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Senator Ron Johnson Wants the Elderly Back to the Mines.
They GOP doesn’t want you retiring with dignity.
As many of us might have noticed, corporations and business owners have been a little irked lately. Much to their frustration, workers have actually been noticing they have some leverage in this economy. Leverage that allows them to seek jobs that will pay decent wages, and make it worth their while to seek employment at these places of business who continue to decry a “labor shortage”. Well as you can imagine, as corporations and business owners have been dealing with workers actually demanding better, they’ve expressed their displeasure to the elected officials they’ve selected as dogs to do their bidding. At the requests of their masters, our right wing lawmakers in particular have been out spouting their talking points and ideas that the business community undoubtedly has proposed.
Among them, of course, is GOP Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson.
Joseph Zeballos-Roig with Business Insider writes:
“Republican Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin said in a recent tele-town hall that he’s in favor of enticing retirees to jump back into the workforce to help fix a persistent labor shortage.
“There are a number of innovative ideas I would support. Former Sen. Phil Gramm came to…
