Compassionate Conservatism

President Bush may be too hard on motorcycle Police. This may seem like a Joke, but the Speed of the motorcades does increase the risk for such Officers in performance of their assignments. One can make an allegation that increased motorcade speed lowers the potential risk of attack, though it is only in the Movies that Terrorists present a full-scale attack against a fully-reenforced Response team. Speed makes only marginal difference in the presence of mined Routes. The real reason for the rapid motorcades is Executive demands for rapid transit. This does get Serving Officers killed! Where are the Democratic Officers who can write Speeding Tickets?

This lengthy article explains what is happening to the Middle Class throughout the Country. Businesses are dumping their expensive labor by transferring Ownership, and abandoning labor in the process. Maytag serves as an excellent Example, basically because the Company was suffering no structural liabilities when it was purchased by Whirlpool. What I am trying to say is that the higher Wages of Maytag was not incompatible with Profitability, the cheaper Wages at Whirlpool simply paying for the Buyout of a Competitor. Current Federal labor policy and Tax law favors the betrayal of labor, and the Middle Class will lose their lifestyle.

Arnold Schwarzenegger has yet to publish his position on a new labor bill in California which would allow Unions to acquire signed membership cards, rather than face the coercion of Workers by Growers in holding an Election. It would nominally seem like an Election by Secret Ballot is the most democratic of processes, though Growers tend to run out of Work immediately upon their loss in any Union Election, and can seem to find new Work with new laborers shortly thereafter. The signed Union membership cards establish that labor has chosen to be represented in Labor/Management negotiations. Coercion by Union Organizing can be limited by Organizers having restricted ability to provide financial reward to Workers, while Growers should be shed of their ability to withdraw Worker Income. We shall see how the Hollywood actor responds to his fellow Conservatives. lgl