Ben Franklin had it right “When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic”. This is exactly what is happening in our country today. A friend of mine told me this interesting analogy. It will appeal to those in the medical field. Take the human body. So intricate. So delicate. So infuriatingly complex. When something goes wrong, we try to help it. Not breathing? We can breath for you. Heart not beating? We can have it beat for you(within reason). Kidneys don’t work? We can do that too. But for all our best intentions and abilities whatever we lay our hands on seem to go wrong in some way or another. We never seem to be able to replace the “being human” aspect of humanity. For all our efforts we cannot simulate being human for a human. we can emulate the “vital signs” but its never enough. Its the same with government, or any centralized power. Government cannot replace what it is to be human. Drive, desire, accomplishment, ability, morality, ethics, etc etc etc. All aspects of human nature. God given. Any attempt at replacing them will ultimately result in failure. And its usually a catastrophic failure. No entity/program can replace the normal operation of a human being. Not in the physical sense nor the mental sense. The concept of the “union” is that by being a member, the “union” will take care of all of your needs. Sounds nice right? But in realty, it has to have a downside. Only in this case the downside is the taxpayer. So in the quest for “taking care of the vital signs of one part of humanity, we must sacrifice the other part. Like I said, its impossible to replace the humanity of being human without treading and ruining some part. I have been in many public sector unions over the years, and they all end in corruption and disillusionment. It simply is not sustainable. One other point. Historically, unions were opposite/against their industrial employers. The worker against the the employer. Where the worker fights to get whatever he/she can eek out of the employer. In the public sector case, its the unions against the taxpayer? In other words they are fighting to take more of your money. Isn’t that ridiculous? The union thinks you the taxpayer are their enemy.
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