[lbo-talk] unions in bed with bosses

Wojtek Sokolowski swsokolowski at yahoo.com
Tue Apr 8 05:37:31 PDT 2008


A bill that would have committed Maryland to fight global warming died in a House committee last night after lobbying from industry and from factory workers fearful for their jobs.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/politics/bal-te.md.warming08apr08,0,5535204.story

[WS:] This is yet another example that there is no hope in this country, mildly progressive politicians like MD Governor O'Malley or the POTUS in the making Obama notwithstanding. Right wing populism will invariably get in cahoots with bosses to defeat any progressive measure, no matter how timid. This will happen over and over again, from any attempts at health care reform, to building a more sustainable economy, to defunding the military-industrial complex, or to meaningfully regulate the financial sector. Remember, you heard it first here :).

This country is doomed, like the Easter Island because the masses and the bosses share the same values and political sentiments - just as Hofstadter taught http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_American_Political_Tradition

Wojtek

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