Aaron,rnFirst of all noone is trying to stamp out unions. I have no problem withrnprivate sector unions. My problem is with public sector unions and I don’trneven have a problem with them if they don’t have collective bargaining. Yournsee, unions exist to protect employees from greedy capitalists. Fine. Howrncan the American people as a whole be greedy capitalists? We just try tornmake our bills and pay our taxes. We write laws that protect the governmentrnworkers from bad labor practices. The problem happens when public sectorrnunions have collective bargaining rights. Is is right that policemen,rnfiremen and teachers strike the public. We only have so much to pay themrnwith. These are called essential services. We tell you what we will payrnand you make the decision to become a teacher, firefighter or policeman. Itrnis wrong to be able to collect dues from all people who would like to workrnfor government and then spend the money to elect only those people who willrnpay any price for union contributions. Don’t you see the public looses. Theyrnhold us hostage. This is wrong and it is more wrong for politicians to agreernto union demands and push the payment onto future generations. This isrncorruption at its best.

Let me ask you a question. We all know that unions donate to political campaigns. However, if they held so much power, than why is it that there is such a push to stamp out unions? Union membership is down to about 9% of the workforce, and government workers make less than there private sector counterparts. nUnions only donate about 1% of the amount donated by corporations. nI’m not sure how to break it to you, but no public school teachers make 90K/yr. That pay is an averaged amount with benefits. My mother has taught in the bay area for years, and makes about 60K/yr as a science teacher.nTax rates are historically low, they have never been lower, and tax rates have nothing to do with creating jobs. The two are completely unrelated. However, jobs are related to sales, and if you cut the pay of workers, this will reduce sales, and therefore jobs.

Hi Shannon,rnI am enjoying our banter, too. I am getting your responses on my email, sornI just responded to you by hitting reply. I am busy now, too. Hope yournhave a great day.rnKathryn

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This is awesome. How were you able to send me a personal email? I will respond in kind. It is unfortunate that for the rest of this evening and for most of tomorrow I will not be able to respond. I am enjoying conversing with you.rnShannon

I posted three of the sources above in a new post. It is near the top. They would not let me leave in the websites, but I listed what googled above so you can follow those to see my sources.nnAs far as you being a liberal, it is not what you said, it is the thinking process that is revealed in your writing that lets me know you are a liberal, but fine, you can be called whatever you want to be called. nnUnions definitely contribute to political campaigns. See quote from Andy Stern President SCIU. When unions who represent people who work for the government give money and time to elect government representatives they are trying to determine who they will work for. An elected representative is supposed to work for all the citizens, but as you know, they tend to help the people who supported them. That is why liberals hate allowing corporations to donate to politicians. ( I agree that corporations and unions should not be able to donate to politicians.) You see, that if the representatives work for the workers then unelected people are calling the shots. They use the power of the government to tax to enrich themselves. Politicians have worked these amazing pension plans into the deal because they push the cost of these deals into the future. But the future is now. They made deals in the past for which we do not have the money to pay, even if you take all the tax cuts away from businesses. nn

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You’re wasting your time. Navymum thinks that Scott Walker saying something (his own words) makes his statement a fact. She’s a fool and an ethically corrupt person.

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Unless we take away child labor laws and reduce the minimum hourly wage to less than $3 an hour, the corporations will still go to other countries. (fact)