I read the column in the Strib's Dead-Tree Edition; it was in the Crime "business+money" section. And it was a good one. Shoulda been in the Op/Ed section, but hey - at least it was in print. So I went to StarTribune.com to get the link; couldn't find it - even after a site search.
Fortunately, the Strib did have a link at the end o' the dead-tree edition; I found Al Lewis' column here.
Preparing To Sacrifice
By Al Lewis
Shared sacrifice follows every disaster. It's only a matter of deciding who shares it.
"We're asking shared sacrifice from a lot of people," Michigan's Republican Gov. Rick Snyder said last week. "These are difficult times."
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Americans prize individualism. We worship the free-market ideal of every man for himself, at least until history's most successful union -- the chummy CEOs' and board directors' guild -- needs a bailout. Otherwise, collectivism is for wonky, union-loving liberals. And cops.
Notice Wisconsin's governor did not have the courage to strip police, fire and emergency workers of their collective bargaining rights. People still have the right to collectively bargain in the Dairy State unless they are those robber-baron teachers. (more, at wsj.com)
Let's look again, at what Michigan's GOPer Governor said:
"We're asking shared sacrifice from a lot of people."
Here's what Michigan's GOPer Governor didn't say:
"And our Boardroom Base is included among those we're asking to join in our shared sacrifice."
That, Ladies and Gentlemen, is all you need to know about today's GOP - today's GOP is protecting the Boardoom at the expense of the middle class. Al Lewis' column should have been in the Strib's Op/Ed section; should be available on the Strib's website. It's not. At least it was in the dead-tree edition. |
