GOP tries to punish schools for failing to bust unions

The spirit of Hitler has come to life in Michigan lately.

Much as the Republican Congress in the '90s defunded colleges and universities that didn't adhere to unbending right-wing creed, GOP lawmakers in Michigan are now attempting to do the same. Because the University of Michigan and Wayne State University approved new labor contracts before the state's fascist "right-to-work" law takes effect, legislators are now threatening to defund these schools.

Another Republican bill would revoke funding from public school districts that approve labor contracts before the right-to-scab law goes into force.

The latest act of Republican goosestepping might not become law, because the Michigan legislature today is less Republican than it was during the Tea Party-fueled session that foisted the right-to-loaf law upon the state. What's ironic is that one of the biggest legacies of the Tea Party - which claims to be for limited government - is the passage of so-called "right-to-work" laws in 2 states. They claim to be for smaller, less intrusive government, yet they passed a law requiring union workers to subsidize nonunion labor.

That's why we call 'em fascists.

(Source: http://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/03/right_to_work_michigan_univers.html)