LCMS, I mean this with sincere respect. I’m not sure that you understand why you’re angry.
Actually, I know exactly why I’m angry. I wish that the people I’m angry for understood why I’m angry.
It’s all about divide and conquer. Oldest trick in the book.
Compare what the unions will end up with and what the average person in the private sector receives. Private sector workers would cut their legs off just to have what these unions will have AFTER the adjustment.
You know my union pedigree and I’m telling you that the union’s operating principle here is “the best defense is a good offense”. This is what is happening.
If only I could help you to understand what I see is going on. It’s not hard to understand but it takes a leap of faith to step off the Republican plantation and really take a look at how working people are being divided and conquered by those bound to the love of money. There’s a lot of ways to do it (DISCLAIMER: without comment, save for public vs. private. This list is for illustrative purposes only. If you want to discuss any of these, let’s take it to another thread. No rabbit holes, please.): Black vs. White, Man vs. Woman, Citizen/Legal Immigrant vs. “illegal alien,” private sector employee vs. civil servant. Meanwhile, the transfer of wealth continues upward. We’ve now reached the point where “there’s no more money!” is the rally cry.
My question is: WHERE DID THE MONEY GO?
It makes no sense to say, “to those eeeeeeeeeevil public employee unions.” Public employee unions, like ALL unions, are the MEMBERS. Dues are collected and SPENT in the economy for things like travel, office supplies, and yes campaign contributions (corporations, including those who bid on service or supply contracts with public agencies, also make campaign contributions and in far greater magnitude). All that money, including public employee wages, gets recirculated back into the economy because most public employees make a wage low enough to require them to spend most of their money to maintain a middle class standard of living (in my case, very lower middle class, maybe upper working poor). Every time a union member goes to Costco, each dollar spent has an effect that ripples throughout the entire network of economic connections Costco has (granted, on a dollar for dollar basis, it’s not much but it adds up quickly). Every transaction where a good or service is purchased has this ripple effect. Spending by everyday working people is what keeps the economy moving. It creates demand and the need for product creates the need for more jobs.
On the other hand, give the rich an extra thousand or million and they simply invest it in the aftermarket (stocks, etc.). It’s removed from the economy. It’s money making money but nothing else. There’s no incentive for the rich to spend more than is necessary to maintain their lifestyle. The rest is hoarded away for…what? This is where I believe the money has gone.
But hey, it’s no problem, let’s just fight among ourselves for the scraps.
You can be Catholic and not anti-public employee/anti-government…
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