Chalk one up for the working man

I was delighted to read this morning that a nationwide poll found that Americans, by an almost two-to-one margin, oppose denying collective bargaining rights to public service employees and slashing their pay to offset government budget deficits. The poll found that Americans oppose weakening the bargaining rights of public employee unions by a margin of 60 percent to 33 percent. Those surveyed also said they opposed, 56 percent to 37 percent, cutting the pay or benefits of public employees to reduce deficits.

This whole effort is a typical Republican maneuver: Enact tax cuts for the very rich, tax breaks for large corporations and then, when revenues don't match expenses, screw the working man. And this survey proves Americans are seeing this charade for exactly what it is.