Have unions and the main stream media finally jumped the shark?
Wisconsin has brought the issue front and center so all Americans can see where the lines of interest are drawn. We have a state that is in financial trouble. The residents of the state elect a governor who had a plan for addressing this issue, a plan that he had outlined during the election process. Not only did the citizenry of the state elect the governor, they also elected enough likeminded legislators to institute the plan. This plan, as I understand it removes state unions ability to negotiate for benefits other than pay. It will also require them to contribute to their health benefits and retirement plans. Oh The Horror!
My Gawd!!! How could they possibly ask these employees to help pay for their health care and their retirement like normal people do? The injustice of it all!
Oh! Wait! This is still a free country isn’t it?
If these folks think they are not getting a good deal, they are free to leave Wisconsin and go to someplace where they can get a better deal.
They seem to have gotten the mistaken idea that they have some “right” to health care. I’m sorry, but employer supplied health care came about as an incentive to draw employees to a company. The employer must evaluate how much they can afford, above what they will pay in salary, and then put together an incentive they hope will draw the employees they are seeking.
The job does not belong to the employee. The job belongs to the employer. The employer determines the value of that job to them and then determines what part of their available finances they can target to getting that job done. In this case, the job belongs to the citizens of the state of Wisconsin. They have determined that the job they have is not worth the amount they are currently paying to have the job done. That is why they fired (elected other representatives) the folks who had decided to pay these amounts for the job. The citizenry realized the relationship between the Democrats and the unions was an incestuous one. They saw how the unions supported the Democrats, who gave the unions sweetheart deals, who then increased the amount of dues the unions could collect from their members and then could support the Democrats in their election campaigns.
It was clear to the majority of the citizenry of Wisconsin that the Democrats were more interested in supporting the unions than in doing the right thing for the state of Wisconsin. This is why the Democrats were turned out in the last election. Even in a liberal state like Wisconsin.
And what do we find as we look at the majority of the coverage we see in the media? At least from what I’ve seen, the majority of it belittles the employer (elected officials of the state) for trying to be fiscally responsible and trying to do what is best for their stockholders (the citizens of the state).
I’m wondering if maybe the unions and the media have finally overstepped their bounds. They have finally shown their colors, in that they are more interested in their socialist agendas than they are about the citizens of this country.
Only time will tell.
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