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O'Brien's Laughable Right-to-Work Claim

by: William Tucker

Sun Jul 31, 2011 at 06:00:00 AM EDT
Last week, state House Speaker Bill O'Brien wrote an open letter to his House colleagues pleading his case for so-called right-to-work legislation. In it, O'Brien claimed, "We should be in the running for Audi’s factory, but can’t because we don’t have a Right to Work law." The New Hampshire Business Review demolished this laughable assertion.

In his "Dear Colleagues" letter, [O'Brien] holds out the equally false hope that the German automaker Audi, which is said to be looking to build a plant in the U.S., would actually consider building in New Hampshire, (except, of course, for the unfortunate fact that the state doesn't have a RTW law).

Sounds great -- just pass the law, and a thousand Audi jobs will come.

The problem with that claim can be explained a little more succinctly: Carmakers don't build factories in little states in the upper right hand corner of countries with essentially zero rail service and most suppliers hundreds, if not thousands, of miles away. RTW or not.
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It would seem that what we have here in the conservative mind is a (0.00 / 0)
God-complex--the belief that whatever is wanted, all that's required is to say the word, i.e. pass a law.

The reference to "job creators" really makes it quite explicit. God created man and, by God, man created everything else, just by having the idea. The thought comes first and reality follows. It's not a chicken or egg question because both chicken and egg are material. What came first was the idea of the chicken. Coming up with an idea, like democracy, is where the creative process starts.

I suppose that's also the basis for the claim that insemination is a creative act which may not be denied--another example of intent taking precedence over the act and defining its moral worth. To consider intent as the sole determinant of moral value is entirely consistent with being self-centered. The effects of actions or the consequences for other people need not be considered because actions are inconsequential. The intent or motivation is the beginning and the end.
"Cogito, ergo sum." That's all.

It would seem that the God of the Old Testament is the image of the self-centered mind and continues to resonate with people suffering from some sort of disconnect. Though their instinctive emotions run rampant, their intent is good and that's what's important.
Perhaps they don't even notice the havoc they leave in their wake.

"Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do."

Some Colleagues are Dearer (4.00 / 6)
...than others.  

This is the first I have heard of this particular "Dear Colleagues" letter, so I am assuming that the colleagues referred to are the members of the Speakers own caucus.

The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane. --Marcus Aurelius, courtesy of Paul Berch

I am not Dear either (0.00 / 0)
I haven't been getting these letters either.  He rarely communicates anything to those outside his own caucus.  (Not that he has to: his caucus makes up almost 3/4 of the whole body.)
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Me either! (0.00 / 0)


You have not converted a man because you have silenced him.  (John Morley, 1838-1923)
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Surprised he didn't blame the unions for not getting a Boeing plant as well. (4.00 / 2)
New Hampshire would almost never be in the running for a plant.

Dollars to donuts, the Audi plant is going to go to whatever state is willing to throw hundreds of millions of dollars of public dollars at the company in the form of tax breaks, incentives, and infrastructure improvements.  

That kills it right there, (4.00 / 3)
the idea of infrastructure improvements.  We can't even get infrastructure maintenance out of these guys.
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You are talking about the guy that think NH can have the next Google (4.00 / 6)
While he cuts education funding and destroys the universities. So the fact he thinks you can have an automobile plant without rail service does not surprise me.

I'd love to see a mind map of how this guy thinks the economy works.  



OK, here you go: (4.00 / 1)


They. Don't. Care.
We do.
Rinse, repeat.
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We'd be growing oranges here if the growers didn't have to pay union wages. n/t (4.00 / 2)

Not to mention (0.00 / 0)
Highest prop taxes in the nation
Highest electric rates in the nation

Has Little man Obrien got any----that is any help for these problems?????

And---oh yeah---OUR WELL MAINTAINED 19TH CENTURY ROADS

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