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Newt Gingrich is an Odd Duck
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That must've been the oddest announcement of a bid for President I've ever seen.
He took one question and fled the room.
Yeah, that's the right stuff there, Newt.
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That's quite the first name too.
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Re: Newt Gingrich is an Odd Duck [Re: Icelander]
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I do wish he would go away. Does he think he can fill the Huckabeelite niche?
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Re: Newt Gingrich is an Odd Duck [Re: zappaisgod]
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Ethnic cleansing?
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Re: Newt Gingrich is an Odd Duck [Re: Atomsk]
#14061441 - 03/03/11 05:05 PM (13 years, 2 months ago) |
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Ah, Newt. One of my all-time favorites.
Wasn't so long ago, he was claiming that women can't be soldiers because their vaginas would heal over if they stayed in a trench too long, or some such hilarity.
I'm really going to enjoy the next election cycle.
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Re: Newt Gingrich is an Odd Duck [Re: TGRR]
#14061448 - 03/03/11 05:07 PM (13 years, 2 months ago) |
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I want a Palin/O'Donnell ticket real bad. Although I would probably die from laughing.
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Re: Newt Gingrich is an Odd Duck [Re: Atomsk]
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Ethnic cleansing?
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Re: Newt Gingrich is an Odd Duck [Re: TGRR]
#14061468 - 03/03/11 05:10 PM (13 years, 2 months ago) |
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TGRR said: Ah, Newt. One of my all-time favorites.
Wasn't so long ago, he was claiming that women can't be soldiers because their vaginas would heal over if they stayed in a trench too long, or some such hilarity.
I'm really going to enjoy the next election cycle.
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Re: Newt Gingrich is an Odd Duck [Re: zappaisgod]
#14061530 - 03/03/11 05:19 PM (13 years, 2 months ago) |
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I enjoy all of them.
From afar.
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Re: Newt Gingrich is an Odd Duck [Re: Icelander]
#14061536 - 03/03/11 05:20 PM (13 years, 2 months ago) |
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Yeah, Obama the Hope turned into Obama the dope.
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Re: Newt Gingrich is an Odd Duck [Re: TheThinker]
#14061550 - 03/03/11 05:21 PM (13 years, 2 months ago) |
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I vote no for president.
But each year they turn me away.
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Re: Newt Gingrich is an Odd Duck [Re: Icelander]
#14061567 - 03/03/11 05:24 PM (13 years, 2 months ago) |
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You would vote for me and you know it.
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Re: Newt Gingrich is an Odd Duck [Re: zappaisgod]
#14061589 - 03/03/11 05:28 PM (13 years, 2 months ago) |
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For Emperor, not for something stupid like president. Actually in a few years I plan I giving you this planet. I'm getting tired.
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Re: Newt Gingrich is an Odd Duck [Re: Icelander]
#14061703 - 03/03/11 05:48 PM (13 years, 2 months ago) |
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I should probably begin abstaining from voting.
I voted for Scott Walker (R-WI) in the last election here, and that seems to have done little but bring my democratic process to a complete and utter halt.
This is what I get for voting for a Republican for the first time in twenty-something years.
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Madtowntripper said: I should probably begin abstaining from voting.
I voted for Scott Walker (R-WI) in the last election here, and that seems to have done little but bring my democratic process to a complete and utter halt.
This is what I get for voting for a Republican for the first time in twenty-something years.
The only people corrupting the democratic process in WI are the Dem Fleebaggers. Not showing up for work? No no.
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I should probably begin abstaining from voting.
it's the right thing to do. You become blameless and can bitch about the other guys poor choice.
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Re: Newt Gingrich is an Odd Duck [Re: zappaisgod]
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Madtowntripper said: I should probably begin abstaining from voting.
I voted for Scott Walker (R-WI) in the last election here, and that seems to have done little but bring my democratic process to a complete and utter halt.
This is what I get for voting for a Republican for the first time in twenty-something years.
The only people corrupting the democratic process in WI are the Dem Fleebaggers. Not showing up for work? No no.
Yes, and the Nazi Kapitan who worked the door at Dachau would have been derelict in his duty if he didnt' shepherd his charges through the portal.
