Let's save a lot of time and space. Instead of wasting hundreds of words to arrive at your predetermined conclusions. Just say; "Unions bad. Business good. Capitalists better. Baah, baah, baah".

Rule of law good. Rule by decree bad.

Laws protecting individual liberty - good.
Laws trampling on individual liberty - bad.

With every passing month, RI becomes more of a banana republic, in which a small elite exercises the power of the state to transfer wealth from the masses to themselves. It is way past time to leave this state.

Already bought my plane ticket, John. August 1st.

Exactly what one expects from the bleating heart retrogressive crowd.
Dan, you were right on cue.
Andrew, Baah, baah, baah.

Rhode Island is going down as businesses and the middle class continue to exit. The only thing this accomplishes for the unions is a little delay, yet will only accelerate the departure of the productive class, more of whom with each passing year will move their butts rather than continuing to get them reamed by the unions and poverty pimps.

In turn, this will force more mortgages under water as this accelerating departure and accompanying decrease in potential homebuyers works its "invisible hand" on everyone's property value.

What will the municipalities do when there are no buyers at tax sales?

As I've said before, this state is soooo screwed!

"only one was taken off of the table by the new law: the modification of existing contracts."

Incredible. Yet another "only-in-the-public-sector" approach.

Here's a somewhat obvious (though perhaps not obvious enough) question. In view of the fact that receivership involves entities that are bankrupt, i.e., that lack sufficient money to operate and/or pay their debts, did lawmakers identify the source that would fund these inexplicably inviolable contracts??

"did lawmakers identify the source that would fund these inexplicably inviolable contracts??"

The "rich" of course. Rich being defined by progressives as anyone not working for government who has money in their pocket or assets, such as a $6000 car.

Is it any surprise, that when plans to suspend democracy are being laid, there's an old time lefty there to support them.

Andrew,
Is there an argument in what you just wrote? It appears to be an unfounded assertion? What you freely assert. I just as freely deny.

As to service to this democracy, would you like to publicly swap military records?

Baah, baah black sheep. More noise from the bleating heart of a retrogressive.

OldTimeLefty

Am I confusing you with someone else named "OldTimeLefty" who's making animal sounds, in response to a post questioning a law that allows for the suspension of municipal democracy and constitutional governance in Rhode Island? (And then, after making the animal sounds, accusing others of not making arguments!)

Though I am always amused by the way the progressives have to try to pick expressly ugly words to describe conservatives, to counter what leftist ideas did to what used to be positive concepts like "liberal" and "progressive".

Andrew,
You don't get it. Baah, baah, baah is apparently too subtle for you.

In short, your arguments are not worth rational rebuttal. It's the nicest way that I can think of to call you a nincompoop.
OTL

From The Culture Wars are Turning by Roger L. Simon, May 24, 2010:

The times, they are definitely a-changin'. Liberalism, as we have known it for decades, is on the defensive. With the welfare state unsustainable, it has nowhere to turn and its adherents are turning tail in every direction. They are mad and they are, in many cases, unmoored. Lifetime ideologies are beginning to crumble. Personality constructs are at risk.