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Western Hero doesn't celebrate international communist holidays, but we recognize our American Labor Day, since it has been cleansed of it's embarrassing socialist origins.
Obama and the Democrats Wage War on the American Worker
Obama used the power of the state to punish another enemy this past week, sending armed agents to storm a guitar factory whose owner had the temerity to not bribe, er... pay a campaign contribution to the Obama campaign. The pretext? Indian workers should have sanded those boards, not Americans!
Boeing's newest plant remains shuttered and thousands out of work because Obama has again used the power of the state to punish South Carolina for not voting for him.
Add to this the fact that President Obama's "Jobs" Czar has shipped tens of thousands of jobs to China, and it is clear that President Obama and the Democrats hate the American worker and have done everything in their power to discourage American businesses from hiring them.
President Obama and the Democrats are gold-plated members of the DC-Chamber of Commerce Cheap Labor Cabal that supports the exploitation of illegal immigrants. They violate the human rights of immigrants while denying millions of American workers a decent wage for their labor. Millions more Americans are completely out of work thanks to the Democratic party jobs program for illegal immigrants.
Strangling Job Creators with Red Tape
Another dictatorial tactic is to tangle up a company with confusing and contradictory regulations so that no matter how diligent and sincere its efforts are, an army of compliance bureaucrats can storm its offices and quickly find damning evidence of corporate malfeasance and disobedience to the state.
Trucking company Old Dominion took an alcoholic trucker off the road, following Department of Transportation regulations. That same action ran afoul of another government agency, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). (See the Human Events article) Another company impaled upon the horns of a government-created dilemma.
We need to get rid of EEOC, Department of Labor and every other agency that enforces labor laws or enshrines the enforcement of some laws over others. So many government agencies serve as nothing more than infestations of special interest activists to they can sap this nation from the inside by using the government's powers against their enemies. It is a sure sign of a destructive, hidebound government when one private sector business action complies with one government regulation while simultaneously breaking another.
Pass the laws and let violations be dealt with in civil court. As a bonus to liberals, that action could increase labor union membership, making unions actually useful again as an advocate before the bar for workers whose rights have been abused by employers.
Our government must also cease raiding places of business as if they were Al Qaeda strongholds. The federal government's armed raid on the Gibson Guitar factory was a gross overreach befitting a Latin American dictatorship, or perhaps a Russian Kleptocracy raid on BP.
Obama's Jobs Machine is Stuck in Reverse
So if you're out of a job, you should be marching on the White House and demanding an end to job killing statism that supports foreign workers over American workers. Demand an end to illegal immigration that is stealing millions of jobs. Tell the government to call off the regulatory gestapo that harasses the people who hand you a paycheck.
