Why conservatives should embrace labor unions

Republicans want Americans to know that they think inequality is a problem, and they want to do something about it. And if they were smart, what they would do is embrace labor unions. In recent weeks, GOP presidential hopefuls and congressional Republicans have shifted their rhetoric to focus on stagnating middle-class wages and the rising gap between America's rich and everyone else. Even their efforts to blame President Obama's policies for rising inequality are weirdly encouraging: It means t...