The disappointing thing – I grew up in Speaker Boehner’s district, so forgive my expectation that Republicans have backbone – is the angst several GOP senators are displaying. Again, I don’t assume the bill is perfect, but the only hope of taxpayers and public employees finding sustainable middle ground starts with getting the unions out of the picture.
Tag: Government Unions
Mope and Change
Ah, that classic dance, the Victimhood Two-Step: cry over a policy you don’t like as if it were an ambush on workers/children/puppies/the elderly, and then shift the blame for whatever problem is being addressed. It’s easy, once you realize your complaints needn’t have any grounding in reality!
The Union Man: Act Three
Imagine if Harold Hill, instead of peddling band supplies which he never intended to deliver, set out to organize an existing boys’ band… Read Act One Read Act Two Act Three A government accountant arrives in River City on assignment from the Statehouse. The town’s brief economic dip has become a lengthy downturn, and the… Continue reading The Union Man: Act Three
Public Unions for Higher Taxes
What you might not realize is that SB 5 revokes all Facebook, Twitter, and email privileges from public employees. If the bill passes, teachers and guidance counselors will no longer be permitted to speak with their principals or superintendents. All school board proceedings will henceforth be sealed from the public, and any government employee seen colluding with a local newspaper or television station will be summarily executed.
The Union Man: Act Two
Though the River City Boys’ Band has more members than ever, there is a stubborn insistence among some of the townsfolk that the group’s sound and marching have improved little since Professor Hill arrived. To be sure, River City loves their boys’ band… but there are rumblings that the boys’ parents pay for sheet music while the innkeeper, grocer, and pool hall manager provide band members with shiny trombones and tassled coats.
Senate Bill 5: Big Numbers, Tiny Details
It’s beyond me why Republican senators feel a need to cater to the unions. If anything, SB 5 should go further to limit union power: government unions work against the electorate. Squeezing taxpayers for more money is the reason public employee unions exist!
The Union Man: Act One
Professor Hill arrives at the River City station in a raucous passenger car of Boys Band United Guild (BBUG) brothers, eager to shine the light of collectivism into a suspiciously independent populace. He departs the station as the train steams further west, carrying a union rep to every town from the Mississippi to the Pacific.
Union Racket 101 – AFSCMEconomics
Here’s the snag in their solidarity shtick: unions like the AFSCME generally charge dues as a percentage of salary. Let’s say your salary is $30,000 — how important are you to the union? If your answer is anything besides “less than 1/3 as important as someone paid $100,000,” you might need to reconsider for a minute.
Union Aces: Communists and Jesse Jackson
If Ohio raises taxes to prevent pay cuts and gird unsustainable defined-benefit pensions, every dollar will come from a company or individual who would’ve spent or invested it without the union skimming off the top. Dollars do not become more valuable simply because the government has moved them around.
This IS Payback
SB 5 pays back the Ohioans who voted for a fiscally-responsible Senate. It’s payback to the hypocrites at the AFSCME and OEA who pay themselves millions of dollars every year to fight Ohio’s local governments, school districts, and state agencies. It’s payback for parents, teachers, and taxpayers whose voices are muted by the bullhorns of national organizations dedicated to failed Progressive policies.