Unions a Danger to Good Government

Publius Forum ^ | 12/01/09 | Warner Todd Huston

[Mobile Vulgus]

What happens when a private sector union gets far too many benefits to the point where the business for which its membership works goes under or whose existence is threatened? Punishment. Unions either take a reduction of benefits or pay -- or both -- and cuts in time or jobs in order to right the ship and keep the business afloat occur. Just like punishment comes to businesses that make bad business decisions, private employee unions also realize punishment for overreach. At the risk of losing the whole enterprise both for unions and owners, the market serves to correct excess.

Unfortunately, there is no such corrective for union overreach for government employees. These unions rarely face any punishment for excess. And therein lies the reason that unions are antithetical to good government.

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[Mobile Vulgus]

Some stats for your use in arguments with others.

[Logical me]

What greedy unions have done to us is interesting. They contract for pay raises, big health care, huge retirement benefits paid by who? The business they negotiate. The business then raises the price of the product then sell to me. Who pays these crooks. Me, You, Consumers. It resembles taxes, doesn't it. And why did the auto industry take a crap? UNIONS