For many years I have bitched about unions. Unions are a pox on society.
At one time, they had their purpose. They succeeded in creating better working conditions for many, who would have had it rough otherwise.
Now though, they are not conducive to a stable economy. If anything, they are a reason why America is in the dire straits that it is in.
Here are a couple articles that discuss unions. Those people that belong to unions, should relook their membership. Whether they like it, or not, they are supporting everything that Democrats stand for.
If you are against abortion, you support it indirectly through your union.
If you are pro Second Amendment, you fight against it through your union.
If you consider yourself conservative in any way, shape, or form, your union is supporting everything that you stand against.
Why do we call them ‘public servants?’
Ed Lasky
Have you ever noticed the steps cities and states take to make our lives miserable in order to extract tax increases from us? When budgets are cut back because of fewer taxes, what goes first in the triage that politicians engage in? Libraries shut down early or are just closed or longer waits at drivers license bureaus, among other inconveniences.
We are also warned that fire and police forces will be cut back (invoking fear). The children are made to pay the price, too. Bands, sports, afterschool clubs all go by the wayside. Field trips become a nostalgia item. Students are forced to use old textbooks, falling apart at the seams. The PTA is asked to make up the shortfall and parents fees go up for an odd assortment of items.
Public workers unions have it backwards
Ed Lasky
Numerous articles and blog posts at American Thinker and elsewhere have begun to highlight the time bombs that are exploding state and federal budgets across our nation. These are the demands made on the public purse (and our wallets) by public employee unions who want to protect their gold-plated salaries, health benefits, and pension windfalls at all costs.
These unions are often behind secretive and shadowy efforts – such as the one in Illinois – to destroy the Tea Party because they see the people who want to restore fiscal sobriety and to protect their children from a life of penury as the enemy. The SEIU, for example, funded this anti-Tea Party website. Funds from unions, including from the public employee union Amercian Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), are pouring into political slush fund s for Democratic activists.
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