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Originally Posted by FireFly
BC is an bit of an exception in that they're too union happy which defeats the purpose all over. For example, my brother has atrocious working conditions because the mill is the largest employer in town and can get away with it... You don't like working with an untrained guy who might end up cutting your fingers off? That's too bad. No standards at all.
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BC isn't an exception to anything - they're proof that blind support for unions regardless of the issue is a one-way trip to a dead economy.
the same you could say the other way i suppose - i just find it interesting that there are so many people who support the unions IN ALL CASES, which ultimately will put them out of work because unconsidered in the rhetoric and the representation many times is a sound business model.
i hear all the time tirades against jimmy pattison (who i'm no major fan of by the way), saying 'oh he bought a huge boat and he laid of X number of workers' and people everywhere parrot it. meanwhile they forget that without his investment many more employees would be out of work.
the dirty secret these morons glaze over is that as long as there's richer people and poorer people, you've got to have a business climate that encourages those with money to invest in business. you're never going to hurt the rich by making business unprofitable, they'll just keep their money in banks, real estate, etc. and do nothing but live off the interest and dividends, meanwhile none of us peons are working because it's not worth his investment.
every time that corporate taxes go up or extra costs or higher labour or whatever come in the unwashed masses cheer and cheer, because they're 'taking a round out of jimmy'.
keep laughing. all the way to the welfare registration line.