When simply doing your job can result in vast and terrible consequences for tens of thousands of people, being willing to NOT do that job is a virtue in itself.
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Re: Newt Gingrich is an Odd Duck [Re: TGRR]
#14063196 - 03/03/11 09:33 PM (13 years, 2 months ago) |
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TGRR said: Ah, Newt. One of my all-time favorites.
Wasn't so long ago, he was claiming that women can't be soldiers because their vaginas would heal over if they stayed in a trench too long, or some such hilarity.
I'm really going to enjoy the next election cycle.
I love Newt. This is going to be a circus of EPIC proportions. Add in Palin and the witch, christ I can't wait for the fur to fly.
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Gingrich is a true American hero. I pray we're so lucky that he becomes our leader.
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Screaming Eagle said: Gingrich is a true American hero. I pray we're so lucky that he becomes our leader.
I agree. We DESERVE a leader of his caliber.
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Screaming Eagle said: Gingrich is a true American hero. I pray we're so lucky that he becomes our leader.
I agree. We DESERVE a leader of his caliber.
Thank God. I was afraid this world was going to hell in a handbasket. It's good to see that there's another TRUE American left in this world.
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Madtowntripper said: I should probably begin abstaining from voting.
I voted for Scott Walker (R-WI) in the last election here, and that seems to have done little but bring my democratic process to a complete and utter halt.
This is what I get for voting for a Republican for the first time in twenty-something years.
The only people corrupting the democratic process in WI are the Dem Fleebaggers. Not showing up for work? No no.
Yes, and the Nazi Kapitan who worked the door at Dachau would have been derelict in his duty if he didnt' shepherd his charges through the portal.
When simply doing your job can result in vast and terrible consequences for tens of thousands of people, being willing to NOT do that job is a virtue in itself.
What of the millions left bereft of their government? And what makes these consequences terrible? A 5% pay cut? No more obligation to pay union dues or belong to one? Why do you hate freedom? There are no collective bargaining rights. If it was a right everybody would have them. But they don't. Only about 12% of the population has these supposed rights. Do you think some people have rights that others do not?
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Re: Newt Gingrich is an Odd Duck [Re: zappaisgod]
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zappaisgod said: There are no collective bargaining rights.
It seems to me that everybody does have a right to choose whether to go to work or not. If 10,000 other people also happen to not want to go to work, well they're free to do that too. Collective bargaining in the labor market is akin to price fixing by sellers, but, well, I don't think that should be illegal either.
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Re: Newt Gingrich is an Odd Duck [Re: ChuangTzu]
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zappaisgod said: There are no collective bargaining rights.
It seems to me that everybody does have a right to choose whether to go to work or not. If 10,000 other people also happen to not want to go to work, well they're free to do that too. Collective bargaining in the labor market is akin to price fixing by sellers, but, well, I don't think that should be illegal either. 
Sure, they have a right to quit. Just like everybody else.
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Re: Newt Gingrich is an Odd Duck [Re: zappaisgod]
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zappaisgod said: Sure, they have a right to quit. Just like everybody else.
They also have the right to not show up to work without quitting, under penalty of being fired. And they still have that right even if 10,000 other people are exercising that right at the same time.
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Re: Newt Gingrich is an Odd Duck [Re: ChuangTzu]
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zappaisgod said: Sure, they have a right to quit. Just like everybody else.
They also have the right to not show up to work without quitting, under penalty of being fired. And they still have that right even if 10,000 other people are exercising that right at the same time.
Yep. They sure do. Of course, if they get fired for cause (absenteeism) they have no right to unemployment benefits. I know. I beat assholes for just that.
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Re: Newt Gingrich is an Odd Duck [Re: zappaisgod]
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zappaisgod said: Yep. They sure do. Of course, if they get fired for cause (absenteeism) they have no right to unemployment benefits. I know. I beat assholes for just that.
Damn right...
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Re: Newt Gingrich is an Odd Duck [Re: zappaisgod]
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zappaisgod said: Sure, they have a right to quit. Just like everybody else.
They also have the right to not show up to work without quitting, under penalty of being fired. And they still have that right even if 10,000 other people are exercising that right at the same time.
