[Jhoffa_]

I'm sorry, but that is ridiculous. Spending money for baggage handlers is not socialism.

Unionizing them is.

Uncle Fed is now the largest union employer in the nation.

(And it's hard enough to fire a bad cop or teacher, can you imagine how tough it's going to be with screeners?)

[Gelato]

Unionizing them is. Uncle Fed is now the largest union employer in the nation. (And it's hard enough to fire a bad cop or teacher, can you imagine how tough it's going to be with screeners?)

Unionizing does indeed qualify as socialism. But that's not the issue.

The issue is spending money to hire them as a security measure. That act--hiring--is not socialism.

[PhiKapMom]

I checked out the political contributions of the AFGE (civil service union) and was appalled. Over $300,000 was given in political contributions with 92% to the Democrats!(http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/contrib.asp?Ind=P04)

And now they want to make more civil service people -- you cannot get rid of the bad ones we have now! Guess that adds up to more campaign contributions for the Dems!