They Eat Their Young

Now that’s what I like to see.  The commitment to public service shining through.  It’s not about the money or the benefits, it’s about serving the people.  And if refusing to compromise in any way on their portion of a deficit riddled budget (created by the same democrats they have long supported and elected) costs the jobs of 750 state union employees then so be it.

So now you see it.  It’s not about change.  It’s not about coming up with new solutions.  There is nothing progressive about it.  Thinking outside the box is verboten.  The “save jobs” crowd would rather kill jobs as long as they think they can keep theirs.  Mayor Guinta tried to come up with a way to protect taxpayers and save jobs; to keep as many people employed in Manchester as possible .  He was scorned by the unions and the tax and spenders.  Their solution?  Screw the taxpayers.  

The governor actually tries the same thing and the union says screw you to him as well. 

It’s a game of Russian Roulette.  If I vote against the contract,  we might still be able to force our hand and if not what are the odds my job is one of the 750 that gets cut?

The vote was 2708 to 1875 against the contract.  How much you want to bet the majority of people who voted for the deal are the ones who feel they were most likely to lose their jobs?

This of course shows how the much touted notion of brotherhood (and sisterhood) in the union system is a load of crap.  The only “good job” that ever matters is their own.  Everything else is about money and power.   And its reflected in the kinds of politics and politicians they support.  Everything sounds equal but it’s not.  There’s always some  more equal than others, so when the rubber hits the road the more you got the less likely you are to get tossed under the bus. 

It’s quite ironic actually.  The Grow government first democrats elect tax and spend politicians who bloat the spending in consecutive budgets to add more pro spending employees (aka-government dependent voters) to the taxpayers payroll.  But they overspent so much on everything that they can’t afford to pay them.  In the ensuing free-fall the “public sector” unions show their true colors and eat their own young rather than compromise.  It’s priceless. 

But it gets better.   

In the Union Leader Gary Smith, president of SEA, points out that layoffs are not necessary.  That the governor could just not fill 1,359 vacant positions, or tap 79 million in the rainy day fund.  Really?  I guess Gary Smith isn’t all that concerned about the 500 million dollar smoldering hole in our budget before we even address the dismissal of 750 of his Union Brothers and Sisters. 

How about we not fill the 1,359 positions AND layoff 750 more state employees Mr. Smith?  Then, we find another 425 million in cuts just to break even as of September 2009.

And as for the rainy day fund?  You thinking it will cover payroll until your Grow-Government First democrat friends pass a state income tax?  Is that what you are betting on.

That's not gonna happen.   

But then Chuck Koontz over at the Health and In-Human services probably thinks it is.

Again from the Union Leader..."If you're laid off, you can always get rehired, but if you agree to a pay cut, no one's going to come around and increase your pay," said Koontz, who sits on the SEA board of directors.  Sure.  State employees never  get raises.

Chuck, are you sure your given name isn’t Richard?  Have you noticed that over 500 million people have stopped looking for work in the US after their unemployment benefits run out.  That’s not about to get better.  And even if a state wide tax gets passed, how much money were you expecting given that we are short half a billion two months into the fiscal biennium--and on track to lose significantly more.

I suppose your advice to the unemployed is tothey run up their credit cards and takeout loans they can't repay?  It's the progressive thing to do.

Maybe, just maybe it would be better to support your brothers and sisters (and your organizations empty concerns about loss of services) so they can at least put a meal on the table for their families or make a few more mortgage payments instead of going off the taxpayer dollar to live on the taxpayer dime?  

No?  That’s not an option?  You’d rather toss them under the bus then? 

I guess that must be the Union grass roots philosophy of the Democrat Party.  Eat your Young.