favoring capitalists or communist legislation in favor of the common worker. I don’t need government aid or higher taxers, just to be left alone.
Some of the nice things (paid vacations, maternity/paternity leaves, daycare, etc) that other nations have, actually pay off by increasing the size of the workforce ….
From Republican Senator Daniel J. Morrell of Pennsylvania, in 1866; In his first speech in Congress Mr. Morrell uttered the following plea for labor: “The American workingman must live in a house, not a hut; he must wear decent clothes and eat wholesome and nourishing food. He is an integral part of the municipality, the State, and the Nation; subject to no fetters of class or caste; neither pauper, nor peasant, nor serf, but a free American citizen. He has the ballot, and if it were possible it would be dangerous to degrade him. The country stands pledged to give him education, political power, and a higher form of life than foreign nations accord their laborers, and he must be sustained by higher rates of wages than those of Europe. Our industries operated by American citizens must be freed from foreign interference and organized into a distinct American system, which will exact some temporary sacrifices but result in general prosperity and true national independence. In maintaining diversified industries we utilize every talent, provide a field for every capacity, and bind together the whole people in mutual dependence and support, assuring the strength and security of our Republic.”
drivingfuriously Premium Member over 6 years ago
We need a new third party. The Workers Party. Start small with a few senators and a few dozen congressmen. This Workers party will vote up or down on labor bills, everything from NAFTA to health insurance. Nothing political, just labor. Not communist or capitalist. Just representing those of us who work, don’t protest, because we work, and have to feed our families with our labor. It would keep the government from favoring capitalists or communist legislation in favor of the common worker. I don’t need government aid or higher taxers, just to be left alone.
superposition over 6 years ago
Some of the nice things (paid vacations, maternity/paternity leaves, daycare, etc) that other nations have, actually pay off by increasing the size of the workforce ….
http://money.cnn.com/2015/07/15/news/economy/europe-america-workforce/index.html
Masterskrain Premium Member over 6 years ago
From Republican Senator Daniel J. Morrell of Pennsylvania, in 1866; In his first speech in Congress Mr. Morrell uttered the following plea for labor: “The American workingman must live in a house, not a hut; he must wear decent clothes and eat wholesome and nourishing food. He is an integral part of the municipality, the State, and the Nation; subject to no fetters of class or caste; neither pauper, nor peasant, nor serf, but a free American citizen. He has the ballot, and if it were possible it would be dangerous to degrade him. The country stands pledged to give him education, political power, and a higher form of life than foreign nations accord their laborers, and he must be sustained by higher rates of wages than those of Europe. Our industries operated by American citizens must be freed from foreign interference and organized into a distinct American system, which will exact some temporary sacrifices but result in general prosperity and true national independence. In maintaining diversified industries we utilize every talent, provide a field for every capacity, and bind together the whole people in mutual dependence and support, assuring the strength and security of our Republic.”
braindead Premium Member over 6 years ago
Class war? No way!
Class war only happens when income tax loopholes for the rich are eliminated — or at least threatened.