Death to the Middle Class

There's a war raging in this country right now and the goal of this war is simple: eradicate the middle class. The wealthy in this country are intent on turning back the clock and returning to a feudal system where the wealthiest 1% rule over the land with an iron fist, suppressing the poor and working men and women into the grave, oiling the corporate machine with the blood of their working man.

For the past two weeks, union workers and their brethren have been protesting in Wisconsin against a bill that would all but eradicate a union's ability to negotiate a collective bargaining agreement, thus making unions obsolete. I concede that unions do need to be reeled in, as, just like with any organization, they've become bloated and greedy. There's something wrong with a system where membership is all but mandatory with "fair share" rules that force workers to pay union dues whether or not they're actually part of the union. But to strip unions of their power to negotiate on behalf of their members is not only immoral but un-American.

What's happening in Wisconsin is a personal vendetta being carried out between a governor and the unions masked behind a facade of "budget reform." In a perfect world, unions would be unnecessary. This, however, is not the case. The men and women who sign the checks at the top of the financial food chain are greedy bastards who don't give a shit about the working man. They're more than willing to climb a mountain of working class corpses to get what they want. If the unions are allowed to fall in Wisconsin, it's just a nail in the coffin of working class America.