Yep. They sure do. Of course, if they get fired for cause (absenteeism) they have no right to unemployment benefits. I know. I beat assholes for just that.
I'm sorry, but what?
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I cant wait for Newt to throw a temper tantrum and shut down the election when it doesnt go his way.
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Re: Newt Gingrich is an Odd Duck [Re: Atomsk]
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Atomsk said: I cant wait for Newt to throw a temper tantrum and shut down the election when it doesnt go his way.
You can't blame a guy for being passionate about what he loves. It's the American Way. If it wasn't for guys like Gingrich, we would've never won a little war called the AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
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Re: Newt Gingrich is an Odd Duck [Re: zappaisgod]
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Madtowntripper said: I should probably begin abstaining from voting.
I voted for Scott Walker (R-WI) in the last election here, and that seems to have done little but bring my democratic process to a complete and utter halt.
This is what I get for voting for a Republican for the first time in twenty-something years.
The only people corrupting the democratic process in WI are the Dem Fleebaggers. Not showing up for work? No no.
Yes, and the Nazi Kapitan who worked the door at Dachau would have been derelict in his duty if he didnt' shepherd his charges through the portal.
When simply doing your job can result in vast and terrible consequences for tens of thousands of people, being willing to NOT do that job is a virtue in itself.
What of the millions left bereft of their government? And what makes these consequences terrible? A 5% pay cut? No more obligation to pay union dues or belong to one? Why do you hate freedom? There are no collective bargaining rights. If it was a right everybody would have them. But they don't. Only about 12% of the population has these supposed rights. Do you think some people have rights that others do not?
This is a Union-busting bill, and that is that.
I've been a Union member (Teamsters) for nearly a decade and it's been great for me personally.
I make a ton of money, have great benefits, have amazing job security, and work for one of the largest and most successful companies in the country.
My company, meanwhile, manages to compete quite effectively with other non-union companies in the same business.
Walker has been trying, very hard, to convince everyone here that people are in Unions against their will, that they receive no tangible benefits from said association, that they are pawns of the leadership, etc.
None of this is true.
Walker's catchprase, as of late, is that you can't have a negotiation when one side refuses to negotiate. But all he is doing with this bill is attempting to deprive the Unions of any leverage they have in negotiations so he can subject them to his whims, whatever those may be.
It's going too far and he knows it.
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Agreed. I could support this if he would push for a free market, but he's pushing to have the state have some special privledge to not have to negotiate with unions, and to be able to actively shut them down.
This seems to be a clear first amendment violation to me.
The problems with unions that I have are when the law gives them special benefits. The way I see it, Unions are as much a part of the free market as temp agencies, outsourcing firms, and corporations who have nonnegotiable hiring policies. If a group of people chooses to associate and contract with a common entity for employment on terms that entity can negotiate, its nobodies buisness. The state, or any employer, can take it or leave it.
What I can't stand is the quasi-fascist notion that the state should have special privledges over private industry to get thugs to bust up inconvieniant buisness arrangements such as unions. The way i see it, those people had every right to strike unofficially. If they violate their contract than their employer can refuse to honor it or fire the lot of em- a simple contract law matter.
The state allready has its own private army a'la its police power- they don't need special standing when contracting for normal services like labor, et cet.
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zappaisgod said: Sure, they have a right to quit. Just like everybody else.
They also have the right to not show up to work without quitting, under penalty of being fired. And they still have that right even if 10,000 other people are exercising that right at the same time.
Yep. They sure do. Of course, if they get fired for cause (absenteeism) they have no right to unemployment benefits. I know. I beat assholes for just that.
I'm sorry, but what?
Sounds like he beats people who choose not to come int work one day but decide to come into work later and/or try to get unemployment benefits when fired. I of course could be mistaken.
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beat can also mean to overcome, i.e. I beat the ticket in court
I presume he refers to defeating various state-administered unemployment compensation claims that an employee has filed and he contests. He "beats assholes" by defeating the person's claim before the board that administers claims by demonstrating that the person was not laid off but fired for cause, hence should be denied unemployment benefits and zappa shouldn't have to pay higher unemployment tax (or whatever pseudonym they call it where he is to pretend its not a tax).
