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So you think it is okay for a union to force members to pay for political campaigns they may not support? Or is it okay for the average union worker to pay for the exorbitant union leader salaries and conferences? My mother paid $500 in union dues last year. That extra money certainly would've been nice to have.
Hey, talk to the Supreme Court on that one. I guess you assume it's okay for me to pay for political issues I don't support whenever I go to the store and buy something from a company whose corporate officers/owners give to Republican campaigns? Spare me your pity party. I'm a taxpayer, so I have no choice about that. No matter where I buy things, those companies can now donate as if they were actual people, so my money is being funneled into politics I don't agree with. If your mother doesn't want to pay her union dues, she can bloody well find another job.
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You were so adamant in your previous posts about fighting back against those who did not want to pay for welfare that I assumed you were on welfare. Glad to know that you prosper. I thought you had posted earlier that you would face financial ruin if Obamacare did not pass.
Hey, talk to the Supreme Court on that one. I guess you assum it's okay for me to pay for political issues I don't support whenever I go to the store and buy something from a company whose corporate officers/owners give to Republican campaigns? Spare me your pity party. I'm a taxpayer, so I have no choice about that. No matter where I buy things, those companies can now donate as if they were actual people, so my money is being funneled into politics I don't agree with. If your mother doesn't want to pay her union dues, she can bloody well find another job. You ASSumed wrong.
Nobody is forcing you to buy from those companies. OTOH, taxpayers have no choice.
For someone who claims to support the middle class, I'm surprised to see you supporting unions taking workers' wages to pay for political campaigns (among other things).
In 1973 there were no NAFTA or any other free trade agreements. That's when the US steel industry began collapsing simply because unions had bled the companies dry and made it impossible to compete.
So explain again how free trade agreements caused something to begin happening in 1973 and by the mid 80's they were all gone?
Well maybe you should look at all the facts...............
That figure includes all teachers, including private school teachers. The us has about 25% private schools versus 10% private in Canada. Viewing only public school teachers, the average is low 50k, exclusive of benefits.
It is those benefits in Wisconsin that caused all of this in the first place.
Nobody is forcing you to buy from those companies. OTOH, taxpayers have no choice.
This makes no sense.
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For someone who claims to support the middle class, I'm surprised to see you supporting unions taking workers' wages to pay for political campaigns (among other things).
I'm supporting unions in this case because they happen to actually represent people. Workers. The Middle Class. I don't support corporations spending billions of my consumer dollars on political campaigns. But I have no choice. You don't want to work for a union and have a portion of your income funneled to political campaigns, find another job. My only option is to leave the damn country.
Did you folks see the story here I posted about the school in New Hampshire, in a town where the average income is just $22,000/year and the teachers were getting $74,000/year?
They fired ALL the teachers because they had a 93% fail rate.
But the union stepped in and got the school board to rehire them and even give them a $3000 raise.
Guess what? They still have a 93% failure rate and the teachers even had the guts to stage a sick-out protesting the citizen's calls for better performance!!
Why do you feel the need to be untruthful?
At $43,941 New Hampshire is ranked 25th for average teacher salaries.
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