Sometimes we forget how reasonable and cooperative past
political leaders have been. If you consider only their political party label –
republican or democrat – you will miss what they really said and stood for.
Like President Eisenhower, who said:
“I have no use for those –
regardless of their political party – who hold some vain and foolish dream of
spinning the clock back to days when organized labor was huddled, almost as a
hapless mass. Only a fool would try to deprive working men and women of the
right to join the union of their choice.”
Does this quote surprise you? If not, maybe you are too young to remember
Ike? Maybe you were unaware that political party did not dictate gigantic
differences in political ideology? At one time the political parties worked
together for the common good of the American people. It would seem otherwise
today!
And then the whole area of worker rights may seem foreign to
modern day citizens. Not! Worker rights preceded the Civil Rights Movement, or
the Anti-Vietnam War Movement. Worker rights have been a part of American
history for as long as America
has struggled with its independence. Same today, only disguised. Think minimum
wage. Think standards of living. Think employment benefits. Think medical
insurance. Think foreign competition, job losses to overseas employers, our own
employers who have exported those same jobs to lower income regions.
Think about these things this weekend. Think about what
needs to be done.
Whatever you do, think!
January 18, 2014
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