@ColdWarWarriors Yours is blatant ignorance of economics. Government consumes limited financial resources of productive labor out of the private sector and thereby reduces the amount the private sector market can bare. You ever heard of the principle that the market pays only what the market can bear? The high tax burden of government union labor has significantly reduced the private sector's financial resources to afford equitable wages. The status quo must be destroyed!
What a CROCK! All middle-class workers benefit from unions; working against them is working against your own interests.
"Although it is true that only about 20 percent of American workers are in unions, that 20 percent sets the standards across the board in salaries, benefits and working conditions. If you are making a decent salary in a non-union company, you owe that to the unions. One thing that corporations do not do is give out money out of the goodness of their hearts." ~ Molly Ivins
In a free society what ensured good wages for workers is that workers can just leave for a better paying competitor. Unions are not a factor, but rather a huge burden on both the economy and on anyone not unionized.
@CarrieMulligan1 Yours is blatant ignorance of economics. Government consumes limited financial resources of productive labor out of the private sector and thereby reduces the amount the private sector market can bare. You ever heard of the principle that the market pays only what the market can bear? The high tax burden of government union labor has significantly reduced the private sector's financial resources to afford equitable wages. The status quo must be destroyed!
end public unions. Private unions, i dont care about they are self destructive anyway. They can stay. But Public unions are so parasitic on the unseen taxpayer.
I had to laugh when you said public Sector Employees are in no danger of getting sweat shop pay? I am a PA Correction Officer, and I have watched our Management who are not unionized go without a single pay raise for 5 years. Everyone of them wish they had collective bargaining. We have negotiated our contracts by Binding Arbitration only because the State wouldn't sit down with us over the last 6 years. I am glad PA is not a Right to Work for Less State! Stick to your Silver Video's! LOL ;)
Without unions the average salary would be anywhere near it is today for everybody. This video seems like it was funded by the Koch Brothers to mislead people. Firefighters and police are unionized. America is not suffering because of unions, it's because corporations like the Koch Brothers that disrespect American workers. A country that understands the importance of their workers is Germany. It has recovered from being two separate countries (one much better off than the other).
@The b119 Very Well said! Instead of Corporate Greed maybe the private sector should unionize to bring their wages and benefits up to decent levels. What is wrong for Americans to have decent paying jobs & benefits? Corporate Greed and people like the Koch Brothers got us to where we are today. I work in a state prison and I have put a lot of blood, sweat, and tears into my job. I feel I have just as much of a right to collective bargain as anyone in the private sector. I am a tax payer too!
quote:"A country that understands the importance of their workers is Germany.It has recovered from being two separate countries",are you kidden me?western germany was better off because of the Marshal Plan back then,the GDR (or eastern germany) got raped by the russian as payback for their losses due to the war,the only reason why they are united again is that the GDR became insulfant and couldnt get anymore loans from the "bad" capitalist in the west to pay their obligations....
....like paying off their dept etc,the workers in eastern germany (and i was on of them),had to work and shut the fuck up,any opposition was crushed with force and the "public union" (if exsisted) was just another arm or tool of the gov't to keep the masses in line and quiet,which seems to be the same in western germany ,except for the fact that they get tossed a bone here and there to shut them up
One bogus tenet of unions is that, unlike most families, a government employee is entitled to be the sole breadwinner for the family -- the spouse and offspring and other residents should not have to sully their hands by earning a wage. Yet they compare union salaries with "median household income" which is ALL residents salaries -- plus pensions, dividends, income, capital gains, etc.
Every one is happy when business is good and the economy is thriving. But, when the economy starts melting down because of fraudulent banking practices we have a problem. It is easy to blame the Public Unions because there members have contracts that are more resilient than the private contracts that must contract at the same time as the economy.
Public Unions are not the problem, they are a symptom of the real problem. What were public employees payed before their unions started lobbing politicians? Not much. For example, as a public employee in 1978, I worked 72 hours a week and was payed 1,100 dollars a month. I had minimal health care and Social Security as my retirement program. Then we went union and things got a little better. It was an up hill battle for scraps until the union lobbied the politicians.
I love all your other videos, but this one is a little shady. I AM NOT union and have never been. I see key points that are viable and make complete sense in your video, but, history has taught us that unions are a necessary component to the american way of life. IE; safety, work hours and a living wage. I make way less than a union employee, but they keep my wage viable. Are we supposed to let them all go? They may be excessive but abolition seems excessive.
@1973JDub please note that this is directed towards public unions only. I have no problem with working uniting against private for profit companies. I have a problem with workers uniting against taxpayers who have zero representation at the bargaining table.
yup, its a shame we got rid of Forced Unionization, and dues being pulled out of people's paychecks by the state. Isn't that great? A Private Organization that has the Gov collecting money for it?
Or maybe its the collective bargaining powers they wanted, you know, where if the Union doesn't get what it wants, it can call a 3rd party friend to shove settlements down my state's throat, whether they have money to afford it, or not? Maybe thats what you think the Union is entitled to?
@1973JDub So what happens when the the Teet the public workers have been suckling runs dry ? Public unions do not care where it comes from. As long as they can continue to drain us dry. The tap is ran out. There is NO MORE. What will have to happen is mass public employee layoffs. Sadly this will not matter to them they will just eat their own as long as they get theirs.
There isnt a "taxpayer" vs "none taxpayer" scenario like the video tries to insinuate.
The removal of unions would regress worker rights and your right to work AND get a fair pay for your work.
Of course you will get the horror stories from the opposing side, but guess what. There is always two sides to a story, but you have to ask yourself. Does your boss support the toppling of unions because he would like to pay you more??? Really, lets not be naive.
I went down to the capitol building, and asked a lot of questions of the people there. Just asking questions, which let them know I was not in lock step with them, got them to accuse me of "instigating violence" while I was surrounded by about 25 people that talked with raised voices and anger on their faces, being paid to argue, and disrupting their rally, etc
Public Unions=Government Unions= TAXPAYER FUNDED!!!
Unbelievable these people think their "rights" include spending your money.
Government sector employees should earn LESS than private sector...after all, funding for their lavish pensions, wages, and benefits come from the PRIVATE SECTOR!!! But hey who cares? The more dues they collect the more politicians they can buy. Ending these unions means you are pro employment, pro balanced budget, pro future, etc...
if you have never worked in education then you will never understand why merit based pay would never work!!! i worked in education and without my union I would have had horrible working conditions and minimum wage pay!!!! but let me clarify that I was not ever a part of the teachers union, that union wasn't very good! this was so not how my union was; not all unions are corrupt!! some are but not all!
