Vote 'yes' on Issue 2
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To the editor:
Union bosses have invested heavily in the commercials with which they are blitzing the air waves. These commercials are false, misleading, and loaded with emotional tugs on the heart, but lacking in facts and truth. There is a reason they are investing so heavily.
Issue 2 is of major benefit to them. They have sold these same distortions, represented in the commercials, to many of the public employees, but not all have swallowed the bait.
The unions have acted as a growing bully on the playing field for some time now. They have used the employees as pawns for their own agenda. The union bosses are essentially the middlemen. They pay no wages themselves; in fact, they forcibly collect burdensome dues from the employees.
If an employee objects to the process, the money is extracted from his wages anyway for the privilege of being able to have a job. This is considered "fair share," and it is anything but fair. Individuals should have the right to work without having to belong to their club.
The assumption is that the union bosses know better than the individual, how to pry money and benefits from the hands of the employer. This serves to drive inflation higher and higher each year, until that regular raise does not equal more buying power. Money is not without limits; there is a bottom line. People in the manufacturing business discovered that line when the union bosses priced companies right out of business. The union bosses love to spend the companies‚ money. But as always, "You eventually run out of other people's money."
Now that the country is suffering through dire financial straits, the public employ is still left on the playing field. States have limited funds.
Senate Bill 5 was not a bill which destroyed the unions, it merely tweaked a tad of their power to be unrealistically demanding. Every employee could have benefitted from this reasonable measure. Teachers would not have had to be laid off in great numbers nor would policemen or firefighters. Most would rather have enough people for back ups and more to share the workload than to have all the union-promised perks. Besides, if employees didn't have to pay exorbitant union dues, that would help fill the gap.
Please vote YES on Issue 2 and keep common sense in our floundering economy. It is a sensible solution to preventing unlimited tax raises to satisfy Big Unions' demands. Everyone is struggling except the union bosses.
Sincerely,
Glenna Walters
Hillsboro[[In-content Ad]]
Union bosses have invested heavily in the commercials with which they are blitzing the air waves. These commercials are false, misleading, and loaded with emotional tugs on the heart, but lacking in facts and truth. There is a reason they are investing so heavily.
Issue 2 is of major benefit to them. They have sold these same distortions, represented in the commercials, to many of the public employees, but not all have swallowed the bait.
The unions have acted as a growing bully on the playing field for some time now. They have used the employees as pawns for their own agenda. The union bosses are essentially the middlemen. They pay no wages themselves; in fact, they forcibly collect burdensome dues from the employees.
If an employee objects to the process, the money is extracted from his wages anyway for the privilege of being able to have a job. This is considered "fair share," and it is anything but fair. Individuals should have the right to work without having to belong to their club.
The assumption is that the union bosses know better than the individual, how to pry money and benefits from the hands of the employer. This serves to drive inflation higher and higher each year, until that regular raise does not equal more buying power. Money is not without limits; there is a bottom line. People in the manufacturing business discovered that line when the union bosses priced companies right out of business. The union bosses love to spend the companies‚ money. But as always, "You eventually run out of other people's money."
Now that the country is suffering through dire financial straits, the public employ is still left on the playing field. States have limited funds.
Senate Bill 5 was not a bill which destroyed the unions, it merely tweaked a tad of their power to be unrealistically demanding. Every employee could have benefitted from this reasonable measure. Teachers would not have had to be laid off in great numbers nor would policemen or firefighters. Most would rather have enough people for back ups and more to share the workload than to have all the union-promised perks. Besides, if employees didn't have to pay exorbitant union dues, that would help fill the gap.
Please vote YES on Issue 2 and keep common sense in our floundering economy. It is a sensible solution to preventing unlimited tax raises to satisfy Big Unions' demands. Everyone is struggling except the union bosses.
Sincerely,
Glenna Walters
Hillsboro[[In-content Ad]]