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Madtowntripper said: I've been a Union member (Teamsters) for nearly a decade and it's been great for me personally.
I make a ton of money, have great benefits, have amazing job security, and work for one of the largest and most successful companies in the country.
My company, meanwhile, manages to compete quite effectively with other non-union companies in the same business.
how's that work out for others that arent in the union, I recall my mom going to NY for some show she was supposed to be doing, while she was setting up her booth several union members gathered around to inform her she wasnt allowed to do her job that it was a union job and she's have to pay them to do it
so I guess if job security and competitiveness means they can intimidate old women at a trade show, then they sure seem to have the market cornered
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Re: Newt Gingrich is an Odd Duck [Re: Prisoner#1]
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Madtowntripper said: I've been a Union member (Teamsters) for nearly a decade and it's been great for me personally.
I make a ton of money, have great benefits, have amazing job security, and work for one of the largest and most successful companies in the country.
My company, meanwhile, manages to compete quite effectively with other non-union companies in the same business.
how's that work out for others that arent in the union
It doesn't work out as well for people not in the Union, that's the point.
Collective bargaining has power.
My group of workers, by joining a Union and pooling our resources, have managed to get more concessions from our employer than we would have been able to do by ourselves. That is the very point of collective bargaining. In a normal business-employee relationship, ALL of the power is with the employer. A Union is merely a means to redress that balance.
Listen, I have great benefits. Health, vision, dental, drug, legal, and life insurance that I don't pay a dime for. No co-pays, no premiums, nothing. I make amazing money, with nice raises every year. I have great working conditions, five weeks paid vacation every year, and am guaranteed a job as long as the company exists and I don't do anything hellaciously stupid. In addition, it is stipulated that nearly all promotion must come from within, so everyone in my management team used to do a job similar to mine and I have great prospects for advancement, should I choose to pursue that.
There are people just down the block from my company that work for our largest competitor. They are non-union, have no benefits, and make minimum wage.
You tell me how that's working out for them.
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Sounds pretty awesome, I can only contrast that with the corrupt unions it's been my misfortune to have had to deal with. I have nothing against the idea of unions if they are not corrupt and they are not exclusive.
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Re: Newt Gingrich is an Odd Duck [Re: Icelander]
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I'm sure there are two sides to the coin.
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zappaisgod said: Sure, they have a right to quit. Just like everybody else.
They also have the right to not show up to work without quitting, under penalty of being fired. And they still have that right even if 10,000 other people are exercising that right at the same time.
Yep. They sure do. Of course, if they get fired for cause (absenteeism) they have no right to unemployment benefits. I know. I beat assholes for just that.
I'm sorry, but what?
When I had employees who I fired for chronic absenteeism they would try to get unemployment benefits. I would be notified of this by the people at unemployment who take my checks. I would dispute it and there would be a hearing. I would go to the hearing with their pay record and the payroll records of the other employees. They would be denied benefits. I beat them, the assholes.
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Madtowntripper said: I've been a Union member (Teamsters) for nearly a decade and it's been great for me personally.
I make a ton of money, have great benefits, have amazing job security, and work for one of the largest and most successful companies in the country.
My company, meanwhile, manages to compete quite effectively with other non-union companies in the same business.
how's that work out for others that arent in the union
It doesn't work out as well for people not in the Union, that's the point.
Collective bargaining has power.
My group of workers, by joining a Union and pooling our resources, have managed to get more concessions from our employer than we would have been able to do by ourselves. That is the very point of collective bargaining. In a normal business-employee relationship, ALL of the power is with the employer. A Union is merely a means to redress that balance.
Listen, I have great benefits. Health, vision, dental, drug, legal, and life insurance that I don't pay a dime for. No co-pays, no premiums, nothing. I make amazing money, with nice raises every year. I have great working conditions, five weeks paid vacation every year, and am guaranteed a job as long as the company exists and I don't do anything hellaciously stupid. In addition, it is stipulated that nearly all promotion must come from within, so everyone in my management team used to do a job similar to mine and I have great prospects for advancement, should I choose to pursue that.