Superbly compiled and edited Daniel. I've seen this all my (long) life. It comes down to this; people who PRODUCE stuff (create wealth) always end up being sucked dry by those who want a free ride (union leaders, other politicians, welfare leeches etc.). It can't go on for much longer; it didn't work in the U.S.S.R. and it won't work in the U.S.A.
It shows the difference between PRIVATE SECTOR UNIONS (which are there to prevent workers being exploited or treated unfairly), and GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE UNIONS, which are there to blackmail the govt, and take and take and take the wealth generated by the PRIVATE UNION WORKERS.
In the UK, you dont get your pension until you are 65 yrs old (and going up to 70yrs, soon).
EXCEPT for govt employees, who get their pensions after 30 yrs MAXIMUM, and its HIGHER!
Govt employees pay has DOUBLED over the last few years (even when taking inflation into account).
They tend to get 5% pay rises, every year, even when inflation is 2%.
They work less hours, than the private sector, take more time off sick, get FAT pensions, and retire earlier. Most govt jobs are 25 or 30 yrs, then they get FULL PENSION.
Most retire at about 50 yrs of age !
But the rest of us have to work till 65yrs, to pay for them, and they are talking about 70yrs !
@Cyrus992 - You're indoctrinated beyond stupid. You're so beyond stupid you cannot think. Instead, everything is a bullshit bumpersticker slogan. That's why know-nothing dipshit libtards like you have 50 bumperstickers on your car. It's so you can remember all of the slogan that define your worthless existence.
I understand public unions are huge concern.. but unfortunately he is not realizing that part of the problem are caused by the Koch brothers who are controlling the state...
Visionvictory is "probobly" not understanding the whole situation possibly because he is being mislead by special interest groups like Reason, CATO, John Stossel and Heritage who are funded by Koch brothers and are misleading the people to run their state control
@Cyrus992 - I understand that you're utterly Libtarded. You just tried to convince me:
"he is being mislead by special interest groups like Reason, CATO, John Stossel and Heritage who are funded by Koch brothers and are misleading the people to run their state control "
You're a fucking idiot. You're a Libtarded, Useful Idiot for repeating the George Soros talking points. The guy who said America is the biggest problem in the world. That's your guy. Own it! That's your agenda.
Wow, I haven't even watched it yet, but I can see that this issue (like most these days) is rather divisive! Left-leaning socialists are pro-union; people who have worked for greedy, self-serving corporations are pro-union; royal f-up's who can't keep a job w/o one are pro-union, while small business owners aren't, & the cycle of greedy corporations > greedy unions > greedy employees = business' lobbying the demopublicans for "free-trade" agreements & tax breaks to move off-shore is a negative!
Don't bother watching. This isn't worth your time. The clueless person or persons who uploaded this video are supporting a race to the bottom......a race to where the American's pay scale will be on a level playing field with Viet Nam. It amazes me how people get so caught up in anger and outright lies manufactured in think tanks that exist only to distort reality to favor the corporate elite. There are so many holes just in what is said here about Detroit, it's laughable. In fact I did. Trash
Every single worker in the US today has benefitted because of an organized workforce whether or not one has actually been part of a union. Without unions we would not have the child labor laws, minimum wage, 40 hour work weeks, overtime pay, safety regulations, etc., etc., etc., that we have today.
WTF is this crap, unions have not felt this recession? In CA the unions agreed to a permanent 20% pay cut and a decrease in benefits. Also some layoffs. You have no clue what you are talking about.
@Fusionx916 ask anyone who has lost their jobs because of governments raising taxes, over regulation, stock market crash, etc. They got a 100% pay cut. The economy isn't booming.
Canada = We now have over 3.5 million people working for government across the country. Average salary in government is 70 thousand (including benefits, pension, bonuses...) yearly and rising. Average salary in the private sector is 45 thousand yearly and dropping. Over 10% of government employees now make over 100 thousand yearly. In the private sector the number is under 2%. Parasitic unions, police, all government…all the same, bankrupting future generations,and they don’t give a damn.
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Very short sighted video. Workers who stand against corporations alone, are systematically crushed. That is why we have them, and as corrupt as they may become, they still provide what little protection there is left for the middle class.
And, let me get this right...you want that to end. I smell a corporate shill. A lap dog to big business, and a boot licking yes man.
@visionvictory - no my Padawan, it is your in-sight that is a short-sight. Private or public, the fundementals are the same. Fundemental is the problem, and so the answer is.
If you have an ear ache, do you cut off your ear? The problems both for and against the assemblege of power is the abuse of control. To profit the few at the cost of many, oh wait....this is what the unions were against. hummmm... it sucks being beaten at your own game? Power answers to power. See what acceptance does.
@visionvictory your looking in the wrong place for "taxpayer rape" try looking at tax breaks for corporations and other corporate welfare like subsidies for oil, gas, and agriculture. Are you even aware of the fact that many large corporations receive more in subsidies then they pay in taxes to begin with?
The simple fact is that if corporations cant convince you that we need to pay government employees less they risk loosing their tax brakes and subsidies. Wake up America
@visionvictory So arent the public unions made up of private citizens as well? People make up the public and the public makes up people.That's a very piss poor argument. We need a balance in life and good negotiators for union reps no matter if they are private or Public. I guess corruption permeates both private and public unions. This is the first time you released a video that has really pissed me off. You must be a corporate shill as the other person commented. You make me sick w this video
How about you bring up the argument about corporate welfare, and how atroscious this is. Why you picking on people made up of unions by arguining about the so called unfairness of public unions vs. private unions. The private unions need to raise the bar to protect peoples rights. People make up the public and private unions. Why you pitting union types against one another. What the fuck is your agenda you piece of shit corporate shill scum bag?
@pjamesbda My corporation pays me well in exchange for hard work. That is an arrangement I like. What I don't like is organizations where your value comes from your identity or who you know (unions) rather than your skills. I do no business with unions or companies who pay unions. I also do not allow union members on my property. Over the years I have kicked union members out of my house during parties twice and once broke a mans jaw who threatened me for not joining a union.
@Huboons - Yes, I see your a satisfied corp lap dog. Good for you, your trained very well. And, as you say, you like it. What you don't like are people organizing to better THEIR lot, when you see them as inferior to you. You throw them out of your house and if possible you accost them physically. This doesn't win anyone's respect, and makes no difference to me, because I only hate the worst in unions a little less than you. So relax. Take your Viagra and do your 9-5, we'll do the heavy lifting.
@pjamesbda Sorry, you are a collectivist who is looking to enrich himself by stealing from others. The only difference between you and the guy who robbed me a few years back is that your weapon is government and his was a gun. Quite frankly I have more respect for him, he KNOWS what he is.
