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To: JohnM who wrote (37570)	4/2/2004 9:52:36 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793717

But to condemn the unions as a category is to condemn organized union activity rather than its excesses Yes we will have to disagree. Businesses, good or bad, are based on free enterprise. They trade to get ahead. Unions, good or bad, are based on the use of force. The best Thug rises to the top. Many businesses use the Government to help them by putting in laws in their favor. But a Union can't survive without using extortion or laws in their favor.

To: JohnM who wrote (37570)	4/3/2004 9:46:55 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 793717

But to condemn the unions as a category is to condemn organized union activity rather than its excesses. I can assert unequivocally and without the slightest pang that unions have outlived their usefulness. I don't know what excesses you're talking about. It all seems like excess to me. Unions as an institution have evolved to where they serve the union-entity first and foremost. If the workers get anything out of their membership, that's incidental. At best the union-entity is wasteful overhead. I would be interested in reading what you see as cost-efffective added value. In a lifetime of looking I have been able to find none.