[August]

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

Clarify please: You are still talking about the public unions or unions in general?

The discussion is about public unions but it would also certainly apply to private unions too.

What I've been trying to make Gimpy understand is that private unions, for all their flaws, are not the problem. As has been mentioned, if a private union demands too much the company folds. It's a built in and vital safety valve that does not exist in the public sector.

Another key, afaik, this whole fuss was regarding benefits, not pay. You should have heard the unions squeal here when they wanted to increase their health contribution by......$5. There was no way they were going to pay that. Ofcoarse, the gov buckled, as he was a union sock puppet.

They can squeal all they want. The taxpayer is the one who has to pay for it all and that well is getting pretty dry. The states who follow Wisconsin's lead will fare better than the ones who can't or won't.