“What I want to do is make sure we have jobs for these workers and we have first-class American automobile companies — and we’re not going to do it with the barnacles of unionism wrapped around their necks.”
– Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC), All Things Considered, Dec. 10, 2008
In case anyone has any question what the fight over the bailout (I reject any euphemisms for it) of the Big 3 American automobile companies is about, Sen. Jim DeMint has done us the favor of explaining it to us precisely. It is not about supporting or refusing to support the Big 3; DeMint’s solution, to send them into bankruptcy court, might well save the companies and their management. This would release the companies from their existing obligations — including union contracts.
That’s all this is about now: union busting. Which side are you on?