The Party of Privilege 0
Robyn Blumner remembers that the Davis-Bacon Act, which mandates that federal contractors pay the prevailing wage in their areas, was sponsored by a Republican Representative and Senator, then signed by a Republican president.
That was then.
That was one of Romney’s top priorities. Because in the United States, where wages have stagnated for more than 30 years, nothing is more important for the president than to try to erode worker pay even more. Take that, 47 percenters.
But Romney was not breaking new plutocratic ground, just toeing the party line. Today’s GOP believes its solemn duty is to mow down workers’ rights and wage protections. The onslaught is incredibly well organized, particularly at the state level where the well-manicured hand of the American Legislative Exchange Council is all over it.
The Republican Party, now more than ever the party of privilege.
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