Republicans Speak

" Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is superior to capital, and deserves much the higher consideration."

~Abraham Lincoln, the first President of the United States to use the power of the federal government in support of striking workers.

hattip: Thom Hartmen, Screwed: The Undeclared War Against the Middle Class - And what we can do about it.