Labor Day - Socialism Celebrated

By Douglas V. Gibbs

Labor Day is supposed to be a celebration of the worker, and in that celebration the laborer is rewarded with a special day off for his labors. Tradition has added cook-outs, trips to vacation spots, and just about anything else you can throw in the mix, added to the long celebrated federal holiday. For some, Labor Day even marks the end of summer. For socialism, Labor Day is the one day of the year that Marx's wage slavery is recognized in America.

Labor Unions were a part of the mix when it came to bringing about laws to protect the workers. In those days the importance of labor unions were evident. These organizations existed for the purpose of collectively representing the interests of the workforce, bargaining with employers in order to improve the rates of pay and other conditions of employment. The right of workers to form unions has been an important part of our history, but as these unions have become too liberal, too corrupt, or too authoritarian over their members, it is evident that the labor union has overstayed its welcome in our free society.

Today's unions are aggressively supported by the liberal left, and the politicians use their influence with labor leaders to force rank-and-file union members to support liberal causes and candidates financially, despite the fact that those members may strongly and unequivocally oppose those causes and candidates.

In addition to the liberal impact that unions wield, they have also adversely affected our economic system, demanding rates of pay, benefit packages, and lifetime pensions from corporations that are ultimately unsustainable when it comes to maintaining such demands over the long run. As these benefits for the workers force companies into financial difficulty, rather than recognize the problem as being of their own doing, unions push for more pay and more benefits, until finally the host collapses under the weight of the persistent attacks by the parasitic labor unions.

Government labor unions, like SEIU, have even become thuggish strong-arms of the liberal Democrat Party, using their muscle to influence the vote, and to bully any opposition to progressive policies, such as they have done recently at townhall meetings.

Now, as the liberal policies of a sub-prime mortgage push, and heavy spending, wrecks our economy, Labor Day has a bittersweet aura about it. The unemployment rate is creeping upward, and corporations are finding themselves in deep trouble under the onslaught of the collective bargaining agreements forced upon them by the liberal labor unions.

Socialism on Labor Day is being celebrated, as the nation continues its collapse under the back-breaking weight of the labor unions, and the progressive policies of the Democrat Party.

Personally, I found the day hardly one to be celebrated.

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