{"id":25702,"date":"2012-01-24T18:50:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-25T01:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/24\/a-right-to-not-work-debate.html"},"modified":"2012-01-25T18:52:15","modified_gmt":"2012-01-26T01:52:15","slug":"a-right-to-not-work-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/24\/a-right-to-not-work-debate.html","title":{"rendered":"A right-to-not-work debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As much as I despise the legislation being pushed through by the Indiana GOP, I&#39;ve reluctantly come to the conclusion that I can&#39;t support these tactics by the Indiana Dems.  <\/p>\n<p>First off, it&#39;s not what quorum laws were intended for.  <\/p>\n<p>Secondly, I realize that if the party roles were reversed, I&#39;d be really ticked off at the GOP for obstructing the majority Dems by way of legislative rules abuse &#8212; kind of like the Senate GOP the last four years.  Which made me realize my objections were more ideological than just.<\/p>\n<p>I support the state Dems&#39; cause, but not their tactics.  #ddtb<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='http:\/\/images0-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;resize_h=100&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fcmsimg.indystar.com%2Fapps%2Fpbcsi.dll%2Fbilde%3FSite%3DBG%26Date%3D20120124%26Category%3DNEWS05%26ArtNo%3D120124034%26Ref%3DAR%26MaxW%3D240%26Border%3D0' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.indystar.com\/article\/20120124\/NEWS05\/120124034\/Democrats-fined-continue-right-work-boycott?odyssey=tab'>More fines for Indiana House Democrats as they extend  &#39;right to work&#39; boycott<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Indiana House again remained at a standstill today, as most Democrats boycotted the chamber to stall the controversial \u201cright to work\u201d bill.<br \/>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As much as I despise the legislation being pushed through by the Indiana GOP, I&#39;ve reluctantly come to the conclusion that I can&#39;t support these tactics by the Indiana Dems. First off, it&#39;s not what quorum laws were intended for. Secondly, I realize that if the party roles were reversed, I&#39;d be really ticked off &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/24\/a-right-to-not-work-debate.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A right-to-not-work debate&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,9],"tags":[107],"class_list":["post-25702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-politics-law","tag-ddtb"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23772,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/15\/as-if-you-thought-wed-be-bound-to-some-deal-we-agreed-to.html","url_meta":{"origin":25702,"position":0},"title":"As if you thought we&#39;d be bound to some &quot;deal&quot; we agreed to","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 15-Nov-11 11:03pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Remember the whole grand compromise kick-the-can super-committee that the GOP agreed to with the Dems on how to deal with the deficit (why we're bothering with the deficit when the problem is jobs remains a mystery) thing? 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