While they act like this is a fight, the fix is mostly in. The red and blue Corporarats in Washington, D.C. will shift responsibility for health insurance to the individual as America races to a global lowest common denominator on pay & benefits.

For the dump to the worker to occur in the most palatable way, employees need access to group health insurance pricing. Either the company performs this function on behalf of their employees, or an outside group does it, like a trade association or union.

Obama’s new Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel is a Blue Corporacrat. His donor list reads like the recipients of the big money boy bailout bill.

Unions are a very important balance in a nation that recognizes corporations and allows them to enjoy many of the rights that citizens hold. In a laissez faire environment there would be no regulations governing the formation of unions. The fact that the right wing supports regulations with respect to organized labor, but opposes regulations with respect to corporations, speaks volumes.