Apply what we've learned..."Cheap labor conservatives..."

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Another http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x2306735">thread referred us to a http://www.conceptualguerilla.com/beattherightinthree.htm}website> that suggests using 'Cheap labor conservatives' as a catch-phrase for discussing all that's wrong with the right.

Let's practice. I will start:

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1. You can't reconcile Christianity with being cheap-labor conservatives..

Though Jesus said 'blessed are the poor', I don't think he intended for us to force more people into poverty.

Whether as consumers or as business owners we have an obligation to want people to receive fair pay for their goods and services.

Christianity doesn't reconcile with sweatshops in the Philipines, or with fighting against minimum wage laws, or with preventing workers from organizing, or with abolishing overtime pay.

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4. Conservatives aren't on the side of the majority of people

Most people have to work for a living. They aren't the bosses. The bosses are conservative because they see the Republicans helping their bottom line at the expense of the working person. Here's some examples:

Bush has done nothing to stem the tide of outsourcing from our country-in fact, one of his people said that outsourcing was good for the economy.

Bush has changed overtime rules, so that you can get an extra day off but not an extra dollar in your pocket. With prices for food and gas going up, how is staying home helping you feed your family or get to work?

Bush's policies, like a drug benefit for the elderly, really benefit the big drug companies. He's against importing cheaper medicine from Canada, even though several cities and states have challenged him on this regard. And let's not forget that one drug company (Pfizer?) was giving elderly a benefit so they could get their vital medicine cheaper and then abruptly stopped the program, leaving many seniors in the lurch.

Speaking of health care, Bush has done nothing to encourage business to provide health care for their employees. Under Bush, more people have lost health care benefits.

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2. I've Been Using the 'Cheap Labor Conservatives' Line for Years

especially as it relates to labor unions, NAFTA, GATT, and the minimum wage. I've read the Conceptual Guerilla column on 'cheap labor conservatives' and seen how it applies to MANY other areas.

* Cheap labor conservatives oppose a woman's right to choose, since the burden of unwanted children would force many women to remain in the workforce - thereby ensuring a ready supply of cheap labor.

* Cheap labor conservatives oppose any social welfare programs, preferring that people become homeless or starve rather than turn down jobs paying a substandard wage.

* Cheap labor conservatives encourage all forms of bigotry and racism, since it creates divisions among workers who would otherwise overcome their individual difference to fight for better wages or working conditions.

I wrote the blurbs above, then checked the Conceptual Guerilla website. Seems I've gotten better at recalling some of their major points, but I could do better. We should all do some brainstorming to reveal cheap labor conservatives' rationale for EVERYTHING they do.

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3. Marvin Olasky, a creator of faith-based funding, believes in a Calvinistic

approach to society: the poor are wretched and unloved by God. Their poverty is indicative of sloth, apathy towards good, hard work, moral turpitude, etc. Simply, they are poor because they want to be, and expect the rest of society to pick up their tab.

Olasky was the one who helped * create the image of "compassionate conservative" which belies the real sentiment as aforementioned.

You don't hear too much from him or about him lately, but his presence is still keenly felt.

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5. What's funny

is that the slothful lazy ones I've seen are usually the children of wealthy parents, not poor people.