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VIDEO: RTW Brings Unnecessary Political Battles
So-called "right-to-work" legislation would have zero impact on unemployment and evidence shows it might even hurt middle class incomes. Dr. David Schultz of Hamline University's Business School says that it would undoubtedly usher in a highly combative political environment.
Posted in Economic Development | Related Topics: Job Growth Working / Middle Class Issues
5 Comments
April 5, 2012 at 2:20 pm
Google his name and you will get this URL as the first search result:
http://law.hamline.edu/david_schultz.html
Ed Schwarz: Your apology is accepted.
April 5, 2012 at 12:13 pm
Mr. Downing:
I saw your comment about David Schultz, and your assertion that he’s in Law not Business. FYI, Hamline University’s own web site as of 11:45 AM today lists David Schultz as “Professor, School of Business.” See https://piperline.hamline.edu/pls/prod/hamdirectory.P_EmployeesByDepartment?ddpt=PADE .
Maybe he has very recently moved from the Business School to the School of Law, and the Hamline web site is not yet updated, in which case I humbly apologize. But if he is still in Business, then all the various assertions in your comment are suspect. In that case you should fact check your entire submission, and retract and correct on this forum as necessary. With your credibility now at risk, you should also include reliable citations (Fox News and Rush don’t count!) supporting every one of your assertions.
I thank you in advance for correcting your comment.
April 5, 2012 at 11:03 am
David Schultz is in the School of Law not in the School of Business.
David Schultz is simply a political ideologue. Business 101 tells a student that companies (and states) must be or must become competitive in order to survive. Competition is good and it delivers better prices at lower prices. Perhaps David Schultz needs a remedial business class!
MN is competing with other states and the U.S. is competing with other countries for both jobs and for investment.
David Schultz is simply disingenuous when he says RTW does not help job growth. The states with the most job growth are in fact RTW states.
April 5, 2012 at 10:37 am
Previous, and well-documented, studies* have shown that there is little net job “creation” in states with right-to-work laws. But? Wages, health care & retirement benefits, do decline, usually about 5% each. And? That is not just for the people in unions… that is for EVERYBODY. So? That would be: the “right to work ... for less.” If the public ever figures out they will suffer along with the people in the unions, they wouldn’t even consider this. So? If you want to push something like this? You have create a “diversionary debate” which is just shorter wording for “unnecessary political battles.”
How many on this list know exactly how to “push the button” of somebody around them? Yes, you know exactly how to get them going. It isn’t to solve anything, it’s how to divert and manipulate, practically on “command” isn’t it? That’s all this is, it’s just that kind of manipulative conversation on a larger scale.
So? This diversionary debate will likely involve the usual tactic of: pitting groups of regular Americans against each other. Groups such as immigrants, public service workers, etc. will be used as scapegoats… the idea is to pick somebody (or something) that is politically unpopular right now ... and interject it into the public debate… and in so doing, making it easy to get people so emotionally riled-up that they will likely miss the facts. Then send ‘em to the polls, with essentially “road rage” voting to occur.
It’s why I say once again: whenever somebody is pointing to another group of regular Americans as “the problem,” YOU are being played. Period. It’s our job as citizens not to take that bait, and to see past diversionary tactics. It’s our job to insist on solutions, not tolerate ugly divide-and-conquer…to see that we’re all in this together. It’s what made this country great… and why it says “We the People” and not: we, some of the people.
Happy Easter!
* Economic Policy Institute Study White Paper #299.
Katie Sanders says:
April 5, 2012 at 3:09 pm
Gentlemen,
Actually, you are both correct. The multi-talented Dr. Schultz has appointments in both departments. I appreciate your diligence in pointing out this clarification.
Best,
Katie Sanders,
Interim Communications Director, MN2020.org