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Strangulation by Union

Conservative abroad Wrote: Sep 28, 2012 1:35 AM

You condradict yourself in your own post. It just shows that even with evidence of the problem, Liberals refuse to actually think about things and will instead stick to Liberal Dogma. Just so you don't say I'm making unspecified allegations... "Unions have nothing to do wth taxpayers" and "that is what you are seeing with dramatically increasing taxes" directly contradict each other. And your sop about politicians being the problem, they are just using the Public Employee Unions to launder tax money through Union dues which turn into campaign contributions. PEU's are the problem since there is no-one "on the other side of the table".

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Strangulation by Union

The Chicago teachers strike is over, but the public didn't win. Schools will still transfer bad teachers to other schools because it's nearly impossible to fire them. When bad teachers go from school to school, principals call it "the dance of the lemons." It would be funny if those teachers didn't slowly wreck children's lives.

The basic issue is: Who decides how to manage a workplace? Unions say it's good that they protect American workers from arbitrary dismissal and make sure everyone is treated equally.

But it's not good.

Rules that "protect" government workers from arbitrary dismissal and require everyone...

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