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Originally Posted by nferno
There are plenty of unions in right to work states. cops, firefieghters, utility workers etc... so what ur point? people should have the right to to a fair wage. as one post stated those who forget there past is bond to repeat it. so let the companys walk all over the workers again.. and they will if we let them.
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And the pensions and benefits packages promised to each of those unions in nearly every state and major city in the country is bankrupting the cities and states. Cities and states raise taxes every year to pay these huge sums and more and more jobs leave in search of lower taxes in order to produce their products at a price people can afford. I am all for people making a decent wage, but when the guy filling the pothole in my road with tar and asphault (and doing a piss-poor job of it too boot) is making $75,000 a year + Benefits...that is unsustainable. These packages that are put in place for workers on the state/city payrolls are literally destroying the budgets of cities and states all over our country.
Further, when you look at politicians having unbelievable benefits packages and full pay with cost of living increases yearly FOR LIFE after retirement or replacement through election after 1-2 terms - that is completely and utterly unrealistic. What value did they add to the economy at any juncture of their carreer? And who gave them the packages...they did. Kind of like the UAW "negotiating" with GM Board members put in place by the UAW over their new contract. That's like the Globtrotters playing against the Generals in Wheelchairs...no contest.