@mredstriumph - as far as nepotism and political pull goes, there is plenty of this going on without any union involvement, so vent your persecution complex somewhere else. I've had the same negative interation with unions, and because of it I've never belonged to one. I'm not proud, or ashamed of it. It all happens in the first instance because of unbalanced treatment. So given there is no place left to go I would encourage anyone to organize for defense, NOT OFFENCE dik.
@ShimmeringTruth1138 Fascism and Socialism are the on the same side of the same coin. Both are big government -- Fascists use race politics to stay in control, while communists and socialists use class politics. They are both socialistic and they both have these agendas.
we all have a degree of self interest. when wall street went bust it asked for a bailout. isn't that communist idealogy perpetuated, by susposed capitalist elites?
@hume1234561 It is socialism. That is the government controls the factors of production in this case Wall Street. All industries and groups want socialism for themselves. I want free money from the government for example. It is the role of documents such as the constitution, decleration of independence ect to restrain government.
Union members, research union leadership ties to a global communist movement. The argument has been framed that it’s not fair for bankers to take home billions and workers deserve a bigger share. If the global movement takes hold, American workers will compete with unions globally. Their fair share is going to shrink drastically. Leadership drives away private industry to collude with governments for means of production. Last time that happened on a large scale, millions died of starvation.
It's the Jewish international banking cartel that prints money at interest and cooks up fraudulent derivatives contracts and puts them on the backs of the people. We don't owe it. It's fraud. ARREST THE BANKSTERS.
Unions are just a small part of the problem. The main issue is the jew banking cartels controlling the economy and politicians. The rest is smokescreen.
@logman72 Sadly most people are too dumb to understand. When you start pointing fingers at the jewish, people just say you are racist and you lost all creditbility. The jewish bankers are 100x smarter than them and they deserve to be enslaved forever. But I have to say unions are still important social problems not just a smokescreen. But the root of these problems lied in the Federal Reserve.
Look folks.....the big corporations and banks are paying massive amounts of money to gop pacs and parties...while it is true that unions do give monies to politicians...it is pennys compared to what the real power brokers are throwing around....Daniel attacking the small players as usual.
@clev9980 -You're obviously so indoctrinated you're BEYOND stupid. A stupid person would know that Goldman Sachs was an Obama supporter. A stupid person would know that GE's Jeffrey Immelt is part of Obama's staff. He's a CEO! He is Mr Corporation. A stupid person could know this but you're BEYOND stupid. You want to talk about Corporations and the GOP but you're so indoctrinated you're too stupid to look at GE, GM, and Google. Stupidity is a better condition than your level of indoctrination.
In some states like here in Idaho the public unions don't fare so well since we are predominately right wing conservative leaning , they don't have many politicians they can purchase. The teacher salary is pretty low compared to other states, recently the state passed a merit based system that isn't very popular among teachers. The law was passed during the same period as the Madison fiasco, the state superintendent kind of got lucky due to the bad press coming out of WI for public unions.
Great video. I live just outside Madison, WI and this video got right to the point. You cannot allow a select minority of the population to have considerably more control of how the government operates and how it spends the people's money. Public sector unions are no different than a special interest. The people of my state knowingly elected new representatives and an executive that have a goal of reducing the size and expense of government. The unions have no regard for any outside their group.
This hostility between the public and private sectors is being engineered by the bankers and politicians. They must be laughing at all of us because we are taking our eyes off the real culprits, and blaming each other. I'm losing any hope of a better future for my children, while the middle class in this country fight like rabid dogs over the scraps from the bankers tables.
Unless I missed the point Unions seem to cause such economic stress that they destroy the organization they are rooted in. Well I say more government unions! In fact no one should work for the government that isnt in a union. And damn they should all get multi million dollar retirements one year (or less) after starting work. The faster we kill this puppy the better...
You can say the Gov isn't a business all you want, the same economic rules apply.
besides public unions & GS making money nonstop as you stated, you can add the hedge fund pricks, the military industrial complex, the prison system, the insurance companies, western Central banks, Rapiscan (who make the tsa cancer airport scanners), Big Oil, and Big Pharma to the list of those who have not suffered in this greatest depression. Have I missed any others?
Are we to believe that NAFTA and GAAT have nothing to do with this? Shame on the ignorance of anyone that doesn't see this for what it is. This is the intentional destruction of the United States through economic acquistition. There will be plenty of demagoguery and class warfare as a diversion.
Problem is it will never just be public unions. Once they bust these then it will be nothing to destroy the private side. Along with it will be working rights and conditions. Least we forget the Right leaning corporations and their sponsors are responsible for the largest erosion in the middle class and working families ever.I have no problem with the free market system. However if you are making 10'2 of millions while fleecing working families something is wrong.
@benshivd Farther , why aren't we taking about how retirees have to choose between food and medicine. Because pharma companies are charging 400 % more than any other country anywhere. Or why it costs 50 times more to do a hip replacement than 20 years ago . For the same technology / procedure. These cost usually godown over time. Yet medical and pharma costs are going through the roof. That is what is unsustainable.
@benshivd Also wanted to add. What about the thieves that stole the pension funds of those that worked 20,30,40 years ? Or lost the life savings of families because if derivatives, swaps, hedge funds, and ponzy schemes. These thieves are still robbing us blind by the way. I hear the right crying about regulations being too harsh. How do they get away with doing this time and again then ? Thats why we cannot go back to pre 2008 in my opinion.
It's official! The housing bust is now bigger than during the great depression but don't worry folks, according to the government we are on a recovery!!
@1776Rosco How about just Restore the Republic, Vote and donate to Ron Paul. No need to single out one progressive Keynesian, since we know thats what the rest of them are no matter what party they are in.
@visionvictory I just posted what the money bomb on this date is for, check out RonPaul2012. com to see the banner. Romney was boasting he raised 10 million, bet it wasn't by the people but from corporations. ;)
@okefixico all unions are in it for the same reason, to get their members more pay and benefits. the difference is, as he mentioned, is in the private sector, companies have limited resources with which to work with, so they have less control. In the public sector, the unions can milk the taxpayers for massive amounts of money and then turn around and use that money to get politicians elected that will perpetuate the cycle of corruption.
Thanks for making this video! My dad was a union worker (carpenter) all his life and he said that his union became more socialist as the years went by and they stopped looking out for the common worker, but the union officials sure did live large. He is anti-union now and didn't support the Wisconsin union protests and neither do I. I am an ex-policeman and the last thing I want for my state (Louisiana) is to turn away from being a right to work state. Unions equal communism & higher U.S. debt!
@robn8r72 Agreed, but there will have to be violence if this is going to happen. Union members are thieves whose weapon is government. If that weapon is taken away the gun will be their next weapon. Anti-union people like you and I need to be prepared. Buy weapons, train with them, be prepared.
