Traditional American Movement

THE STATE OF OUR UNION DISUNION

The political battle against collective bargaining in State government that is happening in Wisconsin is coming to a State near you. It is a fight long overdue.

Even liberal minded States and their liberal Governors like Andrew Cuomo have no alternative but to try an address a budget shortfall created by unsustainable union contracts.

We have always heard the mantra by the left about the big bad corporations and capitalist businesses that without unions trample workers rights. We hear those same voices today still arguing this us against them mentality between the greedy and the seedy.

The problem is that the greedy and the seedy are not between business and unions but between unions and you the average State citizen and taxpayer.

There has been a long debate as to what has ruined many manufacturing and industrial jobs in America. Some say unions and some say over regulation by liberal legislators.

Equally the quality of our schools has been declining even though we spend more money on educating our children than ever before. Some say it is the NEA (National Education Association) some say it is administrative tampering by the Department of Education.

I say both of these factors have contributed to America’s industrial and education decline. Both are correct in that unions in the private or public sector have operated with a “taker” mentality and an entitlement mindset. This flies in the face of America’s long standing tradition of merit pay and individual work ethic. Unions have created an attitude of being owed that is the antithesis of a capitalistic system requiring that one earns.

Equally wrong has been the over regulation and bureaucratic interference by liberal legislation that has boxed in all notions of free enterprise and local control.

Make no mistake there is an unfair redundancy in America today between unions and a federal Labor Department. The argument made by unions in the past when there were no laws protecting workers from “sweat shop” abuse by business and industry no longer applies. The existence of unions today represents nothing more than a special interest gang of self-serving socialists that want more compensation for less work.

The American taxpayer is now the new boss being shaken down by unions and their long history of disreputable bosses like Hoffa. The new face Richard Trumka (AFL-CIO) is another union boss with a questionable reputation for thug tactics designed to intimidate.
The reality is that unions may have been at one time born out of need to insure that workers were not exploited but today they are the exploiters. They are the greedy. They are the seedy.

Seedy when they enlist corrupt doctors to write fake excuses for the teachers protesting in Wisconsin. Seedy when they expect the hard working non-union taxpayer that pays for their own healthcare and pensions to be billed for the union pensions as well. Seedy is when they indoctrinate and enlist the impressionable children in the classroom to fight for their selfish interests.

The protest of a special interests group (Unions) seeking to have special privileges (publically paid pensions) with special exemptions from laws (ObamaCare) with special presidential approval (Obama) is especially un-American.

The lack of personal accountability in American life and politics today has created a disconnect from the traditional values we once shared as a nation. The battle to restore our union is joined by the Tea Party Movement both on the State and national level. It will require hard work and sacrifices by the public, but then again Americans’ pioneer spirit has never been afraid of hard work.