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To: LindyBill who wrote (451511)10/18/2011 10:59:45 AM
From: aladin11 Recommendations  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793964
 
The Unions will probably win in this State. (Ohio)

Not so fast.

I just moved to Ohio and am in a Columbus suburb. The airwaves are blanketed with Vote No on Issue 2 ads and if you believe them you think you will die if emergency workers have to contribute to their own healthcare. My God - without unlimited collective bargaining schools and police and fire departments might downsize.

The pro group is much more reserved, but I have yet to meet anyone voting against Issue 2. Every non-State worker in Ohio contributes to their retirement and medical care and everyone thinks the public workers have it way to easy.

Once upon a time better benefits were expected for public servants because they had lower pay. Decades of unionization has created an environment where the idiot at the desk you deal with at the DMV has better pay and better benefits than the people he serves.

The silent majority is mad as hell - so don't believe what the MSM is hoping....