Orrin Hatch: “On the campaign trail this election year one hears a lot about change and helping the middle class. But what do the…”

“On the campaign trail this election year one hears a lot about change and helping the middle class. But what do the professed "change agents" have in mind by change, and what would such changes mean for our economy and creating middle class jobs? Pending legislation in Congress sponsored by the change agents would more closely conform America's labor and employment laws to the failed European model which has saddled the French and Germans with 30 years of higher unemployment, stagnant job growth, and lower productivity. French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said workplace regulations in France are "unjust, discourage work and job creation," and "fail to bring equal opportunity" to the middle class. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for reform of Germany's labor regulations for the same reasons. At a time when leaders in France and Germany are trying to reform their workplace laws and move closer to the U.S. system, do we really want to infect our country with European-style workplace regulations that could cost middle class jobs and curtail economic growth? Do we really want to become another France?”