03-30-2009, 08:57 PM
kanesa wrote:
Again I am going to repeat. The unions are not taking loans or bailouts from the government. Union salaries are paid for by the members. Why should Obama cap their salaries? That is union business.
Unions are not the cause of all the problems in this country although you seem to think so. I belong to a union and am proud of it. I get rotten raises but I have good benefits. With all my ailments, I need good health insurance so I accept the rotten raises. :-)
Domino theory, Kanesa. If the auto's take the bailouts the Unions benefit. Workers will keep jobs, workers will keep paying dues. Union bosses will keep their high flying salaries and benefits. I have got to believe that the Unions are scared sh*tless that the companies will fail, and the jobs will be gone and the workers won't be paying dues and all the bosses lose.
And of course the Unions know if they did take bailout money, they would fall subject to the "trace the money" accountability that the corporations have to face and salary caps. Wouldn't that be the last thing in the world they would want? They ain't gonna take the stinking money. And Congress won't foist it off on them like they made profitable banks take TARP money so Congress could gain control of stable banks along with failing banks.