@Huboons Violence? Wow, son... you have some issues. Get help. People who believe the way you do are a detriment and a hindrance to our side. Might I suggest tuning out Alex Jones, Ron Paul and the rest of the whackjobs? At least it would be a start.
@Huboons I really hope the FBI or some other law enforcement agency is keeping it's eye on you, kid. If you honestly believe that, you're just flat-out psycho.
@robn8r72 Preparing to defend myself against union violence and I need to be watched? If anyone is nuts its you. You clearly have no understanding of the nature of unions, collectivism and their relationship to mob violence.
@Huboons Oh, I know all about unions and violence, son. By advocating violence against the unions, however, you have lowered yourself to their level. So, essentially, you're no better than the average union thug.
@robn8r72 Actually I'm advocating self defense unions will start killing if they lose too much power. And even if they don't they are already thieves whose weapon is government, you would defend yourself if someone robbed you with a gun wouldn't you? Well there is ZERO difference between that and union members other than their weapon of choice, you're just too stupid to know you are being attacked.
@robn8r72 I notice you completely ignore the fundamental moral arguments being made and just go with name calling. I would stick with that, it's really all you have.
@Huboons That's odd... you already agreed with me on the "fundamental moral argument." Where we disagree is on how to rid the nation of labor unions. I believe that violence should only be used as a last resort, while you wish to start busting heads like the cowardly thugs you claim to be against. When faced with a loon, I can only treat said loon like the loon that said loon is. I'll be glad to have an adult conversation with you when you start acting like one. Until then...
@robn8r72 You are fine with being stolen from. I am not. You are already being assaulted through government and you are fine just taking it. You won't defend yourself. So either we do not agree or you simply do not understand the argument in the first place. Someone is in your house right now stealing from you. What are you going to do about it?
@Huboons I am not the issue here, son. The issue is your quickness to stoop to the level of the union thugs instead of relegating violence to "last resort" status, where it belongs. So, you have no defense for your insanity, which leads you to attempt deflection by trying to, somehow, make me the issue. That's an old, tired tactic, kid... and it's not going to work. You must be one of those Paulistinians. They like to try that, too.
@robn8r72 I don't remember Alex Jones or Ron Paul advocating violence. Will you send me a link to a video in which one of them does so? Much appreciated, sir.
@andrewh817 I never said they did. However, their penchant for furthering the most inane conspiracy theories on Earth help to breed paranoia such as Huboons', which leads to violence, such as Huboons is advocating. Try to follow along, son...
@robn8r72 There's nothing wrong with private unions. Private workers are not paid with illegitimately obtained money, so there's nothing wrong with them demanding higher wages. If those going on strike in the private sector can be easily replaced then they will be and that will keep costs low for a business.
@andrewh817 The very idea of a labor union is communistic in nature. Therefore, ALL labor unions are evil. Therefore, ALL labor unions should be abolished.
It's called "logical thinking," kid. You should try it some time.
@andrewh817 I guess along with "logical thinking," you also need some remedial reading comprehension courses. The answer to your question is apparent in my post... IF you are smart enough to see it. I guess you're not...
I was disappointed when Daniel joined NIA, but he still provides worthwhile videos which I check out from time to time. I agree with the sentiment expressed in this video and have done enough research myself to know his info is at least in the ballpark of being accurate.
If the information is sound and the presentation is effective, trust has nothing to do with it.
I see what you are saying about private unions because their are very hard working, honest, good people in the rank and file.But they are no better than public unions.They distort labor costs, drive prices up,kill business, and are thoroughly corrupt at the top. They are nearly as bad as public unions.They are virtually drummed out of the private sector. The only thing keeping them afloat are state labor laws. I have paid bribes..err cash to local bosses several times to get on job sites.Scam.
Big bankers run away with billions then they want us to attack the firefighter, teacher, or police officer that make about 30k a year. No thanks I'm not buying it, attack the right people like JP Morgan and wall street.
@attemptingtobehumble how about we not attack anybody. You can't blame them for running w/ the money we we gave it to them. If we let failing business fail they wouldn't have our money, the corrupt people would be out of a job and smart businesses would thrive. Attacking wall street (the source of capital for the companies that produce everything you like) is a stupid idea that would only make a smart business man sit on his money instead of doing things with it.
@lockdown260 You really believe that business men can't do anything with their money without wallstreet? LOL that really is a laugh, I have owned a business for over 10 years and I have never dealt with wallstreet. Sorry but I don't want to invest in stocks that will probably be used in the military industrial complex to bomb innocent civilians, no thanks. :)
@attemptingtobehumble I never said businesses couldn't do anything w/o wallstreet. I said that many companies that make thins you like use WS as a medium to get the capital they use to run their business. I'm assuming you have a computer, a house, a cellphone , a car, a credit/debit card, a TV and mp3 player (amongst other luxuries of 1st world living). Unless All of those thing were made by guys in sheds, they (most likely) come from companies that used WS to get the capital to make it.
@lockdown260 Actually I don't have a credit card and I never will have one. Wallstreet is a bane to humanities existance, just read Aristotle and see what he thought of usury. We need to start investing in our local communities and not in these giant corporations that are literally killing people. First world living does not come from wallstreet if anything they are going to destroy the first world because of pushing for so much illegal immigration for cheap labor so the corporations can kill
@attemptingtobehumble Ok lets do a thought experiment. Think of all the countries that have stock exchanges (like WS) and all the ones that don't. Which countries economies are doing better? Which countries would you rather live in?
Next, think of all the countries where many huge corps have large presence and all the ones that don't (not even in factories) which countries are richer?
Also, you have any proof corps murder people? If not the again don't be obtuse
@lockdown260 If you think the United States is rich you are obviously delusional. Yeah we are so rich that is why we have to borrow from the Chinese, print money from the federal reserve and are in trillions of dollars of debt. Gee I sure am glad we have wallstreet lol. I think we should do what Russia and Iceland is doing and start locking up these crooked bankers. Are country would be wealthy and not engaged in all these wars without wallstreet.
@lockdown260 Of course multinational corporations kill people along with destroying the environment. The British just recently even passed laws holding corporations accountable for killing people.
@attemptingtobehumble Again do you have proof? Saying "of course they do" is merely an assertion. Do they use guns, bombs, poison? What motive did they have? Did they do it for fun?
Destroying the environment? LULZ:') So I guess countries w/o multinational corps(all the poor ones really) should have the cleanest living conditions. Oh wait.
@lockdown260 Uh of course they use bombs and guns. Haven't you ever heard of the Iran-Contra affair? The motive is money obviously but you better not piss off any corporations you might want to work for lol. Cleanest living conditions lol, yeah right tell that to Beijing China where their water is completely polluted and now they have cancer rates similar to the West because of corporations.
