"Determine never to be idle...It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing." ~ Thomas Jefferson
On Friday, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker finally announced he is issuing lay-off notices to 1500 State employees. Walker sent letters to state employee unions saying that layoff notices would go out to state employees in 15 days. The governor also said that actual layoffs would occur a month from now if legislators do not pass his "budget repair" proposal.
He should have done that two weeks ago, in my opinion. And he also should have strongly suggested voters recall the 14 Democrat senators who went AWOL.
While surfing several blogposts about the Wisconsin public employee union's illegal "strike", many Liberal commenters have accused Walker, and by extension, his Conservative supporters, of "union busting".
They say that like it's a bad thing.
What is surprising to me is that Conservative bloggers and pundits seem to believe Unions are important, and reject the accusation that they support union busting.
Well, I don't.
I think the unions should be busted, and I'll tell you why.
In their day, unions had their place. Manufacturers had long oppressed their workers with long hours, low wages, poor working conditions, and no fringe benefits. Workers had no voice, and only two options:
1. Work under these conditions, or 2. Quit.
Then came organization. The unions, by organizing the workers, and employing various tactics, some strong armed, eventually forced Corporations to meet their demands thereby decreasing working hours, providing benefits, improving workers safety, and raising wages to a more acceptable level.
Unions also led to the establishment of several Government programs and agencies, which today, serve to regulate all things labor related. Wage, hours, working conditions, and benefits. We have the National Wage and Hour boards. We have OSHA. We have the Department of Labor. All of these agencies work together to insure the American laborer is treated by their employers fairly.
Because of these agencies and organizations, unions no longer serve a purpose.
Wait. That's not true. Unions do have purposes. All negative.
Unions now do nothing but drive up the costs of manufacturing, which in turn, drives up the price of products and services. Unions are also heavily influenced by Socialists (and have been since the early days of organization), which, through organizing massive political campaigns and spending millions of union dollars, helps Socialist political candidates such as Barack Hussein Obama attain public office.
The election of Obama alone is enough evidence of the negative influence of unions in America and reason enough to bust the unions.
Unions reward poor performance, and encourage laziness and sloth among workers.
Seriously, I can't think of a single thing Unions do that benefits Americans in any way.
It's time to abolish unions. They are no longer needed.
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AMEN!
"We have the National Wage and Hour boards. We have OSHA. We have the Department of Labor. All of these agencies work together to insure the American laborer is treated by their employers fairly.
"Because of these agencies and organizations, unions no longer serve a purpose."
But you would have all these agencies defunded in a heartbeat.
"It's time to abolish unions. They are no longer needed."
--That time came over 40 years ago...
But you would have all these agencies defunded in a heartbeat.
I would have them less funded. You bet.
And in addition, if I had any say, I would abolish some of them, and consolidate the rest under one all encompassing department to handle the job the numerous departments and agencies do now.
There is no reason to have several different departments and agencies that all do much the same things. It is political redundancy.
If my boss cut my wags or made my work dangerous I would quit and get another job.
Unions are only for people who need a job worse than their job needs them. Its borderline welfare.
In my experience the union is more about staying in power than it is in protecting the workers. The only "workers" unions protect are the ones caught screwing off instead of doing their job, the sick leave abusers, those who violate rules, the incompetent, etc.
Thomas Sowell has a great article about unions: http://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2011/03/08/union_myths/page/full/
Another good one by John Hawkins:
http://townhall.com/columnists/johnhawkins/2011/03/08/5_reasons_unions_are_bad_for_america/page/full/
I would defund the entire Federal Government except for the Armed Forces, National Park System, VA, Federal Reserve, and The O O.P.S.
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Try posting a comment BEFORE you drink a gallon and a half of red eye.:-)
Now, by Madison's Number 10 the multiplicity of factions and interests in a political unit of Wisconsin's size should be more than enough to prevent any one faction from predominating. But if a political unit grows too large, or if said unit becomes responsible for too large of a portfolio of governmental activities and functions, it is possible that a "Debye shielding effect" will occur, where either one issue, or one group, can become influential out of all proportion to an issue's importance or the relative strength of the faction.
They aren't needed anymore, are they, and I hear there are far fewer now than there were (Thank God)......they did good earlier on but they spoiled people to entitlement mentality.
I'm sick of people thinking that Conservatives want EVERY agency shut down.... silly, really. It's the type of thing the media and leftist Americans love to rumor.
Also, it's not so much a matter of shutting down but giving responsibilities to the States..(oops, there's that nasty R word so many seem to hate in America today..sorrrryyy :-)
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