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Right To Work? Not in New Jersey!

Make no mistake, even though Chris Christie recently achieved modest limitations on collective bargaining by public employees, New Jersey is still very much a union state. And unfortunately it's going to stay that way.

State Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver won't post a bill granting workers the ability to opt-out from joining a union. The measure was quietly introduced last week by Assemblyman Declan O'Scanlan who says it will control building costs and encourage economic growth.

Today Oliver declared it D.O.A.

"This type of move may play elsewhere, but, quite simply, this anti-worker bill will never see the light of day," she said.

Gotta love that "anti-worker" claptrap, eh? Forcing someone to pay union dues is nothing more than a state-sanctioned private tax. How is taking his hard-earned money and handing it to union fatcats "anti-worker?"

But then, reading the accompanying comments on NJ.com is where the real mendacity of the unions comes out. First we see:

I think this is a great idea. Why not extend it to the private sector also?

Good idea! But it was immediately followed by a refutation:

Hey IDIOT. Do you REALLY want New Jersey to turn into another Texas?

Why yes, yes I do! Because then we'd all have jobs!

Let's take a look at the Texas economy, shall we?

Yeah, you'd really have to be an idiot to prefer Texas over New Jersey!

Well, that is if by "idiot" you mean freedom-loving, hard-working, law-abiding home-owning American with money in his pocket who wants to get ahead in life. Which has to be what Mr. Union Shill meant, right? Otherwise, he'd be the "idiot."

Posted at 16:00 by Chris Wysocki   [/nj_politics]   Comments | Perm Link |
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