Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="brett636" data-source="post: 813040" data-attributes="member: 249">If they are anything like my local a very small minority actually participates in the election of said union leadership, and when it comes to politics these people certainly don&#039;t represent my view or the views of the majority of my fellow co-workers.&nbsp; There is a difference between the people on the front lines doing the hard jobs like teaching, police work, etc., and their union bosses who are just interested in keeping the dues money flowing in so they can keep their cushy job padding the political warchests of their politician allies.&nbsp; Case in point when Scott Walker initially proposed the changes in healthcare and pension contributions the union leadership told him it wasn&#039;t going to happen.&nbsp; As soon as it became clear they were going to lose all that dues money they caved and have agreed to the economic concessions in order to save their own hides.&nbsp; Wisconsin state employees have only had the right to collectively bargain since 1959 so perhaps these organizations began as professional organizations who lobby the government just like everyone else has too.&nbsp; They need to be relegated back to having to rely on voluntary contributions to pursue their cause rather than use the Wisconsin State government as their collection agency to collect dues money that ultimately gets funneled back into the politicians pockets.&nbsp;&nbsp; Even FDR saw this and did not support unionized public workers, so if one of history&#039;s biggest union proponents didn&#039;t support this why should we now?&nbsp; This is why I have to salute Scott Walker for doing what is best for the future of his state because from here on out he is going to be the target of every public sector(and sadly private sector) union in this country.&nbsp; Millions of dollars from all 50 states will get funneled into his opponents campaign in an effort to shutup someone who is simply exposing public sector unions for the frauds that they are.&nbsp; Its just not the union vote, but the millions of dollars of union dues money which is funneled to primarily socialist democrats who push for more public sector unions who then help use taxpayer dollars to fund those same politician&#039;s campaigns.&nbsp; Its a racket and whether you want to admit or not that is the truth.&nbsp; That is exactly what your saying.&nbsp; Borrow more money on the backs of our children and grandchildren so certain politicians today can help make their own jobs more secure.&nbsp; I just cannot agree with you with this on any level.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="brett636, post: 813040, member: 249"] If they are anything like my local a very small minority actually participates in the election of said union leadership, and when it comes to politics these people certainly don't represent my view or the views of the majority of my fellow co-workers. There is a difference between the people on the front lines doing the hard jobs like teaching, police work, etc., and their union bosses who are just interested in keeping the dues money flowing in so they can keep their cushy job padding the political warchests of their politician allies. Case in point when Scott Walker initially proposed the changes in healthcare and pension contributions the union leadership told him it wasn't going to happen. As soon as it became clear they were going to lose all that dues money they caved and have agreed to the economic concessions in order to save their own hides. Wisconsin state employees have only had the right to collectively bargain since 1959 so perhaps these organizations began as professional organizations who lobby the government just like everyone else has too. They need to be relegated back to having to rely on voluntary contributions to pursue their cause rather than use the Wisconsin State government as their collection agency to collect dues money that ultimately gets funneled back into the politicians pockets. Even FDR saw this and did not support unionized public workers, so if one of history's biggest union proponents didn't support this why should we now? This is why I have to salute Scott Walker for doing what is best for the future of his state because from here on out he is going to be the target of every public sector(and sadly private sector) union in this country. Millions of dollars from all 50 states will get funneled into his opponents campaign in an effort to shutup someone who is simply exposing public sector unions for the frauds that they are. Its just not the union vote, but the millions of dollars of union dues money which is funneled to primarily socialist democrats who push for more public sector unions who then help use taxpayer dollars to fund those same politician's campaigns. Its a racket and whether you want to admit or not that is the truth. That is exactly what your saying. Borrow more money on the backs of our children and grandchildren so certain politicians today can help make their own jobs more secure. I just cannot agree with you with this on any level. [/QUOTE]

Verification