Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Conservatives Ruining Ohio
The last election brought a Republican overhaul to the great state of Ohio.These Republicans are part of the new breed of ultra conservative religious types who have came in to their jobs and have tried to turn back the clock and turn the state into a conservative nightmare. The recent passing of Senate Bill 5, which is the state anti-collective bargaining bill. This bill limits the bargaining rights to state employees, including teachers, firefighters and police officers. The bill also restricts contract disputes by state employees as well. The governor says this will save a lot of money, which , in fact it may, but he himself has hired public sector employees to his cabinet and paid them large sums of money. His argument for that is, that to get good people from the private sector you have to pay them well. So essentially saying that public employees make to much as it is, but to get better public employees from the private sector yo have to pay them a lot? This is what upsets me, hypocrisy and not focusing on the right issues. He has cut essential jobs and underfunded schools, especially in regions which did not vote for him like Northeast Ohio where Cleveland is. As well, these conservatives has passed a "heartbeat bill", which would ban abortions after a "heartbeat" can be detected, which in some cases could be as early as 6 weeks in pregnancy. Another bill would also make sure insurance plans could not be used for procedures. If passed by Senate, these laws would be some of the strictest in the country and I believe unconstitutional with opposition to Roe v. Wade. Many groups that I would have to agree with, say that many women do not even know they are pregnant by 6 weeks, thus creating a complete anti-abortion law. Roe v. Wade, in most cases covers women up 22 to 24 weeks! These fake religious, family values people are trying to become elected by pandering to a small minority of small minded people who apparently think it is 1890. These conservatives are weak, unintelligent, out of touch people who use religion and morals to pass legislation which in most cases, is neither of those things. Conservatives trick many workers whose rights they want to limit by telling them that its better for them because unions are ruining things. Guess what, SB5 does not only cover union workers. As well, I do not know how men can try to pass legislation to limit women's rights. Just another way conservatives use a way to limit women's rights across the board. I am sure many of these men still wish it was the 1950's and their wives can sit at home, pop out babies and bake pies. Sorry this post is not as concise and orderly as I would want it to be. More to come very soon.
Labels:
abortion rights,
conservatives,
Ohio,
republicans,
SB5
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