Democrats in the Indiana Legislature Avoid Voting on Right-to-Work Bill (ContributorNetwork)

Democrats in the Indiana legislature refused to show up to the capitol in order to vote on a right-to-work bill. The right-to-work bill would not allow companies to enter into contracts that require employees to either join a union or pay union dues or fees. Members of the Democrat Party have either left the state or are in hiding in order to delay the vote, or possibly kill the measure itself. Either way, the Democrats do not have enough votes to block the bill, and it will surely pass when they are forced to come back to the state capitol.

The tactic used by the Democrats in leaving the state in order to avoid voting on issues that greatly affect their states is one that shows complete disregard for the office into which they were voted. The example that they are setting by saying to everyone that you can just run away from something because you don't like how the vote is going to turn out is unacceptable.

The people should recall those who have run away from their job, their duty to the people. There is no other job in which one could runaway from work. The Democrats should have known that you can't just leave work for a few days or even more and then come back and still have a job. The protesters have the right to protest, to express how they feel on a matter, but the fact is that these are tough times, and it is up to all of us to tighten our belts in order to build a better future for our children.

The precedent that these fugitive state officials are setting is that they are out of touch with the truth on how much their state needs to balance the budget through cuts in order to avoid bankruptcy. Cuts are never easy because they are always cuts that hurt some program that people need, but states cannot afford things that they cannot pay for.

In the end, state politics is defined by serving the people, not running away when things do not go your way. The example that these people are setting for children in their state is that it is acceptable to simply run and hide when you believe a vote is not going to go your way. Their actions are a true reflection that these people do not belong in office, but rather belong elsewhere, where running from problems instead of facing them is acceptable.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/democrats/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20111222/us_ac/7924796_democrats_in_the_indiana_legislature_avoid_voting_on_righttowork_bill

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