[lbo-talk] OK, Nathan

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Feb 1 12:12:50 PST 2006


Nathan Newman wrote:


>And you'll be happy to know that opponents of "fair share" health plans are
>siting arguments such as Fitch's to demonize unions and anti-Wal-Mart bills.
>There's no real likelihood of single payer being enacted now, but the
>accusations of corruption against union funds is enthusiastically being
>cited in support of moving to 401(k)s and Medical Savings Accounts. So
>cheerio-- let's bash the unions and promote the end of employer-based
>benefit funds.
>
>The DLC and the New America Foundation have your back on those arguments.

Ok. Better not say anything. Let's just sit back and watch unions decline some more, the health insurance situation get worse, and the working class to continue to lack any voice in national politics.

Doug



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