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by sykh 8y ago
I have Comcast and my own modem/router. It’s a good idea to have your modem/router as the article suggests but you’ll have to be tech savvy enough to counteract Comcasts’ tech support people. Every time there is an issue with th
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by sykh 8y ago
Janus is not about being left out of the bargaining unit. It’s about not being forced to pay for collective bargaining that all the workers benefit from. That they all benefit from it is clear when you compare non collectively bargained w
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by sykh 8y ago
No one is required to join the union. They are required to help pay for collective bargaining, grievances, contract enforcement etc. Those who are in the union are entitled to a refund of the portion of their dues that go toward political
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by sykh 8y ago
You could Google it. Here’s a link: https://www.unionfacts.com/article/political-money/
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by sykh 8y ago
We assert different things. I claim your view that unions circumvent the political process is a bit extreme. Workers should be able to band together to advance their cause without regard to whether or not they are public employees. Worki
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by sykh 8y ago
the collectively bargained agreement with an employer affects everyone under the scope of that agreement. This includes people who are not members of the union. The contract is for everyone within a bargaining unit. For instance, at my c
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by sykh 8y ago
I’m not having anything two ways. Here are two statements which are not contradictory. 1. Unions are not government funded. 2. Those who benefit from collective bargaining ought to help pay for it.
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by sykh 8y ago
OK, so you are not a conservative. The essence of the question remains. Perhaps answering it would be helpful instead of the response you gave.
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by sykh 8y ago
AFSCME is not a public entity. NEA is not a public entity. These unions do not in any way limit speech.
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by sykh 8y ago
A public employee union is not the government. With limited exceptions being a public employee does not mean you forfeit your rights. There should not be distinction between public employee union and private employee unions. If workers
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by sykh 8y ago
Once I earn the money it is my money and no longer taxpayer money. I fund the union with my money. The union does not receive money apportioned by the government. Is the landlord I rent from supported by taxpayer money because I’m a publi
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by sykh 8y ago
Government is an employer. With the exception of the military employees have a right to unionize subject to certain constraints. Why distinguish between public vs. private? Why shouldn’t a union be political? Don’t workers have a right
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by sykh 8y ago
There is no distinction between public employee unions and private employee unions. People are not forced to join unions. They are, for the time being, in some states required to pay for fair share dues to cover the costs of collective ba
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by sykh 8y ago
I see you’ve changed your stance from no good to no net good . The former is extreme and that’s the language you used. Now you are using the latter language. That’s not extreme. It is law that everyone gets the benefit from a union’s
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by sykh 8y ago
The supermarket analogy I used was solely to point out that unions are not publicly financed. It is the law that union members can get a refund on their portion of dues used for political purposes. I think you may not be aware of that.
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by sykh 8y ago
It is unreasonable in my opinion to consider Janus a constitutional issue. It's not a free speech issue even though it has been popularly cropped as such. People who benefit from collective bargaining ought to help pay for it. I&#x27
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by sykh 8y ago
Public sector unions are nothing but trouble and every step toward their destruction is a good thing. It appears your position is that there is nothing good about public sector unions. Have they done no good? That's an extreme posi
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by sykh 8y ago
Yes, there are instances of decades of legal precedent being overturned. In the case of Janus though I think it's a bit different. For one, I think the argument that being forced to pay fair share dues constitutes compelled speech is
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by sykh 8y ago
Will you believe this, that the court is not legislative in its actions, when the Janus ruling comes out? They are going to overrule decades of established labor laws.
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by sykh 8y ago
A ring is a set. So is a group. At least this is how almost every working commutative algebraist views things. Category theory and its like are gaining traction but the objects are still viewed as sets.
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by sykh 8y ago
Overall I agree with you. I agree that for me net neutrality is not that important. But in a nation with as much voter apathy, with the growing sense of voting being futile I’ll take a single issue voter that gets galvanized. If everyon
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by sykh 8y ago
Thank you for keeping the discussion in the realm of the plausible and feasible. I'd hate for extreme situations to be brought up. A number of people have given reasons for why they think net neutrality is as important as it is to th
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by sykh 8y ago
Not all issues are a equal. Clearly not. But what is important changes from person to person. To suggest that your concerns and what constitutes a single voter issue for you is wrong is condescending. Since you think net neutrality is a
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by sykh 8y ago
Isn’t it true that commutative algebra is contained within set theory? Aren’t all the objects sets?
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by sykh 8y ago
The mathematician who made the quote I mentioned said that quantum mechanics was just <some branch of mathematics that I’ve forgotten> in dimension 1. I don’t know what quantumn field theory is. If it is a branch of physics then it’
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by sykh 8y ago
That is mighty patronizing of you to tell someone that their concerns aren’t worthy enough. A majority of Americans who are registered to vote don't. There is an abundance of apathy in the U.S. toward the political process. Here we
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by sykh 8y ago
Why do you presume that net neutrality isn’t among the most pressing for OP? There are few issues where a majority of both Republicans and Democrats both agree. It seems like a worthy issue to hinge a vote on.
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by sykh 8y ago
But Euclidean geometry is physically impossible. So it isn’t obvious, is it? Is it more obvious than hyperbolic geometry? The two geometries contradict each other.
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by sykh 8y ago
There are counter intuitive consequences of the Axiom of Choice. There are counter intuitive consequences without choice [1]. There are weaker versions of the Axiom of Choice, like countable choice. Here’s a statement that is equivalent
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by sykh 8y ago
I like the refrain, “The trains don’t pay for themselves.” As if they ought to. National parks don’t pay for themselves. Neither do the police or fire department. Some things need public investment and shouldn’t pay for themself. We

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