@attemptingtobehumble Well w/o said corps China would still be poor. But ok you found an acception cool. Now what about all the countries w/o corps? How is life for them? Terrible. As for the contra affair, that was done by the government. Last time I checked they weren't a mult-nat corp. Sooo yeah still a fail on your part. The computer you are typing on was made or has components made by corps. If you hate businesses so much stop buying from them. Also show proof of murder or gtho.
@lockdown260 Wrong China needed to lift its communist policies but they should have never let global corporations in. If you want a prosperous nation then you need to allow small businesses like the one I have thrive not allow government backed global corporations in your country that work off of slave labor. I just showed you proof of murder with government and corporations collaborating, the Iran Contra affair. Can't you read?
@lockdown260 Also, I didn't give them that money I was never asked. The government will throw you in jail if you don't pay the taxes for the money they gave these greedy corrupt bankers.
@attemptingtobehumble Also don't be obtuse. There are perhaps 5 major military contractors that have dealings in wallstreet as opposed to the thousands of other businesses that operate there. Besides the US doesn't bomb innocents, only the terrorists/enemies next to them. ;)
@lockdown260 LOL the military industrial complex only bombs terrorists, right tell that to the civilians in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq and soon to be Libya. Well I noticed you would like to work for Boeing so why am I even talking to you , it is obvious you don't have a moral compass. But I guess it is a good think all this is going to fall like the Soviet Union because we need it too, there are too many people like you that encourage the evil on wallstreet and in the government.
@attemptingtobehumble You do realize that Boeing makes civilian planes too right? Are you too busy being ignorant to do a google search. I noticed you didn't even entertain the questions I asked. Our GDP is the highest in the world and nearly 5 times our nearest competitor. If we aren't a rich nation then a guess everyone is poor. Russia is actually broke. Using them as an example really prove your ignorance of economics. Attacking capital makes everyone poorer. You be stupid to want that.
@lockdown260 Boeing does not just make commercial airline planes. I have an uncle who worked for Boeing a high executive as a matter of fact and they also make parts for military planes; he even went so far as to tell me that they were selling military parts for North Korea. There is actually a military contract with Bell-Boeing so you obviously don't know what you are talking about. Once again you can't be a wealthy country when you are 14 trillion dollars in debt.
@lockdown260 Also, Russia is beginning to back their currency with gold so they will come out of their recession unfortunately we won't because we are stuck in the central banking fiat currency wallstreet welfare mindset.
union's produce, fat lazy dumbazz fuckers..who dont even work. look at autoworkers, police and teacher's..could they get any fatter..hell the only thing the NAZIS did good. was to get rid of UNIONS..they r killing usa and canada...FUCK EM, FAT FUCKING MORONS...FUCK EM.
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@ColdWarWarriors Yours is blatant ignorance of economics. Government consumes limited financial resources of productive labor out of the private sector and thereby reduces the amount the private sector market can bare. You ever heard of the principle that the market pays only what the market can bear? The high tax burden of government union labor has significantly reduced the private sector's financial resources to afford equitable wages. The status quo must be destroyed!
TruthDetector100 2 months ago
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TruthDetector100 2 months ago
good video!
chromedreamz 3 months ago
This is slanderous BullPoop
Ahweemawhey 6 months ago
What a CROCK! All middle-class workers benefit from unions; working against them is working against your own interests.
"Although it is true that only about 20 percent of American workers are in unions, that 20 percent sets the standards across the board in salaries, benefits and working conditions. If you are making a decent salary in a non-union company, you owe that to the unions. One thing that corporations do not do is give out money out of the goodness of their hearts." ~ Molly Ivins
CarrieMulligan1 6 months ago
In a free society what ensured good wages for workers is that workers can just leave for a better paying competitor. Unions are not a factor, but rather a huge burden on both the economy and on anyone not unionized.
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@CarrieMulligan1 Yours is blatant ignorance of economics. Government consumes limited financial resources of productive labor out of the private sector and thereby reduces the amount the private sector market can bare. You ever heard of the principle that the market pays only what the market can bear? The high tax burden of government union labor has significantly reduced the private sector's financial resources to afford equitable wages. The status quo must be destroyed!
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Ron Paul 2012!!!!
KyleTrendily 7 months ago
What ever happen to Basic Vegetable Products and Gilroy Foods?
unions rights
Zonly1 7 months ago
end public unions. Private unions, i dont care about they are self destructive anyway. They can stay. But Public unions are so parasitic on the unseen taxpayer.
adulby 8 months ago 3
I had to laugh when you said public Sector Employees are in no danger of getting sweat shop pay? I am a PA Correction Officer, and I have watched our Management who are not unionized go without a single pay raise for 5 years. Everyone of them wish they had collective bargaining. We have negotiated our contracts by Binding Arbitration only because the State wouldn't sit down with us over the last 6 years. I am glad PA is not a Right to Work for Less State! Stick to your Silver Video's! LOL ;)
dtgoody 8 months ago
Without unions the average salary would be anywhere near it is today for everybody. This video seems like it was funded by the Koch Brothers to mislead people. Firefighters and police are unionized. America is not suffering because of unions, it's because corporations like the Koch Brothers that disrespect American workers. A country that understands the importance of their workers is Germany. It has recovered from being two separate countries (one much better off than the other).
TheJb119 8 months ago
@The b119 Very Well said! Instead of Corporate Greed maybe the private sector should unionize to bring their wages and benefits up to decent levels. What is wrong for Americans to have decent paying jobs & benefits? Corporate Greed and people like the Koch Brothers got us to where we are today. I work in a state prison and I have put a lot of blood, sweat, and tears into my job. I feel I have just as much of a right to collective bargain as anyone in the private sector. I am a tax payer too!
dtgoody 8 months ago
@TheJb119
quote:"A country that understands the importance of their workers is Germany.It has recovered from being two separate countries",are you kidden me?western germany was better off because of the Marshal Plan back then,the GDR (or eastern germany) got raped by the russian as payback for their losses due to the war,the only reason why they are united again is that the GDR became insulfant and couldnt get anymore loans from the "bad" capitalist in the west to pay their obligations....
