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I have no problem with constitutional, democratically arrived at state powers, which at this time what I described above is, or at least is considered to be. B
by JackFr 8y ago
I have no problem with constitutional, democratically arrived at state powers, which at this time what I described above is, or at least is considered to be.
But we should call out rent-seeking for what it is. In so doing, sometimes democracies change their laws.
Also, in so far as public employee unions are little more than PACs dumping dues largely into elections, mandatory contributions due raise a free speech issue. By becoming a public school teacher, I am in fact a sponsor of a candidate I may loathe.
- s73v3r_ 8y agoI feel that many of the people complaining about "rent seeking" by unions are perfectly fine with the same actions taken by large companies, who happen to have far, far, far more power and impact.
- ordinaryradical 8y agoYou're misusing rent-seeking here. Rent-seeking would be if the union were attempting to extract these dues without returning a meaningful service to the worker--but membership needs to be obligated, systemically, for the negotiating power to be retained. This is how you get two truly corporate individuals determining compensation through negotiation. See other replies elsewhere for more details on why this works.