Thursday, February 17, 2011

Wisconsin MayHem and Haw

As I look at the union workers protesting in Wisconsin, having their "day of rage", I have to ask, what is it they are protesting against? Is it the fact that they will have to "sacrifice" by having their benefits cut to match (or most likely still exceed) the average private sector worker benefits? Are they sacrificing their job as many of their counterparts in the private sector have over the past three years? Are they really sacrificing by not being able to bargain for the "collective" anymore? It is about time these unions and their workers realized that the high pay, benefits and time off they receive as "public servants" is over. They can start to feel the impact of stagnating wages, and having to actually pay for their benefits like most Americans do. They will not be able to get fat any more at the public trough. This next part will really irritate them, they will no longer be able to just take from the private citizens whose taxes pay for their wages, health benefits and pensions. So much rage at having to live like the common non-unionized American.

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