Hoschi0913 8 months ago
....like paying off their dept etc,the workers in eastern germany (and i was on of them),had to work and shut the fuck up,any opposition was crushed with force and the "public union" (if exsisted) was just another arm or tool of the gov't to keep the masses in line and quiet,which seems to be the same in western germany ,except for the fact that they get tossed a bone here and there to shut them up
Hoschi0913 8 months ago
the private sector pays the taxes so these public employees can have lavish benefits.
lvll138inrs 8 months ago
One bogus tenet of unions is that, unlike most families, a government employee is entitled to be the sole breadwinner for the family -- the spouse and offspring and other residents should not have to sully their hands by earning a wage. Yet they compare union salaries with "median household income" which is ALL residents salaries -- plus pensions, dividends, income, capital gains, etc.
rider92131 8 months ago
Every one is happy when business is good and the economy is thriving. But, when the economy starts melting down because of fraudulent banking practices we have a problem. It is easy to blame the Public Unions because there members have contracts that are more resilient than the private contracts that must contract at the same time as the economy.
lizardfirefighter110 8 months ago
Public Unions are not the problem, they are a symptom of the real problem. What were public employees payed before their unions started lobbing politicians? Not much. For example, as a public employee in 1978, I worked 72 hours a week and was payed 1,100 dollars a month. I had minimal health care and Social Security as my retirement program. Then we went union and things got a little better. It was an up hill battle for scraps until the union lobbied the politicians.
lizardfirefighter110 8 months ago
..."THIS IS HOW DEMOCRACY WORKS"...LOL
Democracy is two wolves deciding what to have for dinner, Liberty is a well armed lamb(.)
ThisIsRogueLiberty 8 months ago
I love all your other videos, but this one is a little shady. I AM NOT union and have never been. I see key points that are viable and make complete sense in your video, but, history has taught us that unions are a necessary component to the american way of life. IE; safety, work hours and a living wage. I make way less than a union employee, but they keep my wage viable. Are we supposed to let them all go? They may be excessive but abolition seems excessive.
1973JDub 8 months ago
@1973JDub please note that this is directed towards public unions only. I have no problem with working uniting against private for profit companies. I have a problem with workers uniting against taxpayers who have zero representation at the bargaining table.
visionvictory 8 months ago 5
yup, its a shame we got rid of Forced Unionization, and dues being pulled out of people's paychecks by the state. Isn't that great? A Private Organization that has the Gov collecting money for it?
Or maybe its the collective bargaining powers they wanted, you know, where if the Union doesn't get what it wants, it can call a 3rd party friend to shove settlements down my state's throat, whether they have money to afford it, or not? Maybe thats what you think the Union is entitled to?
LordVigeous666999 8 months ago
@1973JDub So what happens when the the Teet the public workers have been suckling runs dry ? Public unions do not care where it comes from. As long as they can continue to drain us dry. The tap is ran out. There is NO MORE. What will have to happen is mass public employee layoffs. Sadly this will not matter to them they will just eat their own as long as they get theirs.
benshivd 4 months ago
Union members pay tax like everybody.
There isnt a "taxpayer" vs "none taxpayer" scenario like the video tries to insinuate.
The removal of unions would regress worker rights and your right to work AND get a fair pay for your work.
Of course you will get the horror stories from the opposing side, but guess what. There is always two sides to a story, but you have to ask yourself. Does your boss support the toppling of unions because he would like to pay you more??? Really, lets not be naive.
Lobos222 8 months ago
I support getting rid of Public Unions
I didn't used to, you know what changed?
I went down to the capitol building, and asked a lot of questions of the people there. Just asking questions, which let them know I was not in lock step with them, got them to accuse me of "instigating violence" while I was surrounded by about 25 people that talked with raised voices and anger on their faces, being paid to argue, and disrupting their rally, etc
Meeting these people was enough
Ban Public Unions!
LordVigeous666999 8 months ago
Here it goes...
Public Unions=Government Unions= TAXPAYER FUNDED!!!
Unbelievable these people think their "rights" include spending your money.
Government sector employees should earn LESS than private sector...after all, funding for their lavish pensions, wages, and benefits come from the PRIVATE SECTOR!!! But hey who cares? The more dues they collect the more politicians they can buy. Ending these unions means you are pro employment, pro balanced budget, pro future, etc...
EndTheFedRes 8 months ago 3
if you have never worked in education then you will never understand why merit based pay would never work!!! i worked in education and without my union I would have had horrible working conditions and minimum wage pay!!!! but let me clarify that I was not ever a part of the teachers union, that union wasn't very good! this was so not how my union was; not all unions are corrupt!! some are but not all!
gsgrl2000 8 months ago
Americans are similiar to crabs....when 1 crab is doing well...the other crabs grab it and pull it down.
clev9980 8 months ago
@clev9980 lol :)
visionvictory 8 months ago
Saul Alinsky Rules for radicals, "organize the organizers."
Cryptologist101 8 months ago
Kill the public unions, scum sucking leaches.
pierrelarouge 8 months ago 2
It isn't the unions. It's deregulation that allows the corporations to ship the jobs overseas and hide their funds offshore.
CalJennings 8 months ago
@CalJennings Actually its the regulations that cause them to RUN away from doing business in this country.
visionvictory 8 months ago
@visionvictory We've seen how they behave when they're deregulated.
CalJennings 8 months ago
@CalJennings When was that? This economy has been heavily regulated for the past 80 years.
visionvictory 8 months ago 5
@visionvictory Look what happened since the Reagan administration.
CalJennings 8 months ago
Superbly compiled and edited Daniel. I've seen this all my (long) life. It comes down to this; people who PRODUCE stuff (create wealth) always end up being sucked dry by those who want a free ride (union leaders, other politicians, welfare leeches etc.). It can't go on for much longer; it didn't work in the U.S.S.R. and it won't work in the U.S.A.
lukehawthorne 9 months ago
This is a brilliant video - well done !
It shows the difference between PRIVATE SECTOR UNIONS (which are there to prevent workers being exploited or treated unfairly), and GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE UNIONS, which are there to blackmail the govt, and take and take and take the wealth generated by the PRIVATE UNION WORKERS.
In the UK, you dont get your pension until you are 65 yrs old (and going up to 70yrs, soon).
EXCEPT for govt employees, who get their pensions after 30 yrs MAXIMUM, and its HIGHER!
AnnoyingTypoSyndrome 9 months ago
Its the same in the UK.
Govt employees pay has DOUBLED over the last few years (even when taking inflation into account).
They tend to get 5% pay rises, every year, even when inflation is 2%.
They work less hours, than the private sector, take more time off sick, get FAT pensions, and retire earlier. Most govt jobs are 25 or 30 yrs, then they get FULL PENSION.
Most retire at about 50 yrs of age !
But the rest of us have to work till 65yrs, to pay for them, and they are talking about 70yrs !
AnnoyingTypoSyndrome 9 months ago
Very good intel. Thanks!
jimorocks 9 months ago
Visionvictory just showed a clip from Reason Foundation..
