Lately the notion in our economic and political atmosphere is a movement of action called "right to work". We all know that the right to work is a given in a capitalistic and democratic society so why would anyone frame an argument on a phrase we all already know is necessary and presently employed? It is because whenever action to change rules of existing practices is exposed as an overall negative, a positive spin on the nomenclature is the strategy. Such is the case in the "right to work" scheme. It only goes as deep as that, a superficiality for sure. When researching the effects of "right to work" laws are concluded, such as lowering of wages and decreased benefits, the truth of "right to work" laws is contained in the following link: http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/labor/report/2012/12/10/47554/michigan-right-to-work-bill-is-the-wrong-economics-for-the-middle-class/. As to why these laws are being proposed, the obvious effect is that unions will be dealt a blow to their ability to lobby on behalf of it's members while also weakening the unions right to get out voters at election time. Lowering wages for the workforce is also a tremendous motivator for the business owners and helps them increase their profits from lowered wages to employees, while they dismiss the facts of the lowered living standards for their employees. Society should reflect our values not our sins. These types of attempts to deny progressive growth in our social, economical, political and scientific genres is abhorrent. The opposite should be happening, instead of fixing problems in our well founded delivery systems, the Republican party is hell-bent on destruction without replacing them.
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