tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12507451.post7186402591654059063..comments2024-03-25T04:46:46.000-04:00Comments on Casting Pearls Before Swine: The Pursuit Of HappinessMarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15633208787250567256noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12507451.post-38995107600895371602011-03-04T17:27:07.705-05:002011-03-04T17:27:07.705-05:00There should be no such thing as unions in the pub...There should be no such thing as unions in the public sector. Period.Glenn E. Chatfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04117405535707961903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12507451.post-48083674852548621722011-03-04T09:23:17.123-05:002011-03-04T09:23:17.123-05:00Thanks for proving my point, "Jim"!!!
G...Thanks for proving my point, "Jim"!!!<br /><br />Go Gators!!Trader Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079028073096259737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12507451.post-7478434242439496702011-03-03T22:50:48.707-05:002011-03-03T22:50:48.707-05:00"What the governor of Wisc. wants to do is pu..."What the governor of Wisc. wants to do is put state workers on the same footing as federal workers"<br /><br />This is beyond hilarious.<br /><br />"who are also paid far more than their counterparts in the private sector" This has been asserted but I don't think proved.<br /><br />"Every comment the anonymous troll "Jim" makes is a failure."<br /><br />Another great debating point from Dick.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10004209843701697773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12507451.post-78431546597871876892011-03-03T15:39:25.452-05:002011-03-03T15:39:25.452-05:00After reading such an excellent article I was goin...After reading such an excellent article I was going to comment, but having read all the great comments - except for the typical union propaganda by Jim - I can't add anything!Glenn E. Chatfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04117405535707961903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12507451.post-88696897544159607532011-03-03T08:44:46.080-05:002011-03-03T08:44:46.080-05:00As far as rights go, our diminishing rights and ot...As far as rights go, our diminishing rights and others' increasing rights are the direct result of removing God from the equation. <br /><br />Without an all-powerful being, you have an all-powerful government. Rights are no longer inalienable (not transferable to another or capable of being repudiated). Rights are whatever the government says they are. Not only can the government take away rights, such as the right to bear arms, they can transfer them to others and can invent rights -- the right to food, the right to housing, the right to happiness. And there's only one way a country that takes from the makers and gives to the takers can end up -- collapsing.<br /><br />Of course, this is just common sense and that's a sixth sense that liberals don't possess.Lone Rangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13278448546799358207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12507451.post-73424747971552274682011-03-03T07:09:35.316-05:002011-03-03T07:09:35.316-05:00I met a man years ago, back in Kansas City who was...I met a man years ago, back in Kansas City who was a GM employee. He hadn't worked in over a decade but he still received a paycheck from GM in the form of a union negotiated unemployment compensation. He still received 75% of his full pay, which is a good deal more than Federal unemployment compensation. The man had a house that was valued at at least $300,000, and that was 1990's dollars. His basement had more square feet than my entire house.<br /><br />Do you know what that tells me?<br /><br />Unions are the reason cars cost so much. According to the National Automobile Dealers Association, the average price of a new car sold in the United States is $28400! Unions have negotiated deals where the Automakers pay union workers NOT to work, and pay them better than I make while working full time. If unions were not involved in collective bargaining, how much do you think an automobile would cost?Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15633208787250567256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12507451.post-64087202834388489402011-03-03T07:00:53.999-05:002011-03-03T07:00:53.999-05:00I want to bust the unions, and I'll tell you w...I want to bust the unions, and I'll tell you why:<br /><br />They have become irrelevant. They served their purpose at the time they were began, but they are no longer needed.<br /><br />Back when there were no regulations or standards to prevent child labor, slave wages, unsafe working conditions, etc, Unions were integral to reforming all those labor problems. Now that we have national hour and wage laws, OSHA, and numerous other agencies (too many, in my opinion) we no longer have need of organizations whose sole purpose seems to be nothing more than extorting money out of the labor force.<br /><br />Unions keep the work force lazy and overpaid and are the main reason I can't afford anything.<br /><br />So, I say, yes! Bust the unions!Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15633208787250567256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12507451.post-49104499475732393262011-03-03T06:59:46.205-05:002011-03-03T06:59:46.205-05:00Every comment the anonymous troll "Jim"...Every comment the anonymous troll "Jim" makes is a failure.Trader Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079028073096259737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12507451.post-54104736288177946962011-03-03T03:35:50.768-05:002011-03-03T03:35:50.768-05:00Busting the unions. You mean like Jimmy Carter and...Busting the unions. You mean like Jimmy Carter and the democrats did?? Nobody is trying to bust the unions. What the governor of Wisc. wants to do is put state workers on the same footing as federal workers - who are also paid far more than their counterparts in the private sector. It wouldn't do much good to make them "contribute" more if they could just grab back all their booty during the next contract negotiations. <br /><br />And the unions know that. That's why they so generously have said they don't mind "contributing" more. But then, some liberals aren't capable of thinking that far ahead. <br /><br />I confess that I make more than a million dollars every decade or so. Am I a millionaire? Nope. Because the government makes me "contribute" to help pay the health and retirement benefits of these unionized, leftist parasites.Lone Rangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13278448546799358207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12507451.post-32557895011391245522011-03-02T23:45:55.460-05:002011-03-02T23:45:55.460-05:00"He has asked them to contribute a bit more o..."He has asked them to contribute a bit more of their own earned income to their own benefits plan....Yet, they believe it's unfair to ask them to make that sacrifice."<br /><br />This assertion renders your entire post a failure. Apparently you do not actually read or listen to the news.<br /><br />"They" almost immediate agreed to make the sacrifice of contributing more towards their pensions and health care. At no time have "they" ever claimed it was unfair to ask them to do so.<br /><br />In your entire post you fail to mention that the issue is not sacrificing money. The issue is busting the unions.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10004209843701697773noreply@blogger.com