Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Another problem in this fantasy world is that unionized government employees refuse to face the fact that they work for a "NON-PROFIT" organization that produces no revenue much less a profit margin, as private sector union employees do for Ford, Caterpillar, etc. "Milton Friedman argued that government agencies resemble economic "black holes" where increased 'inputs' lead to declining 'outputs. 'Economist Thomas DiLorenzo has argued that: 'The enormous power of government-employee unions effectively transfers the power to tax from voters to the unions. Because government-employee unions can so easily force elected officials to raise taxes to meet their "demands," it is they, not the voters, who control the rate of taxation within a political jurisdiction. They are the beneficiaries of a particular form of taxation without representation (not that taxation with representation is much better). This is why some states have laws prohibiting strikes by government-employee unions. (The unions often strike anyway.) Politicians are caught in a political bind by government-employee unions: if they cave in to their wage demands and raise taxes to finance them, then they increase the chances of being kicked out of office themselves in the next election. The "solution" to this dilemma has been to offer government-employee unions moderate wage increases but spectacular pension promises. This allows politicians to pander to the unions but defer the costs to the future, long after the panderers are retired from politics." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public-sector_trade_union |
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Unemployment? Unemployment insurance premiums are paid for by the employer. 99% of the time, their employees will never collect. (present state of the economy due to bailouts and other ridiculous WH BS not included) Bailouts? These should have never happened in the first place. Why did the government bail out these big companies in the first place. Without bailouts, the CEO's would have had to make some major adjustments in order to keep their business afloat. But if Uncle Sam is willing to pay the price to guarantee their bonus, hey whatever. These guys didn't get to the top without some brains on how to get ahead. As for the housing bubble, that was created by government! Dems wanted everyone to have a home and banks were pressured into giving loans to extremely risky clients! It was all set up to happen this way so government can step in and save the day...aka gain more power. Who in the public sector is relaxed? Define relaxed...need to know because I know a few private sector companies who are doing just fine. They are smart enough to keep their finger on the pulse of their company and make necessary minor adjustments, thus avoiding drastic major ones, do more with less... 1-http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/24/bu...my/24econ.html 2-http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortu...011/employers/ 3-http://finance.yahoo.com/q/is?s=ups |
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it did not take any gaul to ask the question. i just wanted to know what would possess you to make such a statement. why do you demean the govt employee by calling them a hack; especially when you have never met them and don't know them? you appear to be of the belief that the ss recipient is better than the government employee you refer to as a servant. that is quite a judgement! so i have to ask - who are you to judge? most americans do, or at least will, collect ss. and thru the largess of elected officials, many of those americans who collect never contributed a cent to ss funds. they are draining the fund of your money and mine! lets put a stop to that! if an american is blind or disabled or a spouse who never contributed, let's cut their funding! americans want and demand programs and services; and they want them provided by their government. so government has to design, develop and provide the programs and services the citizens want and demand. those citizens are the folks living in fantasy land because they have no real idea of the cost to provide what they want and demand. but they go on wanting and demanding and the government goes on providing. government employees are not bankrupting america....americans wanting and demanding that their government take care of them is bankrupting america. so lets stop wanting and demanding and government won't have to provide it. |
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The lack of initiative, the lack of sense of urgency, the lack of going above and beyond just because it is the right thing to do, lack of pride, lack of the dignity that comes with taking it to the next level, lack of reimbursement based on performance, etc,etc,etc....how sad. |
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Or how about the last mail pickup for the day being at 10:00 a.m. at all the mailboxes in the middle of a huge office park....when the office workers are producing orders, correspondence, and checks for 7 more hours that need to go out in today's mail??? |
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the public sector employee creed: “We the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, with so little, for so long, we are now qualified to do anything, with nothing.” |
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You're kidding, right? |
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in n.j. the employees of all state depts. agencies and commissions are governed by contracts which are negotiated between the individual unions and the team of negotiators under the auspice of the office of the gov. no h.r. dept would ever be permitted to negotiate a contract in this state! h.r. depts work with union shop stewards to insure that all parties follow contract provisions. how many unions and contracts exist in your state institution? |
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ilovetv~ There are those who have never played outside the protective boundaries of the playground fence. Maybe, others should be kind enough to not wake them from their perception of reality.
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Do yourself a favor...check out who can operate as negotiator under the auspice of the office of the governor. Pretty sure that could quite possibly be the office of Human Resources Labor relations people of a given state institution... |
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