James Varney: You Can Tell The Chip On His Shoulder Grows Larger and Larger

Varney in his article in the Times Picayune of 2/23/14 titled "UAW Can't Accept Bug In The Ointment" is just another ditto head conservative commentary by the little boy who is so immature he feels like he has to bash liberals because his so called republican party of conservatives have no accomplishment to speak of.

The article would be accurate if you substitute "conservative" where Varney uses the word "liberal."  In the 2000 election it was Bush's attorney, James Baker that went to the Supreme Court to stop the count ordered by the Florida Supreme Court.  It was also Varney's conservative republicans who tried to change the rules on the Affordable Care Act after it passed congress by going to the Supreme Court.  After they lost in the Supreme court they even shut down the government trying to defund the Act.

What really chaps Varney is that liberal administrations have a better record than conservative administrations on moving the counrty and its people forward.  The economy, job creation, deficit spending and debt took a giant step backwards on G.W. Bush's watch.  Varney, the republican party and many conservative journalists have ran away from that failed administration but they can not hide the facts.

The UAW and other unions will survive because they are necessary in keeping Corporate America from paying all U.S. workers "third world country" wages.  Corporate America does not move jobs overseas because the average American wage is too high, those jobs are moved overseas because they lobby congress for tax breaks and consessions on their foreign operations and congress is willing to grant them because of large campaign contributions from business.

Former Louisiana governor Buddy Roemer, a recent candidate for President had it right when he said if elected, Corporate America would have to decide if it wanted to be a foreign company or an American company.  They could not have it both ways.  At least there is one republican who is willing to stand up and tell the truth.  And yes, even today, the truth will set you free.


This commentary written by John Lucia