R i g h t a r d i a: The GOP is with its pseudo-patriotism is fundamentally anti-government.

"Never before have so few with so much promised to take away so much from so many and then laugh their asses off as the so many with so little vote for the so few with so much." --A James Pence Quote

Gov. Walker of wisconsin inherited a surplus form the previous administration, but passed three bills in six weeks that created a deficit. Then he deiced to solve the phony deficit by busting a public workers union.

Walker wants Wisconsin to be a 'right to work state" which simply means that any one hired into a union company doesn't have to pay union dues. These "right to work" laws are designed to weaken union clout in elections.

As Paul Krugman has stated:

Some background: Wisconsin is indeed facing a budget crunch, although its difficulties are less severe than those facing many other states.

"Revenue has fallen in the face of a weak economy, while stimulus funds, which helped close the gap in 2009 and 2010, have faded away.

In this situation, it makes sense to call for shared sacrifice, including monetary concessions from state workers.

And union leaders have signalled that they are, in fact, willing to make such concessions.

Why bust the unions? As I said, it has nothing to do with helping Wisconsin deal with its current fiscal crisis . . .

So it's not about the budget; it's about the power."

It is clear the GOP with all of its pseudo-patriotism is fundamentally anti-government. The anti-government nature of the GOP is particularity apparent when it is out of power.

The GOP resents the government because it is the only power in the US that can control the excesses or private enterprise and the the affluent. The government can control both of the preceding with regulation and taxes, which is essentially what the GOP is against: taxes and regulation.

The right wing has suggested that only people who own property should be given the right to vote, women aren't protected under the constitution and the GOP congress is trying to rewrite rape law, there is no right to privacy, and that federal child labor laws also are unconstitutional.

This is not conservative thought, this is reactionary thought. The Tea Baggers claim to be the heirs of the American Revolution. They believe we need to return to those "glory days" when a small group of property owners (10-16 per cent of the US population) were the only people who could vote.

These people talk about US exceptioanalism, which 80 per cent of Americans believe, but the reality is the US performance on international indexes is mediocre. The Canadians have a better medical care system, better social security, live longer and also have a lower infant mortality rate.

In the 2010 Legatum Property Index that US had one of its best showings: 10th. Canada was 7th and Norway, Denmark and Finland, those "socialist" democracies, came in one, two and three. See http://www.prosperity.com/rankings.aspx

Other data shows data show that a number of countries including Denmark, Norway, Finland, Canada, Sweden, Germany, and France have more relative mobility than does the United States.

Imagine that! There is more social mobility in France that in the US.

Obama is right. the US needs to be more competitive and innovative. We need to take the rose colored glasses off and get to work. Worker productivity is not the problem.

That is one area in which the US is number one: worker productivity.

The Us has the best GDP per capita, or the market value of all final goods and services produced per person. This is one measure of the productive capacity available to meet the economic needs of the population.

The US GDP per employed person measures the market value of all final goods and services produced per worker in a country and is a general indicator of labor productivity. Again the US is number one.

sources: http://www.bls.gov/ilc/chartbook.htm.

Sawhill, Isabel (12007). "Economic Mobility: Is the American Dream Alive and Well?". The Brookings Institution. Washington DC.

http://www.economicmobility.org/assets/pdfs/EMP%20American%20Dream%20Report.pdf.

http://www.hillbillyreport.org/diary/2579/wisconsin-governor-starves-the-beast-to-feed-oligarchy

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