My Job Sucks - So Should Yours

[lame54]

Down with unions

But hey - someday - I might be a millionaire too - so let's keep those tax breaks coming

Just in case:
:sarcasm:

[TBF]

1. That pretty much sums up the republican party platform. nt

[liberal N proud]

2. That has to be the attitude of the tea baggers and other GOP supporters

who vote against their own bets interest year in and year out.

[Ian David]

3. ...

[ck4829]

4. K&R

[old mark]

5. K&R-That's the right wing "philosophy"...nt

[Stinky The Clown]

6. That is *absolutey* the mindset of the teabaggers in our state

There was a news clip of some idiot woman with a pig nose protesting in favor of cutting government job pay and benefits - including to retirees. She said she has it rough and so should they.

In fucking credble.

Stupid thoughts from stupid people.

[lame54]

10. The thing is...

anybody can apply for a union job(many of them do not require a degree) but not everyone can apply to be rich - but hey - although the odds are complete against them they may be rich one day so keep the loopholes open

[Bozita]

14. "My neighbor has a cow and I don't. I want his cow to die." - old Russian joke

[TomClash]

7. The anthem of class traitors everywhere

Way to go! :thumbsup:

[lame54]

12. Keep buying those lottery tickets

[KittyWampus]

8. Unions have done a terrible job of PR. Where are the ads saying "fight for your benefits rather than

take them away from others"?

Union managements are decades behind the negative onslaught.

[Igel]

9. There's a lot of envy.

Some involves a desire for power and to make sure that your power's recognized.

So a lot of people say, "I pay taxes, so I pay your salary." And then, in the interest of showing that they have authority, abuse their employees. I don't find a strong ideological bias in this group.

The church I worked for had people like that. "I tithe, so I pay your salary." Conservative church, it was usually the "self-proclaimed righteous" that were like this.

The student government I was in had people like that. "I'm on the governing board, so I pay your stipend." It was usually the "self-proclaimed righteous" that did this, too, but they were usually rather far left of center.

Some of the envy involves not power per se but money.

A lot of people have the attitude that if they can ding somebody's else's resources to improve their own lot it's a good thing. All they have to do is find a justification for it. In the case of public employees, it's the "I pay your taxes; I make less than you, so I need the money more." It's especially true when the option is raising taxes: "Either I can pay or you can pay. I think you should pay." Other similar kinds of excuses for envy and somehow getting money from their pockets to one's own, or keeping more money from vanishing from your own pocket, can be found.

[B Calm]

11. Oh hell yes, we're living the American Dream. We'll be making millions

of dollars any day now. . .

(The only ones living the American Dream are the rich bastards whose job is to off shore US manufacturing jobs)

[lame54]

13. .