State conservative groups plan US-wide assault on education, health and tax [View all]
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Source: The Guardian
Conservative groups across the US are planning a co-ordinated assault against public sector rights and services in the key areas of education, healthcare, income tax, workers' compensation and the environment, documents obtained by the Guardian reveal.
The strategy for the state-level organisations, which describe themselves as "free-market thinktanks", includes proposals from six different states for cuts in public sector pensions, campaigns to reduce the wages of government workers and eliminate income taxes, school voucher schemes to counter public education, opposition to Medicaid, and a campaign against regional efforts to combat greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change.
The policy goals are contained in a set of funding proposals obtained by the Guardian. The proposals were co-ordinated by the State Policy Network, an alliance of groups that act as incubators of conservative strategy at state level.
Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/05/state-conservative-groups-assault-education-health-tax
More of the same coming at us from the same old dinosaurs. As we gear up for 2014 it's time to fight harder than ever.
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