The more the public sees of this, the worse these freeloaders are looking. Their primary problem is that they don't have any real revenue stream outside of tax dollars. They can rant, rave, and even resort to violence, but when the Average Joe and Jane get home from a long day of work and see these images on TV, it isn't going to garner much sympathy, IMO. All that's being asked of them is to put a small fraction of their income into their own retirement, and to pay what amounts to half of the national average for their health benefits. Look at Sug's posts in this thread. He basically mocks the private sector and calls us out for what we've been for far too long ... SUCKERS. He's right. He's a freeloader, but right.
Well, some states are saying no more. Unfortunately, this state has a ways to go, but it will happen here eventually.
But do the union workers not earn it as well? What is the dividing line between union worker and say, nepotism of the rich?
