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The socialism definition is right on. Don't think it could be stated anymore succinctly.

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This could have been a "Sick" joke in this weeks TGIFfunnies (just published)

Didn't know one's sense of Humor could get sick . . .

. . . shaking my head to the right

Thank you for the comments, perhaps they might start getting more people down here to take more of an active position in our governmental issues. And there are plenty of people here that have the same feelings about our government, but then again, do little to effect it, other than expressing ain't it a bitch. One fortunate thing happening: Trumps movement is getting more worldly attention every month that goes by.

She literally took plasma away from dying people so she could satisfy her stupidity. Even worst, she was proud of it enough to tell the world. We deserve to die if this is the kind of people we idealize.

Thank you for your input on this, Snakecane!

You got me laughing, fairbro, LOL. We could use one of those graviton machines here in western NY to get NYC to float out to sea.

I never worked in a union shop or company, but I know many who have. Mostly there are horror stories of wasted time and money, but there were a few where the union was actually useful.

Swap Minnesota, California, Portland and Seattle, for Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

Or just get the graviton machines lined up on the Nevada border and let Chlamydiafornia slide into the Pacific.

Happy Birthday, you old Saurischian!
I just turned 68 myself, but I just saw my cardiologist, and he said everything's fine, everything's fine. ;^|
If you're like me, you probably knew it but just misplaced it.
I'm not totally against unions - I had a friend who got a permanent, disabling back injury at age 52. The company dropped him like a hot rock and he would have been screwed for life, if the union benefits hadn't kicked in, so he was able to retire peacefully and buy a place in the mountains. The unions have their place, but membership should be strictly voluntary. There's NO WAY we should have government-sector unions. Kennedy screwed us over big-time with that one.
A commercial union is a parasite on the intestine of a company. It may be beneficial in small doses, like the gut bacteria that help you digest. It HAS to refrain from pushing too hard, else the customers (who actually pay for everything!) quit buying, and the company dies, and the parasite dies with it. It's in the union's BEST INTEREST to see that the company does well, or at least OK.
In the government sector, there's nothing stopping it. You're not dealing with customers as such, and the taxpayers pay. If the unions ask too much, the taxpayers just pay more,... ad infinitum.

Today me a soon to turn 79 dino learned something he did not know. Thanks.

I believe that Eastern Washington would petition to join before the ink was dry!

You can say communist - we all understand! Like the way you think - and agree it would be best to stay independent based on the recent record of USA with the exception of the 8 years of Trump....

Hurry up, Alberta, so that Saskatchewan and British Columbia have time to follow your lead. Stay independent, by all means, and you may have those southern borders being crossed by disgusted Washingtonians wanting to join your new country. Will you remain as separate independent states in a coalition or will you band together like your Southern neighbor? We will all be watching as this amazing drama unfolds, and we all hope for your best results. Just as a side bar, Eastern Washington may petition to join as well. That side of the state is trampled under the western side politics.

The bad news is, if member ship in the union is REQUIRED in order to be employed, then the union can charge whatever they want in fees. This is precisely why union membership should be voluntary only.

Cutting off the NEA would be the closest thing to cutting out a huge, metastatic tumor in our society.
Allowing government-sector unionization should be unthinkable, but the liberals in our country manages to wedge them in with Kennedy's executive order 10988 in '62.
Sen.Marsha Blackburn introduced the Federal Workforce Freedom Act S-1006 nearly a year ago:

"A bill to prohibit Federal employees from organizing, joining, or participating in labor unions for purposes of collective bargaining or representation, and for other purposes"

This has been shelved and ignored, and is probably the most important piece of legislation currently being considered. I don't know if this also applies to all teachers, but it should at least affect the ones at the Dept.of Education.

I would love to see such an island of liberty there, perhaps also as an alternative to the Caymans for financial freedoms.
(Unfortunately the corrupt parasites in D.C. will stand as a significant roadblock.)

Not mine, a psychological perspective. If no serpent and no sin there would just be a garden with Adam and Eve in it forever. No human race. Then Adam and Eve would get bored with each other and start doing BDSM. Then God would be really pissed off. So God put the snake in the garden. I suppose the moral of the story is don't stay home and safe, its dangerous. Go out and explore. Petersons ideas not mine, make some sense at least a little.

As an Albertan I can tell you that the next province east, Saskatchewan, will likely join Alberta if we gain independence. Most of British Columbia would join us too, but British Columbians have to step up. Rural British Columbians are conservative, like Alberta and are abandoned by the Marxists goons in the lower mainland. BC would have to split. If they do, it would give the new country a deep-water port at Prince Rupert. It's inevitable that the map will be withdrawn. There are too many Corruptocrats in Washington, too many paid off members of congress to make joining the USA a viable option. Sorry my American friends, joining with you is too risky for our freedom. Congress drags its feet far behind president Trump. Most of his changes appear to be temporary until the next commu...Democrat president weasels his way into office.

Better to adopt a 1st world population than another 3rd world one.

Probably very few pirates in this group...

I never heard of that theory before.

As in a private dinner with the Beijing delegation? Who knows...

A ton...

Interesting. Often wondered if They were just simple mammal bicamerals, (as in the Julian Jaynes sense- unaware of their own awareness) Good and Evil would have never occurred to them.

Anyway, still a lot to unpack there . . .

"Aren't unions supposed to be funded by their membership?"
A most pertinent question, mcc.