"Can organized labor ever push its Democratic allies too far? Connecticut may be on the verge of finding out.
Last week's defeat of a $1.6 billion concessions package Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and legislative leaders were counting on to balance the state's two-year budget is straining Democrats' relationship with their union base.
Rome wasn't built in a day... Because of the trade guilds! In modern day terms, show me a job that comes in on time, with high quality, and on or under budget and I'll wager it was performed by independent contractors.
If you work in a mine, a rail yard, a police or fire station I get it, you need a union to protect your working conditions and keep you safe. Unionized office workers and tradesmen just drive up cost, unionized government office workers and tradesmen are an expense most states and our country can no longer afford.
I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you.
"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him; better take a closer look at the American Indian." - Henry Ford
Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges; When the Republic is at its most corrupt the laws are most numerous. - Publius Cornelius Tacitus
