Unions

The turmoil in Madison, Wisconsin is not, unfortunately, a battle between good and bad, right and wrong, light and dark. Much as I do concur with Gov. Walker on the need to eliminate collective bargaining for public employees, he is not basing his position, at least in public statements, on the fact that unions are marxist and contrary to Christian principles. Walker appears to be using a fiscal calculus and, to a great extent, undermines himself by exempting police and fire unions.

The governor would present a more consistent and defensible policy if he began from a performance based analysis, i.e., the teachers are failing to perform at acceptable levels and should not be paid as if they were - nor should the taxpayers be forced to fund benefits for substandard performance.

In fact, if any of the people assaulting the capitol were of even average intellect and awareness, he would support the elimination of public unions and, if the government fails to eliminate them, the members would decertify the union themselves.

Unions protect and reward incompetence and failure and punish excellence and achievement. I wonder how many of those angry public employees are ranting and raving because in a merit system they would be at the bottom of the ladder if not unemployed.

Come to think of it, doesn't protect incompetence and punish excellence bring something to mind...like, I don't know, maybe, from each according to his ability, to each according to his need?

Public unions, especially, also participate in the theft of wealth from the populace, theft at the point of a gun. I am still looking for the passage which supports that.

Now, of course, I know that few public employees believe in Yahweh and His Son - and I don't really care about them at this point; they have their gods and their rewards.

Those who do claim the God of the Bible as their God need to think really, really hard about who they are worshipping...in that square...in Madison.