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Almost nothing is ever discussed about this union, the very embodiment of the principle that teaches institutional drift, the fact that all institutions invariably drift from their primary purpose toward self-continuity.

They represent rent-seeking behavior at its worst, certainly, but they are also a clear and present danger to the survival of a free republic.

You don't have to look far into the recent past to see where conservatives have succeeded in confronting this phenomena - the air traffic controllers early on in the Reagan administration, and failed terribly, both in perception and in reaction - the Homeland and TSA behemoth and general inflation of government "workforce" most recently over the course of (hopefully) the last Bush administration.

It is a failure to perceive and to discern, not a reluctance but a refusal to confront an evil, one that clearly will not go away.

Conservatives in representative government leadership have zero to gain by appeasement of this herd. They will inevitably be trimmed. The only question is whether they will continue to be aided in taking the republic with them when the metaphorical die off occurs.

As a lifelong union member, I always opposed public employee unions. They already have the job security afforded by unions. It takes an act of Congress to get rid of dead weight.

They do nothing but slow work down to the point of stupidity. They cost us money by padding jobs with drones. They create non-working jobs in the form of "job stewards" who do nothing but create grievances to justify their positions. If your job requires a cord unplugged, shut the job down and wait for the electricians, plural. They always work in pairs. Nails to pull? Shut her down and wait for the carpenter, gotta keep everyone working.

My Dad was a plumber/pipe fitter in Civil Service. They were allotted 30 plumbers. He told me on many occasions that the job could be done by 10, easily by 15. They usually had 28, the foremen get more money for having more workers. By having ONLY 28,he could always cry he was short handed. The tax payers foot the bill. All the union does is generate money to keep Union officials overpaid.

Public employee unions should be outlawed.

“demand an end to attacks on the federal workforce and job-and-morale-killing sequestration.”

Yes, one must have high morale so one’s facebook postings do not reflect poorly upon government service.

Even those tele-not-working federal employees deserve to be treated like the heroes they are instead of questioned by an ungrateful taxpayer