Unions: Hope Springs Eternal

It is said that the recent passage of a bill restricting to less-outrageous terms the privilege of government unions to engage in collective bargaining will be a spark to ignite the flame of worker unity which will burn away the ickyness of the Republicans and their hatred of the working man.* That is, the unions are going to energize their members and other fellow travelers, and they will finally show the mean-ol' conservatives who's who and on which side the bread ought to be buttered.

They are going to follow up acting like spoiled children and doing millions of dollars of damage to government buildings, by doing it harder. I hope this will indeed be a spark: to ignite the outrage of the general (almost entirely NON-union) public, who will finally wake up to, and resent, the double-average salary-plus-generous benefits packages the government union worker receives.

Unions: keep up protesting. You may be your own undoing if the People really catch on to the sweet bargain you already have . . . and take it away!

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*Yes, this is a contender for Longest Sentence of the Year Award. It probably won't win though, as the award is handed out by the leadership of the International Brotherhood of Literary Workers and Farm Tractor Mechanics local 137, and I let my dues lapse last year . . .