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<blockquote data-quote="island1fox" data-source="post: 807488" data-attributes="member: 4816"><p>crowbar,</p><p>I would like you to take a deep breath and try to keep an open mind --as much as possible of the way many American's are looking at this whole mess today. Number one I agree the Unions did not cause the finanacial mess in this country today. I also agree that rank and file Union members should demand and get a fair share of the fruit of their labor . See we agree on two main points.</p><p>Now I will go a little deeper and hopefully you will see how government interference , greed, corruption and will do anything for power and thier own benefit have caused this mess.</p><p>The government(mainly on the left) wanted more minorities to own homes. Banks were threatened with lawsuits for not having enough minority loans. Over the many years both Democrat and Republican Presidents bragged about how many more "poor and minorities" now owned homes.</p><p>With regulations eased Banks lowered qualifications, no down payment s no financial backround checks etc,etc. This went on for over twenty years, the greed on some parts of wall street because of the government supposedly backing these loans with FANNY and Freddie got involved .\, bundled and sold loans as derivatives. Adustable rate loans go up, some inflation, food and fuel rises and the result --a fiasco -a meltdown of the entire economy which will hurt us for a very long time ---now leads us to your point. The Unions.</p><p>Their are private sector Unions like the Teamsters and UPS and there are public sector unions for government workers.</p><p>Why are UPS and Teamster Negotiations so contentious ?? Because the Teamsters fight for you to enjoy the fruit of your labors trying to get the best benefit and wage pkg possible along with operating concessions. UPS fight as hard as possible to maintain a healthy company with LONG TERM VIABILITY.</p><p>The government or public sector unions negotiate with politicians that they have contributed tons of union money to get them elected. The Governors or Mayors know they are not going to be in office forever and agree to outrageous wage and long term benefit packages that will either bankrupt the state or city or YOUR taxes will have to be raised to levels you have never seen to pay for Government workers huge salaries and early and large retirement !! Is this within your comprehension. If you just take a step back you will see that much of this is just common sense.</p><p>Most of our politicians are greedy, power hungry fools that do not know how to run a successful business and could care less of the consequences as long as they stay in power.</p><p>I am not coming down on you or trying to be a wise guy --can you see my point ??<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/peaceful.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":peaceful:" title="Peaceful :peaceful:" data-shortname=":peaceful:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="island1fox, post: 807488, member: 4816"] crowbar, I would like you to take a deep breath and try to keep an open mind --as much as possible of the way many American's are looking at this whole mess today. Number one I agree the Unions did not cause the finanacial mess in this country today. I also agree that rank and file Union members should demand and get a fair share of the fruit of their labor . See we agree on two main points. Now I will go a little deeper and hopefully you will see how government interference , greed, corruption and will do anything for power and thier own benefit have caused this mess. The government(mainly on the left) wanted more minorities to own homes. Banks were threatened with lawsuits for not having enough minority loans. Over the many years both Democrat and Republican Presidents bragged about how many more "poor and minorities" now owned homes. With regulations eased Banks lowered qualifications, no down payment s no financial backround checks etc,etc. This went on for over twenty years, the greed on some parts of wall street because of the government supposedly backing these loans with FANNY and Freddie got involved .\, bundled and sold loans as derivatives. Adustable rate loans go up, some inflation, food and fuel rises and the result --a fiasco -a meltdown of the entire economy which will hurt us for a very long time ---now leads us to your point. The Unions. Their are private sector Unions like the Teamsters and UPS and there are public sector unions for government workers. Why are UPS and Teamster Negotiations so contentious ?? Because the Teamsters fight for you to enjoy the fruit of your labors trying to get the best benefit and wage pkg possible along with operating concessions. UPS fight as hard as possible to maintain a healthy company with LONG TERM VIABILITY. The government or public sector unions negotiate with politicians that they have contributed tons of union money to get them elected. The Governors or Mayors know they are not going to be in office forever and agree to outrageous wage and long term benefit packages that will either bankrupt the state or city or YOUR taxes will have to be raised to levels you have never seen to pay for Government workers huge salaries and early and large retirement !! Is this within your comprehension. If you just take a step back you will see that much of this is just common sense. Most of our politicians are greedy, power hungry fools that do not know how to run a successful business and could care less of the consequences as long as they stay in power. I am not coming down on you or trying to be a wise guy --can you see my point ??:peaceful: [/QUOTE]
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