Another corrupt special interest group funded and rasied by the Koch brothers that decieving the public... VV must know both sides better..!!!
Cyrus992 9 months ago
@Cyrus992 - You're indoctrinated beyond stupid. You're so beyond stupid you cannot think. Instead, everything is a bullshit bumpersticker slogan. That's why know-nothing dipshit libtards like you have 50 bumperstickers on your car. It's so you can remember all of the slogan that define your worthless existence.
thomaserossi 9 months ago
@thomaserossi
You are misunderstanding my point..
I understand public unions are huge concern.. but unfortunately he is not realizing that part of the problem are caused by the Koch brothers who are controlling the state...
Visionvictory is "probobly" not understanding the whole situation possibly because he is being mislead by special interest groups like Reason, CATO, John Stossel and Heritage who are funded by Koch brothers and are misleading the people to run their state control
Cyrus992 8 months ago
@Cyrus992 - I understand that you're utterly Libtarded. You just tried to convince me:
"he is being mislead by special interest groups like Reason, CATO, John Stossel and Heritage who are funded by Koch brothers and are misleading the people to run their state control "
You're a fucking idiot. You're a Libtarded, Useful Idiot for repeating the George Soros talking points. The guy who said America is the biggest problem in the world. That's your guy. Own it! That's your agenda.
thomaserossi 8 months ago
Unions need to be cooled down... true..
However... the Koch brothers behind Walker must be taken down too..
Cyrus992 9 months ago
Awesome video man. Awesome! keep up the work and keep spreading the truth and facts and logic.
MarketsandPolitics 9 months ago
ok that guy at 4:98 basically just told the people that you should kill to get what you want. He should be in jail F'en period!
MarketsandPolitics 9 months ago
If you get a government check, you shouldn't be able to vote, much less join a union.
Let's return to the days when government employees made less than private sector employees in the same job.
webfulcrum 9 months ago
Wow, I haven't even watched it yet, but I can see that this issue (like most these days) is rather divisive! Left-leaning socialists are pro-union; people who have worked for greedy, self-serving corporations are pro-union; royal f-up's who can't keep a job w/o one are pro-union, while small business owners aren't, & the cycle of greedy corporations > greedy unions > greedy employees = business' lobbying the demopublicans for "free-trade" agreements & tax breaks to move off-shore is a negative!
Idjitcat 9 months ago
Don't bother watching. This isn't worth your time. The clueless person or persons who uploaded this video are supporting a race to the bottom......a race to where the American's pay scale will be on a level playing field with Viet Nam. It amazes me how people get so caught up in anger and outright lies manufactured in think tanks that exist only to distort reality to favor the corporate elite. There are so many holes just in what is said here about Detroit, it's laughable. In fact I did. Trash
zoomustard 9 months ago
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Every single worker in the US today has benefitted because of an organized workforce whether or not one has actually been part of a union. Without unions we would not have the child labor laws, minimum wage, 40 hour work weeks, overtime pay, safety regulations, etc., etc., etc., that we have today.
zoomustard 9 months ago
WTF is this crap, unions have not felt this recession? In CA the unions agreed to a permanent 20% pay cut and a decrease in benefits. Also some layoffs. You have no clue what you are talking about.
Fusionx916 9 months ago
@Fusionx916 ask anyone who has lost their jobs because of governments raising taxes, over regulation, stock market crash, etc. They got a 100% pay cut. The economy isn't booming.
nottinmatterz2day 9 months ago
Canada = We now have over 3.5 million people working for government across the country. Average salary in government is 70 thousand (including benefits, pension, bonuses...) yearly and rising. Average salary in the private sector is 45 thousand yearly and dropping. Over 10% of government employees now make over 100 thousand yearly. In the private sector the number is under 2%. Parasitic unions, police, all government…all the same, bankrupting future generations,and they don’t give a damn.
boogyjuggy 9 months ago 21
@boogyjuggy Thanks for your info... God does not FORCE people to pay some other people... Are we living in a FREE country???
meka4996 4 months ago
60 people work for the union
randym704 9 months ago
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Very short sighted video. Workers who stand against corporations alone, are systematically crushed. That is why we have them, and as corrupt as they may become, they still provide what little protection there is left for the middle class.
And, let me get this right...you want that to end. I smell a corporate shill. A lap dog to big business, and a boot licking yes man.
pjamesbda 9 months ago
@pjamesbda This video has NOTHING to do with private unions, this is about public unions who rape taxpayers.
visionvictory 9 months ago 15
@visionvictory - no my Padawan, it is your in-sight that is a short-sight. Private or public, the fundementals are the same. Fundemental is the problem, and so the answer is.
If you have an ear ache, do you cut off your ear? The problems both for and against the assemblege of power is the abuse of control. To profit the few at the cost of many, oh wait....this is what the unions were against. hummmm... it sucks being beaten at your own game? Power answers to power. See what acceptance does.
pjamesbda 9 months ago
@visionvictory your looking in the wrong place for "taxpayer rape" try looking at tax breaks for corporations and other corporate welfare like subsidies for oil, gas, and agriculture. Are you even aware of the fact that many large corporations receive more in subsidies then they pay in taxes to begin with?
The simple fact is that if corporations cant convince you that we need to pay government employees less they risk loosing their tax brakes and subsidies. Wake up America
1Archie11 9 months ago
@visionvictory So arent the public unions made up of private citizens as well? People make up the public and the public makes up people.That's a very piss poor argument. We need a balance in life and good negotiators for union reps no matter if they are private or Public. I guess corruption permeates both private and public unions. This is the first time you released a video that has really pissed me off. You must be a corporate shill as the other person commented. You make me sick w this video
charronfamilyconnect 8 months ago 2
How about you bring up the argument about corporate welfare, and how atroscious this is. Why you picking on people made up of unions by arguining about the so called unfairness of public unions vs. private unions. The private unions need to raise the bar to protect peoples rights. People make up the public and private unions. Why you pitting union types against one another. What the fuck is your agenda you piece of shit corporate shill scum bag?
charronfamilyconnect 8 months ago
@pjamesbda My corporation pays me well in exchange for hard work. That is an arrangement I like. What I don't like is organizations where your value comes from your identity or who you know (unions) rather than your skills. I do no business with unions or companies who pay unions. I also do not allow union members on my property. Over the years I have kicked union members out of my house during parties twice and once broke a mans jaw who threatened me for not joining a union.
