Scootaloo (720 posts)
2. Exactly it.
The "Overpaid Union Workers" boondoggle is based on another boondoggle - "Americans are middle class."
This DUmmie doesn't know what "boondoggle" means. Always funny when they do that.
All of the DUmmies say "yeah," "damn straight" "K&R" etc., but one DUmmie says:
Dokkie (1,363 posts)
28. So lets assume tomorrow 60% of US workers force are unionized with full collective bargaining rights and pension. Now lemme ask you, where will the money come from to pay for it all? Every now and then I see people on DU post charts about the decline of Union using it show the decline of wages and living standard in America. One thing the chart omits is the increasing competition coming from overseas. Poeple didn't all of a sudden decide that they did not like union pay and benefits, it is competition which forced the unions to disband.
The car industry is one example of how non union worker produced cars dominated(still dominates US car sales) and in the process killed thousands of union jobs. More people are coming to the table to dine in on the same pie. This is why public sector unions are the only ones still hanging on because they are insulated from overseas competition.
With the number of people coming into the office to submit their application, I can assure you that asking for a raise or complaining about not having a pension would be very dangerous to my continued employment with management. A little empathy from the part of the OP will go a long way
Here is how Will responds to his thoughtful post:
WilliamPitt (50,967 posts)
51. Organize.
Damn, he's a lazy shit.
Here's some pure Communism to go with your morning coffee:
Shankapotomus (668 posts)
37. How? Resources.
This archaic idea that is being revived and/or resurrected by the Right that resources are owned by whoever has the means to collect them and everyone else has to claw at each other to obtain enough to survive is contradictory to the maintenance of a high level group species. Why are we forming large "cooperative" groups with each other if we are going to act like a solitary species?
We determine what is mandatory by finding a basic level of comfort and distributing resources based on that level. In a group species, just because some are better than others at collecting resources than others doesn't mean they get to own all those resources.
