"In the private sector, the capitalist knows that when he negotiates with the union, if he gives away the store, he loses his shirt. In the public sector, the politicians who approve any deal have none of their own money at stake. On the contrary, the more favorably they dispose of union demands, the more likely they are to be the beneficiary of union largess in the next election. It's the perfect cozy setup."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/24/AR2011022406520.html
Democracy, naturally, can only be saved by public-sector unions, which attain their political power and taxpayer-funded benefits by "negotiating" with politicians elected with the help of unions who use, well, taxpayer dollars. And you know, that doesn't sound like an oligarchy at all. http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/02/25/krugmans_third_world_fantasy_109030.html
What’s happening in Wisconsin is, instead, a power grab — an attempt to exploit the fiscal crisis to destroy the last major counterweight to the political power of corporations and the wealthy. And the power grab goes beyond union-busting.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/25/opinion/25krugman.html?_r=1
Here's the funny part. Krugman just figured out that politicians sometimes have bad intentions. But he also figured out the cure: Make sure the corruption runs both ways! This way, unions and union thugs can take money from their serfs and buy the votes of their elected officials, just like the wealthy!!! This is a brilliant solution. A simpleton like myself would think that perhaps there's far too much power in the hands of those who hold elected office, and the inevitable result of that fact is that politicians will abuse said power. But what the heck to I know! I mean, sure, the crux of the problem the founders of this nation were trying to deal with when they forged the US constitution was how to balance the need for a federal state strong enough to defend the States from outside coercion, whilst minimizing squabbling between the states, while not granting enough power to that Federal state that it could become tyrannical. Yes, they were terrified of an over-arching federal or local government. Good thing those bad times are past us and we can just trust those democratically elected to do the right thing. Well, trust them to do the right thing as long as they are on OUR side of the political spectrum. That must be the keen insight that super-geniuses like Krugman have that I'm just not getting.
Though Walker -- who won office using obnoxious Third World oligarchic tactics, e.g., getting more votes than the other candidate -- is a cancer in the heart of democracy, union-funded Democrats evading their constitutional obligation to cast votes are only protecting the integrity of representative government by completely avoiding democracy.
You're getting it now, right?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/24/AR2011022406520.html
Democracy, naturally, can only be saved by public-sector unions, which attain their political power and taxpayer-funded benefits by "negotiating" with politicians elected with the help of unions who use, well, taxpayer dollars. And you know, that doesn't sound like an oligarchy at all. http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/02/25/krugmans_third_world_fantasy_109030.html
What’s happening in Wisconsin is, instead, a power grab — an attempt to exploit the fiscal crisis to destroy the last major counterweight to the political power of corporations and the wealthy. And the power grab goes beyond union-busting.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/25/opinion/25krugman.html?_r=1
Here's the funny part. Krugman just figured out that politicians sometimes have bad intentions. But he also figured out the cure: Make sure the corruption runs both ways! This way, unions and union thugs can take money from their serfs and buy the votes of their elected officials, just like the wealthy!!! This is a brilliant solution. A simpleton like myself would think that perhaps there's far too much power in the hands of those who hold elected office, and the inevitable result of that fact is that politicians will abuse said power. But what the heck to I know! I mean, sure, the crux of the problem the founders of this nation were trying to deal with when they forged the US constitution was how to balance the need for a federal state strong enough to defend the States from outside coercion, whilst minimizing squabbling between the states, while not granting enough power to that Federal state that it could become tyrannical. Yes, they were terrified of an over-arching federal or local government. Good thing those bad times are past us and we can just trust those democratically elected to do the right thing. Well, trust them to do the right thing as long as they are on OUR side of the political spectrum. That must be the keen insight that super-geniuses like Krugman have that I'm just not getting.
Though Walker -- who won office using obnoxious Third World oligarchic tactics, e.g., getting more votes than the other candidate -- is a cancer in the heart of democracy, union-funded Democrats evading their constitutional obligation to cast votes are only protecting the integrity of representative government by completely avoiding democracy.
You're getting it now, right?
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