Update 3 – Liberal Alters – Unions
One of the typical accusations about labor union leaders is that they no longer really represent their members and pursue their own agendas…agendas that most of their members do not support even to the extreme of advocating a socialist or even communist viewpoint regarding collective bargaining. There can be no denying that labor unions spend hundreds of millions of dollars collected from members to support Democrat candidates that push for stronger union control of labor markets. When union members voluntarily give their pay to union bosses that is free choice. However when workers, like myself, are force to pay a “fair share” to unions to which we do not wish to belong that should be illegal. My earnings are taken from my pay, given to unions, and often given to the very politicians who forced me to pay the unions. They didn’t make me join, but they take a percentage of my pay without my approval.
Sorry this is not a baseball post. Those of us living in Pittsburgh with the hapless Pirates; holders of the longest losing streak of all professional sports (17 years and counting) don’t talk about much about professional baseball. Our president gave his first pitch at a State of the Union speech and apparently did not hit the strike zone. I confess to not watching as I could not bear to see Ms. Pelosi popping up every 30 seconds, Obama’s use of the words “I” or “me” a gazillion times or his 