"Surprise! ALEC Scholar Says ALEC Right to Work Will Boost WI Economy"

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"Personal income includes the investment income of wealthy people, like capital gains or real estate. Wages, in contrast, are the primary form of income for working people, and are affected more significantly by right-to-work laws.

“We are facing a crisis of inequality,” Lafer said. “Unions lessen that inequality by letting people negotiate so they get a share when companies are profitable.”

With right-to-work, the overall income in the state might stay the same, but wages go down because workers have less leverage to negotiate a share of the profits. The state's overall personal income may not change, but the distribution is different.

“You need to look at what does right-to-work does to working people, not investors,” Lafer said."

- See more at: http://www.prwatch.org/news/2015/02/12752/surprise-alec-scholar-says-alec-right-work-will-boost-wi-economy#sthash.8rLu1SKr.dpuf

[randys1]

1. ALEC Americans Legislating Erroneous Calamity

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3. It's part of their conquer and divide us from our money economy.

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2. "After the 1929 crash, that euphemism became associated in people’s minds with the brutal pre-New

Deal culture. So corporate America went back to their PR flaks to brand "open shop" with a new, less toxic-sounding euphemism. The phrase they came up with was "right to work," as if they were actually empowering workers with "individual liberty" by going after their unions."


https://www.nsfwcorp.com/dispatch/right-to-work/

[pansypoo53219]

4. later should be LAUGHED AT, cause he is a JOKE ON US.

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5. Hi Pansy, Richard Vedder, thinks that because at the time this study was done, evidence

shows Wisconsin role in the countries economy shrunk and that RTW will slow this down? So I also find this deduction laughable.

[Thor_MN]

6. Problem of language.

For liberals, "Success" means everyone is doing well.

For conservatives, "Success" means that the 1% is doing well.

Sad thing is, there are a lot of conservatives that are not part of the 1% and have no clue...

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7. I think Sen. Warren helped explain why the 1% are doing so well. They use all our

services that everyone else pays for via taxes, and they don't. That they get to use the schools that everyone pays for via taxes. That is why these big banks and corporations need to also pay taxes.


But you are right it is a sad thing that those conservatives who are not part of the 1% and have no clue. They still love the idea that these job creators do enough just to create jobs….

[kairos12]

10. The use of tax payer financed roads and services by the grifters of the one percent make them

the ultimate takers.

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11. Wait till TPP is passed…

[kairos12]

8. I think if you attend an ALEC conference you have to remember to set your watch back 200 years.

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9. The humor in that thought is how true it is….