The Fox News channel needs to get their chryons straight and just put the words union busting tools under the names of Neil Cavuto and Stephen Moore for this segment because that's exactly what they're doing here. If there were ever a couple of apologists out there for big business and them praising the race to the bottom on wages and free trade and anti-unionism, I'd be hard pressed to find some worse examples than these two.
As Media Matters has pointed out, much of our media has been on the attack against the recent ruling from the National Labor Relations Board for their complaint against Boeing. And as they also pointed out in their post, Stephen Moore is talking out of his rear end here with pretending like these allegations are unprecedented.
Conservative media figures continue to claim that the National Labor Relations Board is attacking states with lax labor laws and engaging in "unprecedented" actions by filing a complaint alleging that Boeing violated federal labor laws in connection with its decision to move the production line for its new 787 Dreamliner to South Carolina. In fact, labor law experts say that if the allegations against Boeing are true, the NLRB has presented a "classic case" of labor law violations. [...]
WSJ's Moore On NLRB Complaint: "We've Never Seen Anything Like That Before ... In The History Of This Country." On Fox News' Your World, host Neil Cavuto claimed that the NLRB complaint against Boeing was "a controversial move by the government telling Boeing where it can and cannot create jobs." The Wall Street Journal's Steve Moore responded by calling the complaint "unprecedented":
CAVUTO: In response to a controversial move by the government telling Boeing where it can and cannot create jobs, a legislative bomb: 34 Republican senators signing on to the Job Protection Act. It's a piece of legislation designed to make sure the government doesn't get into this type of business of telling businesses where to do business.
[...] MOORE: What's really unprecedented, I would say, about this National Labor Relations Board decision is that they're basically telling a company, an American company, you have to stay in the state that you're in. You can't move your facility. And by the way, in this case, in Boeing's case, this is not even an existing facility; it's a new plant that they want to build. The NLRB is basically saying, you know what, you cannot build it in South Carolina. You have to remain in Washington. We've never seen anything like that before that I know of in the history of this country.
Much more there so go read the rest of the post. What's really disgusting about Moore is that he's also regularly brought on CNN and on Bill Maher's show as someone anyone in either audience should take seriously. You can always tell when he knows he's full of it on Maher's show because he starts chuckling uncontrollably and shrugs his shoulders as he makes excuses for his generally untenable positions that always favor his big business backers over those in the working class that he gets paid to shill for.
Think Progress has more on Boeing and their retaliation against their unions here -- Gov. Haley Defends Boeing’s Union-Busting: ‘It’s Called Capitalism’.
As a citizen, I am entitled to vote for who represents my interests in government and expect them to do so, although the integrity of the ballot and elected officials has become laughable! On the other hand, I have nothing to say in the affairs of Boeing or any other corporate or business interests but when these entities act in a manner that jeapordize my nation, well being, and future security I expect my representatives in charge of ensuring the health of the state and enforcing the law to actually do something! This nonsense about "business" sitting on mounds of cash and refusing to hire and living off corporate welfare, etc., etc... is becoming a bit tiresome! If XYZ,Inc. or the ABC industry endangers the entire economy because of their greed and vested self-interest its time to step in and show who really runs things. Perhaps a little taste of nationalization or emminent domain may force the oligarchs and plutocrats to re-evaluate their stance. Maybe a menu of negative financial inducements could spur return of production and employment to our shores. How about tearing up those corporate charters that prove to be contrary to the common good! I guess this would happen if our current political system and the neo-aristocrats that officiate it weren't totally corrupt and just another subdivision or department of the corporatocracy. If you don't believe this take a look at the SCOTUS and tell me that the stench of corruption and disregard for the "rule of law" hasn't permeated this society to it's core!
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