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jgalt5042 t1_j1dujt7 wrote

Reply to comment by Texas_Rockets in NY lawmakers vote to raise their own salary by 29% by Unable-Ad3852

No. I’m sorry but “public servants” shouldn’t be supporting anti market principles such as unions or any other regulatory barrier. Neither should they be inflating the cost of government. Lay them all off.

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Texas_Rockets t1_j1dycf4 wrote

Well if you’re against unions at least you’re being consistent.

They are public servants but they’re also people doing a demanding job whose counterparts in the private sector are making 10x what they do as executives. They need to be willing to make a sacrifice but it’s also not fair to place this level of responsibility on someone and then put them in a financial situation where they need a roommate if they want to live in an ok area.

And this is especially true if they’re being prevented from earning more than 35k outside of government, given that many presumably have established careers.

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jgalt5042 t1_j1e5x6b wrote

Correct. Unions are unacceptable and have no place in a capitalist society.

Public sector? Demanding? That’s an oxymoron. There is little to no work done in the public sector. Their contribution to society is negative. Their “peers” aren’t making anything as their contribution is not comparable.

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_kalebb_ t1_j1fcp0a wrote

Where does a free market preacher come off saying how and where people can associate.

Now if you're saying only public sector unions, that's a different story

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jgalt5042 t1_j1fcvjo wrote

Unions are the equivalent of a leech. There is no value created only siphoned from the productive to the unproductive

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_kalebb_ t1_j1fdhe9 wrote

I now see your username, obvious Ayn Rand troll is obvious

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