Maggie's Farm

The problem with unions should be obvious but clearly needs to be explained. Union members don't "own" or run the union a couple of the union bosses do. The union wasn't formed to get you a better job, better pay, better hours or better benefits. It was created to give the union bosses power, raw power that they could use to acquire more power. To do this they must be good speakers and able to motivate people. Not terribly intelligent people or people who are paying much attention. Just keep making sure that the members are overpaid and underworked and tell them who to hate and who to vote for and you can keep you seat of power. About half the union members would tear down someone's tent or crack heads no matter what the union bosses said but the other half will and that's how the unions win by intimidation and extortion. The unions are so far outside the American political spectrum they would feel right at home with Putin and Karl Marx. They have been infiltrated and taken over by communist and anti-American socialists. I feel bad for the union members being used as pawns but I feel twice as bad for those the union screws over in the rush to gain power.