conservatives don’t want to abolish unions — we simply wish to prevent them from having unfair privileges and benefits that the rest of us do not have — for example, exclusive bargaining rights. Unions still exist in red states, they simply do not exercise the toxic levels of control that they do in blue states.

BTW, Hitler’s economic policy was, at its most rightist, syndicalist. The left wing of the Nazi party was socialist, and this influenced much of the economic policy of Nazi Germany. I’ll note that state unions were constituted upon the elimination of trade unions in Nazi Germany — Hitler had no ideological opposition to unions, it was simply a question of the union working for the “wrong team” (the German Communist party).

You are quite right, Unions would all but disappear. That is not true in an emerging economy. In economies which are at the early stages of industrialization Unions often can gain a large following, and actually do some good for their members. But that all changes as the economy matures.

Unions have no place in the public sector, that is a horrible event which we allowed and will have to be reversed some day.

If you look at the Communist Party USA’s Program, you’d be hard-pressed to find many differences vs the Democratic platform or vs any action Obama takes.

a leopard never changes his spots. funny how the left is ramping up their rhetoric and uncivil tone while the campaigner-in-chief sits idly by. rome is burning and nero is fiddling away.

many union workers just want to get their sweet deals that they are entitled too because the man keeps them down.

I get this everyday from local firemen and trade workers. I know teachers that just show up to teach just for the pension they are guaranteed and know they cannot be fired if they just show up. Many teachers are good teachers but many are also just showing up to get a pension guranteed by the State. Many do not buy into the fact that the unions are draining anything. They choose to believe this and do not want to listen to anyone who tells them otherwise.

I just post the Communist Party USA website:

“The Working Class and Trade Union Movement”

“Workers always seek to solve the chronic ills they face. Whether individual workers are conscious of it yet or not, the ultimate outcome of this struggle is socialism.”

http://www.cpusa.org/party-program/

and they NEVER post a reply or comment on it.

Here is the page that links the Communist to the WI protests:

http://cpusa.org/april-16-ustream-broadcast-from-wisconsin-to-washington-stand-up-for-jobs-workers-rights-and-peace/

Unfortunately there are many people that post here on RS that still think there is no link to Obama and this Communist movement. The road starts with George Soros.