The deficit-union-busting rhetoric has this earthy fragrance

It would seem the Republican governors who are trying with all their might to bust public service unions in their states would at least have a more reasonable explanation for their insistence that most of collective bargaining disappear.

Governors like Wisconsin’s Scott Walker and others in Indiana, Ohio and perhaps elsewhere say that by not allowing collective bargaining on work rules, they are building back up all that money that vanished in their state coffers. And how would that happen exactly? I’ve yet to hear one of these anti-deficit hawks say what specific rules that they would not allow government employee unions to negotiate upon that would help retrieve the money that their fellow politicians blew. The same goes for determining a dollar figure on how much in deficit amounts would union busting exactly bring the Wisconsin or Indiana state treasuries.

The reason is obvious. It’s all one of the greatest bulls**t stories the Republican Party has yet to concoct. Among those pulling the strings of their GOP marionettes are the fabulously wealthy Koch Brothers of Koch Industries fame (oil, timber, paper products, destroying America as we know it).  Ultra-wealthy corporate owners such as the Koch Brothers and the Waltons (not John Boy, but Sam Boy), have no use at all for the unions of any kind. So the corporate world feels as if this would be a good time, while the populace is whipped into a frenzy over deficits of all things, to finally tear down the unions once and for all.

Public service unions in Wisconsin gave into the fiscal demands made that would supposedly fix the Cheese Head State’s broken economy. Not enough, says Walker. The unions have to give up most of their bargaining rights because it would some how magically fix an economy that’s already been repaired. Besides, say Walker and all the GOP pols, fixing the deficits and battered government economies are part of the mandate sent by voters last November.

I hate to tell you guys, but the voters sent a message about jobs. Deficits? What the hell are those? Fix the deficit and it will give me or my unemployed brother-in-law a job, says Joe Q. Public. Like, bust the union and next week the unemployment rate will plummet to 0.001 percent. Uh huh.

If you are undecided about which side to support in this battle, let me give you a little advice. Should you decide to side with the GOP and the Tea Party, be very careful if you go out to one of their rallies. You will likely step in some of the bulls**t those folks are spreading.  You’ll know it first by the earthy smell.