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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (745101)	10/8/2013 5:41:22 PM
From: SilentZ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577883

>There's nothing wrong with unions, but when government starts protecting them and giving them special privileges beyond what the market would provide, that's where they become bad for society. The government gives WAY more protections to corporations than it does to unions. And it's been steadily taking away union protections since 1947.In fact, it outlaws so much of the things that unions should be able to do. >That's the biggest problem with public employee unions. The government is supposed to represent the taxpayers, while the public employee unions are supposed to represent themselves. Yet the government often acts as if they represent the unions themselves Uh, really? The government is negotiating with the union here, and if the union strikes, it's because they're not getting what the government is offering. >This latest row with the BART unions is an example. BART workers already make well above the median income for Californians, even though it's not clear that their skills are worth that much. Their work is incredibly important -- how many people ride BART every day? >That of course is due to the liberal nature of California politics, which more often than not will give unions what they want. Except now, the unions want even more, and even the People's Republic of California is saying "Enough." They're negotiating. In a negotiation, both sides usually start by saying "Enough." -Z