Conservatives just like keeping women in their place because that way they don't have to pay them as much for the same work. Conservatives aren't any more racist or nationalist than Liberals either, their bigotry originates and is entirely justified on purely economic grounds. If these guys could find a way to pay left-handed red-haired people less, they'd figure out a way to discriminate against them too.

On the news this morning I heard a report on what businesses are doing to try to attract qualified workers. Apparently, the economy is ticking up, unemployment is going down, there is a labor shortage and its getting harder and harder to find good people. Many different strategies were discussed, but it didn't occur to any of the corporals of industry being interviewed that maybe a raise in salaries might solve their problem. I'm sure that they understand that perfectly well, I just thought it telling that they never brought it up.

You know, I can understand businessmen doing anything they can to keep costs down and profits up. If I was a businessman, I'd probably do the same thing. It's just the hypocrisy on the Right that I can't stand.

Follow the money, RL, follow the money. It explains everything. The Law of Supply and Demand may be inescapable, and it can be used to justify any number of outrages, but when it works to the benefit of workers it is scrupulously left out of the conversation.