meirwen_1988: (WTF)
meirwen_1988 ([personal profile] meirwen_1988) wrote2011-03-26 10:55 pm

This is...alarming

For the record, I really believe that a healthy, ethical business is a good thing. I really believe that everyone benefits from creating an environment that encourages healthy, ethical commercial enterprises. I have some skepticism about the alignment of my definition of "healthy and ethical" and that of most business leaders, though I tend to think many successful small businessmen would fit comfortably within my personal parameters.

That said, this scares me. Deeply. Revisionist restructuring of public space and public statements and visions of history in my life have always been most closely associated with the countries, political philosophies, and political leaders we, as a nation, have fought against, decried, and despised.

If Reich is reporting events correctly, this is...terrible.

[identity profile] keastree.livejournal.com 2011-03-27 03:13 am (UTC)(link)
The Plutocratic Arm of the Republican Party is pretty callous, and callous enough to be behind a lot of the arguably anti-labor behavior we're seeing in multiple places.

However, I -really- want independent verification on Reich's claims.

[identity profile] meirwen.livejournal.com 2011-03-27 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
http://new.bangordailynews.com/2011/03/23/politics/maine-governor-remove-labor-mural-from-labor-dept/

[identity profile] sheapottery.livejournal.com 2011-03-27 04:32 pm (UTC)(link)
I saw it on several news stations up here in Boston. The Gov of Maine is really doing this.