Now, I know many people read this headline and think I have completely gone loco, but hear me out.

After listening to Mike Caputo on Decision Makers this weekend, his argument was SO persuasive that he brought me around to support the Captive Audience bill.

 Why?

Well, because as Caputo says, no employee should be forced into a mandatory meeting or to feel compelled to join an effort that they don’t support.

Amen.

So, let’s pass the Captive Audience bill.

And, you know, while we are at it, we absolutely, positively should not make other items mandatory as well.

Certainly those poor, poor employees should never be forced into something they don’t support, don’t believe in, didn’t vote for, and are compelled to take part.

Namely, union membership.

While a fellow supporter pointed this out to me, I went back and listened to Caputo.

And, Caputo laid out one of the best and most articulate arguments I have ever heard in favor of…  you guessed it, RIGHT-TO-WORK.

Caputo doesn’t want employees compelled to be part of something they don’t support.  Right to work.

Caputo doesn’t want employees to be shuffled in and forced to listen to propanganda.  Right to Work.

Caputo certainly would never compel a poor, poor employee to pay dues to an effort he didn’t vote for and doesn’t support?  Right to work.

Wow.

Who would have thought in laying out the case for one of the most anti-business bills in the history of the state and what would be the first of its kind in the United States that he’d be making the case for Right to Work.

Of course, this legislature is SO scared of the unions that they are considering passing this anti-business monstrosity that would put disputes in the hands of the Labor Commissioner (i.e., the labor unions).

A quick aside.  How would you like to be a lobbying entity in the state (unions) with their own department (Department of Labor) run by one of their own union leaders.  Insane.

So, it’s probably slightly unlikely they would ever even mention the words Right to Work, but they better watch out for exactly HOW much freedom they want to grant “captive” employees.

Let’s pass Captive Audience, but let’s add a “technical” amendment that also wouldn’t compel those captives to pay union dues if they don’t support the union.  That would be the quickest way to end the debate on one of the worst pieces of legislation that we have seen in many years.