There are people just down the block from my company that work for our largest competitor. They are non-union, have no benefits, and make minimum wage.
You tell me how that's working out for them.
You work in the private sector. I believe I know what company. Out of respect for you I won't name it unless you do. What happens to a private sector company that gives up too much to the workers? Gone. Your company has been protected against its competitor by the government. Your company does not compete on a level playing field because of government favoritism.
By the way, you do pay for all of those benefits by getting less cash. You have no choice but to accept that which has little value to you personally. A young single man without children would have to be an idiot to choose those benefits over cash. You get five weeks vacation every year but it costs you lost earnings. Who wouldn't rather work most of those and bank the cash? You have no choice. Serf to the union one size fits all straightjacket.
This has nothing to do with public sector unionism. If you guys ruin a company it goes away. That is why private sector unionism has fallen below 10%. They kill companies. But that is not the case with public unions at all. The government never fucking goes away, it has no competition and politicians are not the proper adversary across the bargaining table because they are beholden to a very great extent to the unions for their jobs. That is a definitively corrupt condition.
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Re: Newt Gingrich is an Odd Duck [Re: zappaisgod]
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zappaisgod said: You work in the private sector. I believe I know what company. Out of respect for you I won't name it unless you do. What happens to a private sector company that gives up too much to the workers? Gone. Your company has been protected against its competitor by the government. Your company does not compete on a level playing field because of government favoritism.
I don't think you can look at the position of my company in the marketplace and say it got there because of government favoritism. It has been the leading company in that industry for almost a century. Through vast numbers and orientations of governments. You're over-simplifying things. And at any rate, that has nothing to do with ME. Maybe our competitors need to get in the lobbying business.
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By the way, you do pay for all of those benefits by getting less cash. You have no choice but to accept that which has little value to you personally. A young single man without children would have to be an idiot to choose those benefits over cash. You get five weeks vacation every year but it costs you lost earnings. Who wouldn't rather work most of those and bank the cash? You have no choice. Serf to the union one size fits all straightjacket.
That's a two way street. Sure, I may be under-utilizing my benefits by not having children, but I will someday, and isn't that more than off-set by knowing that I won't have to pay any more for dependents once I am married and have children? The short term view is incorrect, in this situation.
And that vacation is paid, obviously. Unpaid vacation, .
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This has nothing to do with public sector unionism. If you guys ruin a company it goes away. That is why private sector unionism has fallen below 10%. They kill companies. But that is not the case with public unions at all. The government never fucking goes away, it has no competition and politicians are not the proper adversary across the bargaining table because they are beholden to a very great extent to the unions for their jobs. That is a definitively corrupt condition.
And what is attempting to be done is throw the switch in the completely other direction and force the public employees to take whatever compensation packages the government sees fit to give it, the table scraps if you will. It's not, as we've said before, about the money necessarily. Under Walker's bill, base pay will still be able to be collectively bargained.
But everything else, gone.
My company can't force me to work hellacious hours, or in unsafe conditions, or with out-dated equipment. This bill would give the government power to do all of those things to all public employees, including teachers and those in the public safety fields.
There is a happy medium somewhere, I'm sure, but I'm equally sure that this bill is not it.
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Re: Newt Gingrich is an Odd Duck [Re: Prisoner#1]
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I make a ton of money, have great benefits, have amazing job security, and work for one of the largest and most successful companies in the country.
My company, meanwhile, manages to compete quite effectively with other non-union companies in the same business.
how's that work out for others that arent in the union, I recall my mom going to NY for some show she was supposed to be doing, while she was setting up her booth several union members gathered around to inform her she wasnt allowed to do her job that it was a union job and she's have to pay them to do it
so I guess if job security and competitiveness means they can intimidate old women at a trade show, then they sure seem to have the market cornered
Who was this? The trade show setter uppers union?
