Anti-worker bill passes Ohio Senate; would jail striking workers

In yet another insult to the American people, the Ohio senate has passed SB 5, a bill that would strip the collective bargaining rights from all public workers in the state. Even more disgusting is a provision of the bill that would jail any public worker that went on strike. Teachers, as well as other state workers, could be thrown in jail for thirty days for simply standing up for their rights as workers.

People need to call this what it is: Class Warfare

This isn't about budgets. This is about consolidating all political power into the hands of the super rich. This is about further entrenching the conservative oligarchs as the ruling elite.

That's why conservatives want to eliminate campaign finance limits. Their financial advantage is useless if they are limited in what they can give. That's why conservatives oppose education, and consistently push disinformation. A dumbed down populace is easier to manipulate through exposure to constant propaganda (as the Tea Party has aptly demonstrated.) And it's why conservatives need to destroy unions. Unions represent a counterbalance to corporate political power. It is this reason we see Citizens United, and FoxNews, and SB 5.

This isn't happening by mistake. This is a coordinated war on the middle class. Nobody should lose sight of that.