While mocking congressional Republicans about the government shutdown during a speech at an asphalt plant in Maryland today, it seems President Obama inadvertently revealed his plans to reform labor laws to outlaw strikes:
Obama: "Everybody here just does their job, right? If you're working here, and in the middle of the day you just stopped and said, You know what, I want to get something, but I don't know -- I don't know exactly what I'm gonna get, but I'm just gonna stop working till I get something -- I'm gonna shut down the whole plant until I get something."
Man in the crowd: "You'd get fired!"
Obama: "You'd get fired! Right? 'Cause the deal is, you've already gotten hired; you've got a job; you're getting a paycheck. And so-- you also are getting the pride of doing a good job, and contributing to a business, and looking out for your fellow workers -- that's what you're getting! Well, it shouldn't be any different for a member of Congress."
Kyle Wingfield is the AJC's conservative columnist. He joined the AJC in 2009 after writing for the Wall Street Journal, based in Brussels, and the Associated Press, based in Atlanta and Montgomery, Ala.
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