| Lesson 8: Government Unions are Anti-Union. |
Unions were born of the idea that if the company workers made a product and the company owners made a
profit, then the workers were entitled to a reasonable share of that profit. In recent decades, however, as
union laws relaxed, unionized companies couldn't compete and the prevalence of unions in business shrank
down to nearly nothing. However, unions didn't go away. Instead, they found a new home among government
employees. 37% of government employees are union members, compared to just 7.6% in the private sector. *
The problem is that there is no profit in government. There is only taxation on you. In addition, the owners
in government are We the People. The whole notion of a government union is therefore a blatant, immoral
conflict of interest. With the power to tax, the potential "share" for the union worker is nearly limitless. Thus
the role of the union has, through government, been reversed: They are now the Big Guy oppressing the Little
Guy. However, the best evidence of this is not oppression of the taxpayer, but instead the oppression of
urban, minority school children. The government teacher's union, the National Education Association (NEA),
is afraid that competition will do to them what it did to business sector unions. In fact, they are so afraid that
they will not allow School Choice. School Choice is the idea of allowing poor kids who are stuck in bad public
schools to use public education funds to attend private schools. Want to know how powerful the NEA is?
We now have an inner-city, black "community activist" President who won't let poor inner-city black kids
escape from bad schools.
Next Lesson: Too Much Profit
*Washington Post
profit, then the workers were entitled to a reasonable share of that profit. In recent decades, however, as
union laws relaxed, unionized companies couldn't compete and the prevalence of unions in business shrank
down to nearly nothing. However, unions didn't go away. Instead, they found a new home among government
employees. 37% of government employees are union members, compared to just 7.6% in the private sector. *
The problem is that there is no profit in government. There is only taxation on you. In addition, the owners
in government are We the People. The whole notion of a government union is therefore a blatant, immoral
conflict of interest. With the power to tax, the potential "share" for the union worker is nearly limitless. Thus
the role of the union has, through government, been reversed: They are now the Big Guy oppressing the Little
Guy. However, the best evidence of this is not oppression of the taxpayer, but instead the oppression of
urban, minority school children. The government teacher's union, the National Education Association (NEA),
is afraid that competition will do to them what it did to business sector unions. In fact, they are so afraid that
they will not allow School Choice. School Choice is the idea of allowing poor kids who are stuck in bad public
schools to use public education funds to attend private schools. Want to know how powerful the NEA is?
We now have an inner-city, black "community activist" President who won't let poor inner-city black kids
escape from bad schools.
Next Lesson: Too Much Profit
*Washington Post