What do today's Republicans do when a national holiday celebrates workers and has its roots in organized labor (and socialism!)? They simply rewrite history and reinvent the holiday to suit their plutocratic ideology. So Labor Day, which the
September 4, 2012

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What do today's Republicans do when a national holiday celebrates workers and has its roots in organized labor (and socialism!)? They simply rewrite history and reinvent the holiday to suit their plutocratic ideology.

So Labor Day, which the country has been celebrating for over a century is now officially Boss's Day.

Can't wait until next Memorial Day when Cantor tweets praises of defense contractors.

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