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Re: Newt Gingrich is an Odd Duck [Re: Baby_Hitler]
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are you aware that the teamsters cover not just trucking but also flight attendants, the chemical industry, retail outlets, bakeries, laundries, beverages, construction and who knows what else
I was in the retail, wholesale and departmentstore union but worked in a lead mill, most of what we did was government contracts. there were shit loads of layoffs in that union
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Re: Newt Gingrich is an Odd Duck [Re: Icelander]
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oh... they arent exclusive, not any more, they wanna get illegal aliens into the unions
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zappaisgod said: You work in the private sector. I believe I know what company. Out of respect for you I won't name it unless you do. What happens to a private sector company that gives up too much to the workers? Gone. Your company has been protected against its competitor by the government. Your company does not compete on a level playing field because of government favoritism.
I don't think you can look at the position of my company in the marketplace and say it got there because of government favoritism. It has been the leading company in that industry for almost a century. Through vast numbers and orientations of governments. You're over-simplifying things. And at any rate, that has nothing to do with ME. Maybe our competitors need to get in the lobbying business.
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By the way, you do pay for all of those benefits by getting less cash. You have no choice but to accept that which has little value to you personally. A young single man without children would have to be an idiot to choose those benefits over cash. You get five weeks vacation every year but it costs you lost earnings. Who wouldn't rather work most of those and bank the cash? You have no choice. Serf to the union one size fits all straightjacket.
That's a two way street. Sure, I may be under-utilizing my benefits by not having children, but I will someday, and isn't that more than off-set by knowing that I won't have to pay any more for dependents once I am married and have children? The short term view is incorrect, in this situation.
But you could have banked a lot more money. What if you never have children? What if your sperm is dead? You have given up your right to accept risk.Quote:
And that vacation is paid, obviously. Unpaid vacation, .
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This has nothing to do with public sector unionism. If you guys ruin a company it goes away. That is why private sector unionism has fallen below 10%. They kill companies. But that is not the case with public unions at all. The government never fucking goes away, it has no competition and politicians are not the proper adversary across the bargaining table because they are beholden to a very great extent to the unions for their jobs. That is a definitively corrupt condition.
And what is attempting to be done is throw the switch in the completely other direction and force the public employees to take whatever compensation packages the government sees fit to give it, the table scraps if you will. It's not, as we've said before, about the money necessarily. Under Walker's bill, base pay will still be able to be collectively bargained.
There is no evidence whatsoever that they will be compelled to take table scraps. There are hundreds of municipalities in every state competing for employees. Why is there a monolithic workforce?Quote:
But everything else, gone.
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My company can't force me to work hellacious hours, or in unsafe conditions, or with out-dated equipment. This bill would give the government power to do all of those things to all public employees, including teachers and those in the public safety fields.
Bullshit. Complete and utter bullshit. here are several other methods to prevent that. The 40 hour week is law, safety rules are law. Outdated equipment? That isn't your call. And they can always seek another deal in another town.Quote:
There is a happy medium somewhere, I'm sure, but I'm equally sure that this bill is not it.
I think the bill actually is a "happy" medium when you consider that they could also outlaw public sector unions entirely. And should, as even that fuckhead FDR realized. Has it not occurred to you that public sector unions cost you, the taxpayer, money?
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Re: Newt Gingrich is an Odd Duck [Re: Prisoner#1]
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I mean that if someone chooses not to be in a union they should still have access to a job to a union controlled workplace.
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Re: Newt Gingrich is an Odd Duck [Re: Prisoner#1]
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Baby_Hitler said: Who was this? The trade show setter uppers union?
are you aware that the teamsters cover not just trucking but also flight attendants, the chemical industry, retail outlets, bakeries, laundries, beverages, construction and who knows what else
I was in the retail, wholesale and departmentstore union but worked in a lead mill, most of what we did was government contracts. there were shit loads of layoffs in that union
Can't say I really know much about unions. I've never even worked anywhere that had one.
So what happened with your mom? Did she tell them to fuck off?
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Re: Newt Gingrich is an Odd Duck [Re: Baby_Hitler]
#14076271 - 03/06/11 04:00 PM (13 years, 2 months ago) |
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Baby_Hitler said: So what happened with your mom? Did she tell them to fuck off?
numerous times and had to call the cops because they were interfering with her in her job
cops did nothing but make sure they kept more distance while they berated her
had NY had a CCW reciprocacy law then she might not have had to call the cops, they'd have shown up to investigate after someone else called
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