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| How Public Unions Took Taxpayers Hostage |
| 2011-01-25 |
| The first to seize on the political potential of government workers was New York's Mayor Robert F. Wagner. The Kennedy White House took notice of his success. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #4 11.9% |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2011-01-25 13:38 |
| #3 The latest numbers indicate that 11.9 of wage and salary workers belong to a union. Public unions are included in that number. About 1/3 of publically-employed workers belong to a public union. How is it democratic that such a small number of people have so much power and influence? How is it democratic that they call the shots for the entire country? Either do away with public unions or have a national-right-to-work law that does not require a worker belong to a union as a condition of employment. I'd prefer the former solution. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2011-01-25 13:37 |
| #2 Democratic governments by definition represent the people as a whole. It therefore is sovereign in its nature. Unions which represent but a small portion of the population can not negotiate as an equal for such acts grant the few rule over the many without the consent of the many. People have the right of free assembly, association and to petition the government. Unions do not have the right to strike or to tax by mandatory withholding of earnings by government connivance to subsidize those aforementioned acts. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2011-01-25 10:57 |
| #1 He was right then & he's right now. FDR noted that "a strike of public employees manifests nothing less than an intent on their part to prevent or obstruct the operations of Government until their demands are satisfied. Such action, looking toward the paralysis of Government by those who have sworn to support it, is unthinkable and intolerable." Outlawing unions of federal & state employees would be a huge step in the right direction to economic recovery. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-01-25 10:26 |