(Not So) Hidden Agendas
(Not So) Hidden Agendas
When Your Real Goal Is To Strip Worker’s Rights
Just Keep Lying About Wanting To Balance The Budget
Meet Governor Shit For Brains Scott Walker, who says that even though the Public Employee’s Union in Wisconsin has already agreed to every single one of his economic demands, he still wants to strip them of their collective bargaining rights. Supposedly this is to make it easier to fuck them over negotiate in the future.
Popularity: 8% [?]
 Stumble it!
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DLZ:
He just gave Wisconsin back to the democrats next election. I hope the protesters toss him out like the president of Egypt.
22 February 2011, 11:44 amJamesF:
I applaud the effort of this governor( I am sure you are shocked) Please take a moment of self introspection and imagine (honestly) how you would have reacted if the replublicans of the last Congress had simply walked out to prevent a quorum from being filled on the matter of Healthcare. I am certai you would be ranting about how they are refusing to do their job, how the people of the country had elected the democrats to do just what they are doing. The same can be said of the people of Wisconsin. It is not a co-incident that the Republicans were voted into power in both cambers of their legislator and the governor in the lats election.
In the words of FDR…public sector employees should not have collective bargaining rights…
Private sector unions must consider the impact of there negotiations on the bottom line of their employers…Public sector unions look at the government as an unending money source, without regard to the impact of their negotiations, since more money will always be taxed or borrowed to pay for whatever they want!
28 February 2011, 12:20 pmhistoriophiliac:
JamesF: The spelling errors and lack of logical flow in your post suggest that you should rant at teachers’ unions less and avail yourself of their services more. As for your contention that public sector unions see the government as an unending source of money, I work for a state government and I can tell you that no one here considers the government a fount of wealth. To the contrary, we know our agencies will always face budget issues, that even in good times there are limits on public spending, and that our paychecks are not equivalent with private sector employees’. Perhaps defense contractors may see no end to their federal funds, but this is never the case at the state level for regular employees (which of course does not count kickbacks and bribes for state legislators and their cronies). The schmucks who pick up your trash and process your motor vehicle/voter/dog license/registration (etc.) are not getting rich off of your taxes nor are they the cause of our economic woes. Instead of sticking it to the unions, we should be taxing the Citibanks and Wall Street fat cats more to make up for state shortfalls. Why you like to take your anger out on those who are not rich and politically connected, I don’t know. I wonder about your values.
3 March 2011, 9:07 pmGlissade:
All workers have a right to organize and negotiate both public and private. If business can organize into chambers of commerce and institutes and associations to promote their interests then labor should have that right as well.
8 March 2011, 1:49 pmJamesF:
LOL @ your first sentence histriophilic. When you start a post complaining about spelling errors rather than the points being made, I know I have won:)
When I speak of unions(public or private) I am speaking of the leadership, not the rank and file members. And for the the leadership, I stand by my assertion. The unions leadership knows that if they are not doing something to keep extracting more ( taxes benefits, fake years of service, etc), then the union members will slowly begin to wonder why they continue to pay their dues.
To be honest, I am not angry at anyone for trying to get the most they can. But at some point, we have no more to give. I live in the state with the most oppressive taxes in the country, and as I type this, they are trying to increase taxes again. Do you never get tired of looking at a paycheck and seeing almost 50% of your pay going away? Off topic, but I truly wish that the deduction system would just go away and everyone was forced to pay their taxes on tax day. I think it would shock a lot of people, most of whom would answer the question “How much did you pay in taxes this year” with “Nothing, I got money back”.
I don’t understand why you want to take your anger out on those who provide the capital for businesses to grow and increase employment. I have a feeling that you do not understand how a business actually operates. You see, a business defines a set profit margin they wish to maintain. If you increase the taxes, then the price of their products will go up by that amount PLUS the profit margin, or, other expenses will be cut(ie, health-care, lay-offs, etc) to maintain profit margin. You cannot expect to continually raise taxes or otherwise increase the expense of doing business without impact.
I suggest you read “The Vision of the Anointed” by Thomas Sowell to learn something about the two conflicting world views.
14 March 2011, 1:35 pm