also, i think egypt's recent news has REALLY sparked the idea in people's head's that maybe revolutions, and standing up for what you believe in, MAY ACTUALLY work in our new world.
just maybe. On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 4:05 PM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I know I will get crucified for this, but, you asked. > > I think unions have outlived their usefulness. There was a time when > unions where necessary in this country, but I think that time has long > since passed. And keep in mind, my father was in a union my entire > life until he retired. > > On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 3:50 PM, Gruss Gott <grussg...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> It would appear that what's happening in Wisconsin is 2 things: >> >> (1.) There's a State revenue crunch thus the Gov is asking for Union >> give-backs. (but, in fairness, he's also asking for tax cuts and has >> pushed through corp tax cuts) >> >> (2.) The Unions are agreeing to all give-backs thus negating the >> finance argument, but not agreeing to give up collective bargaining, >> which the Gov says is not negotiable. >> >> Given this, the Governor's agenda is clear: kill the unions. >> >> And, so far, the public seems to be backing the Gov although whether >> that's due to the non-issue financial piece or the union piece is not >> clear. >> >> So I'm wondering if we're seeing the death of unions. thoughts? >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:334588 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
