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12/06/2003 11:48:00 AM | Timothy

Dean on "Right to Work" Laws
DEAN: I hate right-to-work laws. And let me tell you why it's OK to be forced to join a union. The union is out there negotiating for your wage increases. Why should you get a free ride? Why should you should be able to go to work for that company, get the same benefits as everybody else who paid their union dues and you paid nothing? That's why I'm against right-to-work laws...
MATTHEWS: You understand why a libertarian would disagree with you, right? A libertarian would think they had a right, he or she, to work where they can do the job.
DEAN: Yes, but why should they-but why should they get the benefits of everybody else who is paying dues and get a free ride?

However, Nathan Newman points out that the libertarian party is against right-to-work laws. Here's the platform plank. Newman (who is a lefty) adds:
"The Libertarian Party opposes "right to work" laws for a very good reason-- they are government interference with private contracts. Libertarians don't like most labor laws but they also support "compulsory unionism" if that's what workers and employers negotiate in a contract.... Given how bad labor laws are at this point, I'd pretty much support the Libertarian position on complete repeal of national labor laws, from right-to-work to the ban on sympathy strikes to Presidential interference with strikes. If we could hold onto a basic right to free speech in the workplace, the rest of the apparatus of the labor laws could be thrown in the trash with little loss and a lot of gain for workers rights."
I might mention that a certain Mr. Hogan seems to oppose compulsary unionism, while not caring a wit about free speech for union organizing (judging by our talk about free speech last time). If you're concerned about 'moral rights to free speech' as he is, this seems inconsistent.

P.S. Emmett says: "Whoa. I just heard Sean Hannity say that Dean claimed the Saudis warned Bush ahead of time about the September 11 attacks. Does anyone have any corroboration of this? If so, Dean is a true nutcase, as bad even as Wesley Clark." I have no idea what Dean said, but Sean Hannity is a proven liar and propagandist. Emmett thinks it is 'ridiculous' that the left would say Bush is waging a war on civil liberties and is outraged when their truthfulness is challenged, and then Emmett gives credence to rumors like this. Dean somes some stupid stuff, but Clark didn't even say anything 'nutty' about it either. And the right wonders why they look crazy.



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