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Panem et circenses (“Bread and Games”). Been around since the Romans ruled the world. Hasn’t changed since then. We are stupid, and we know it, but we can’t focus on the important things. I pity us…
Another winner for Bors! Excellent job of boiling it down to its essence! . The Replacement Refs have become the symbol of everything from one side of the spectrum to the other. But I agree with Mr. Bors assesment. I want a medical doctor when I’m sick, I want a stock broker when I’m investing money, I want a lawyer when my stock broker’s advice gives me a heart attack, and I want professionals to be well paid for their service. . I’d be more than willing to pay $10 more for my plane ticket if it went directly to the pilot! If that meant that the pilot’s job then attracted top quality fliers. Another $3 for Flight and Maint. crews. WORTH IT! . And I want my politicians to have gone to school to learn how to Polit!
Yup us libtards have no idea! Being able to call a football game will save the American dream. And Romney/Ryan know how to create jobs. Thanks for opening my eyes to the truth.
“What’s important is major league American Sports with decent refs, and since that seems to be union refs, then union refs it must be,” . Most Union workers do more important things for industry and for the country than you want to give them credit for, far more important than sports…there for union workers it must be.
In the same way that libs don’t know the difference between Public Sector and Private Sector Unions, they don’t know the difference between Mandatory Union Membership and Right To Work. They are only pro-choice when it comes to abortion.
BTW, there’s a possibility ABC’s cameramen and techs will strike during the debate. Just wanted to throw that out there..
It is not the value of the labors in question, but the value of the currencies by which those labors are exchanged. The most pressing question is how to take advantage of the labors of others without laboring one’s self. That is where monetary policy meets its greatest demands. Selling enlightened expertism as having some value is the usual solution.
I have taught in union states and NEVER been required to join a union. On the other hand I’ve seen union members denied jobs because they were union members in several states….hmmmm wonder how that happened..
As a non-union Television Technician in NYC, I occasionally had gigs in Union Shops, like Networks. The Unions permitted me to work there, on a temporary basis. They took a cut of my pay. It wasn’t considered “dues” it didn’t enroll me in the Union, and I got no benefits from it. But you’re right— I wasn’t denied the work. I just had to pay the vig.
My grandfather was a butcher. When the grocery store he worked for went bankrupt, the Meatcutter’s Union found him tempory jobs so he could make ends meet and eventually helpped him find another permant position. His union dues went paying his and his family’s health insurance (even when he wasn’t working well before the existance of COBRA) and his pension. . He was never on unempolyment, his kids all went to private school (not a drain on taxpayers), he didn’t order electric wheelchairs at Medicare’s expense just because he could. And when he died his estate was taxed a pretty penny because he still had savings left to live for another 15-20 years. . Now tell me again why unions, who kept people like him from having to rely on welfare government, are so bad at a time when America needs to spend less?
From recession woes to social networking, Matt Bors’ cartoons dissect and satirize the ways of the world to make readers think and laugh about the real issues affecting them.
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Comments (13) (Please sign in to comment)
MortyForTyrant said, 9 months ago
Panem et circenses (“Bread and Games”). Been around since the Romans ruled the world. Hasn’t changed since then. We are stupid, and we know it, but we can’t focus on the important things. I pity us…
Dredpiraterobt$ said, 9 months ago
Another winner for Bors! Excellent job of boiling it down to its essence!
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The Replacement Refs have become the symbol of everything from one side of the spectrum to the other. But I agree with Mr. Bors assesment. I want a medical doctor when I’m sick, I want a stock broker when I’m investing money, I want a lawyer when my stock broker’s advice gives me a heart attack, and I want professionals to be well paid for their service.
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I’d be more than willing to pay $10 more for my plane ticket if it went directly to the pilot! If that meant that the pilot’s job then attracted top quality fliers. Another $3 for Flight and Maint. crews. WORTH IT!
.
And I want my politicians to have gone to school to learn how to Polit!
Radish
said, 9 months ago
Didn’t hear one rightie complain that the overpaid underworked Ref union was going back to work by popular demand.
Radish
said, 9 months ago
@MortyForTyrant
People can be stupid little animals and the ones at the top have learned to exploit every human weakness.
Dredpiraterobt$ said, 9 months ago
^ or at the very least Las Vegas!
Oscar54 said, 9 months ago
Yup us libtards have no idea! Being able to call a football game will save the American dream. And Romney/Ryan know how to create jobs. Thanks for opening my eyes to the truth.
Jeddidyah said, 9 months ago
“What’s important is major league American Sports with decent refs, and since that seems to be union refs, then union refs it must be,”
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Most Union workers do more important things for industry and for the country than you want to give them credit for, far more important than sports…there for union workers it must be.
churchillwasright said, 9 months ago
In the same way that libs don’t know the difference between Public Sector and Private Sector Unions, they don’t know the difference between Mandatory Union Membership and Right To Work. They are only pro-choice when it comes to abortion.
BTW, there’s a possibility ABC’s cameramen and techs will strike during the debate. Just wanted to throw that out there..
BrassOrchid
said, 9 months ago
It is not the value of the labors in question, but the value of the currencies by which those labors are exchanged. The most pressing question is how to take advantage of the labors of others without laboring one’s self. That is where monetary policy meets its greatest demands. Selling enlightened expertism as having some value is the usual solution.
Patrick JB Flynn
said, 9 months ago
If there were to be any “reality check” changes to this strip the last panel would have the woman saying “to the mall!”
walruscarver2000 said, 9 months ago
@churchillwasright
I have taught in union states and NEVER been required to join a union. On the other hand I’ve seen union members denied jobs because they were union members in several states….hmmmm wonder how that happened..
churchillwasright said, 9 months ago
@walruscarver2000
As a non-union Television Technician in NYC, I occasionally had gigs in Union Shops, like Networks. The Unions permitted me to work there, on a temporary basis. They took a cut of my pay. It wasn’t considered “dues” it didn’t enroll me in the Union, and I got no benefits from it. But you’re right— I wasn’t denied the work. I just had to pay the vig.
My post stands.
water_moon said, 9 months ago
My grandfather was a butcher. When the grocery store he worked for went bankrupt, the Meatcutter’s Union found him tempory jobs so he could make ends meet and eventually helpped him find another permant position. His union dues went paying his and his family’s health insurance (even when he wasn’t working well before the existance of COBRA) and his pension.
.
He was never on unempolyment, his kids all went to private school (not a drain on taxpayers), he didn’t order electric wheelchairs at Medicare’s expense just because he could. And when he died his estate was taxed a pretty penny because he still had savings left to live for another 15-20 years.
.
Now tell me again why unions, who kept people like him from having to rely on welfare government, are so bad at a time when America needs to spend less?