Monday, March 2, 2015

More Proof Showing #RTW = Right To Woe

Via the Cap Times, another report, this time done by UW-Extension shows what our "representatives" in state government are going to do to us:
In right-to-work states, Diller says, economic policies are geared toward lowering the cost of doing business — cutting taxes, driving down the cost of labor and limiting regulation. But such policies also are at odds with promoting high-growth and high-wage industries.

"This would help explain why income and education levels tend to be lower in RTW states," Diller writes. "Firms that are attracted to RTW states prefer to keep costs as low as possible."

The study compared the 22 right-to-work states that existed prior to 2012 — when both Michigan and Indiana adopted right-to-work laws — with states that didn't have right-to-work laws.

The comparison found that in right-to-work states, manufacturing jobs paid an average of $52,900, while in non-right-to-work states, manufacturing workers earned $61,000. Per capita income in right-to-work states was $3,875 less in right-to-work states, $33,101 versus $36,976.

The individual poverty rate in right-to-work states was nearly 2 percent higher: 13.9 percent versus 12 percent. And the percentage of people with a college degree was nearly 4 percent lower in right-to-work states: 24.4 percent versus 28.2 percent.

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