Huboons 9 months ago 2
@Huboons - Yes, I see your a satisfied corp lap dog. Good for you, your trained very well. And, as you say, you like it. What you don't like are people organizing to better THEIR lot, when you see them as inferior to you. You throw them out of your house and if possible you accost them physically. This doesn't win anyone's respect, and makes no difference to me, because I only hate the worst in unions a little less than you. So relax. Take your Viagra and do your 9-5, we'll do the heavy lifting.
pjamesbda 9 months ago
@pjamesbda Sorry, you are a collectivist who is looking to enrich himself by stealing from others. The only difference between you and the guy who robbed me a few years back is that your weapon is government and his was a gun. Quite frankly I have more respect for him, he KNOWS what he is.
Huboons 9 months ago 2
@pjamesbda
In ***Private Sector Unions*** the unions organize against "big, evil companies".
In *** Public Sector Unions *** the "big, evil company" is us
- the little guys making LESS than the union member because we don't have the nepotism and political pull to get into the union.
You wan't to organize against us? Eat dik
mredstriumph 9 months ago
@mredstriumph - as far as nepotism and political pull goes, there is plenty of this going on without any union involvement, so vent your persecution complex somewhere else. I've had the same negative interation with unions, and because of it I've never belonged to one. I'm not proud, or ashamed of it. It all happens in the first instance because of unbalanced treatment. So given there is no place left to go I would encourage anyone to organize for defense, NOT OFFENCE dik.
pjamesbda 9 months ago
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The Cost of Living in New York is extremely higher than in Texas.
The Cost of Living is higher for the states listed to have more debt per capita.
NinjaElmo520 9 months ago
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NinjaElmo520 9 months ago
V V One of your best!
"Proud subscriber"
1betrman 9 months ago
Excellent vid. Well done!
KillBaddBugz 9 months ago
Fascism V. Socialism What ever happend to Free Market Capitalism?
ShimmeringTruth1138 9 months ago
@ShimmeringTruth1138 Fascism and Socialism are the on the same side of the same coin. Both are big government -- Fascists use race politics to stay in control, while communists and socialists use class politics. They are both socialistic and they both have these agendas.
EltonJThe 9 months ago
@EltonJThe I am aware and agree.
ShimmeringTruth1138 9 months ago
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Socialist Labor Unions must be abolished!
TheLibertyFight 9 months ago
we all have a degree of self interest. when wall street went bust it asked for a bailout. isn't that communist idealogy perpetuated, by susposed capitalist elites?
hume1234561 9 months ago
@hume1234561 It is socialism. That is the government controls the factors of production in this case Wall Street. All industries and groups want socialism for themselves. I want free money from the government for example. It is the role of documents such as the constitution, decleration of independence ect to restrain government.
PocketJokersdotCom 9 months ago
@PocketJokersdotCom you can't regulate self interest and it's absurd of
VV to think we can.
hume1234561 9 months ago
Excellent..! The truth is hard for some.
imcal101 9 months ago
I'm oversubscribing from this right wing corporate drivel..Shame on you for this crap.
grandelfe 9 months ago
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It's a house of cards...
notpcone 9 months ago
@MerulaMondlicht probably don't realize how good they had it
nottinmatterz2day 9 months ago
Union members, research union leadership ties to a global communist movement. The argument has been framed that it’s not fair for bankers to take home billions and workers deserve a bigger share. If the global movement takes hold, American workers will compete with unions globally. Their fair share is going to shrink drastically. Leadership drives away private industry to collude with governments for means of production. Last time that happened on a large scale, millions died of starvation.
matahaari 9 months ago
It's the Jewish international banking cartel that prints money at interest and cooks up fraudulent derivatives contracts and puts them on the backs of the people. We don't owe it. It's fraud. ARREST THE BANKSTERS.
jbrider555 9 months ago
Unions are just a small part of the problem. The main issue is the jew banking cartels controlling the economy and politicians. The rest is smokescreen.
logman72 9 months ago
@logman72 Sadly most people are too dumb to understand. When you start pointing fingers at the jewish, people just say you are racist and you lost all creditbility. The jewish bankers are 100x smarter than them and they deserve to be enslaved forever. But I have to say unions are still important social problems not just a smokescreen. But the root of these problems lied in the Federal Reserve.
page826 9 months ago
GREAT VIDEO! Thanks for making it.
BourneAccident 9 months ago
interesting!
bodyheals 9 months ago
Look folks.....the big corporations and banks are paying massive amounts of money to gop pacs and parties...while it is true that unions do give monies to politicians...it is pennys compared to what the real power brokers are throwing around....Daniel attacking the small players as usual.
clev9980 9 months ago
@clev9980 -You're obviously so indoctrinated you're BEYOND stupid. A stupid person would know that Goldman Sachs was an Obama supporter. A stupid person would know that GE's Jeffrey Immelt is part of Obama's staff. He's a CEO! He is Mr Corporation. A stupid person could know this but you're BEYOND stupid. You want to talk about Corporations and the GOP but you're so indoctrinated you're too stupid to look at GE, GM, and Google. Stupidity is a better condition than your level of indoctrination.
thomaserossi 9 months ago
In some states like here in Idaho the public unions don't fare so well since we are predominately right wing conservative leaning , they don't have many politicians they can purchase. The teacher salary is pretty low compared to other states, recently the state passed a merit based system that isn't very popular among teachers. The law was passed during the same period as the Madison fiasco, the state superintendent kind of got lucky due to the bad press coming out of WI for public unions.
idahotandj 9 months ago
Great video. I live just outside Madison, WI and this video got right to the point. You cannot allow a select minority of the population to have considerably more control of how the government operates and how it spends the people's money. Public sector unions are no different than a special interest. The people of my state knowingly elected new representatives and an executive that have a goal of reducing the size and expense of government. The unions have no regard for any outside their group.
BudWithBeats76 9 months ago 2
This hostility between the public and private sectors is being engineered by the bankers and politicians. They must be laughing at all of us because we are taking our eyes off the real culprits, and blaming each other. I'm losing any hope of a better future for my children, while the middle class in this country fight like rabid dogs over the scraps from the bankers tables.
Tinman980 9 months ago
@Tinman980 Bingo the rich get richer and the slave steal and fight amongst themselves. Always has been that way and always will.
cosmosgato 9 months ago
Unless I missed the point Unions seem to cause such economic stress that they destroy the organization they are rooted in. Well I say more government unions! In fact no one should work for the government that isnt in a union. And damn they should all get multi million dollar retirements one year (or less) after starting work. The faster we kill this puppy the better...
You can say the Gov isn't a business all you want, the same economic rules apply.
Rudenewt 9 months ago
besides public unions & GS making money nonstop as you stated, you can add the hedge fund pricks, the military industrial complex, the prison system, the insurance companies, western Central banks, Rapiscan (who make the tsa cancer airport scanners), Big Oil, and Big Pharma to the list of those who have not suffered in this greatest depression. Have I missed any others?
therocknrollcook 9 months ago
The same thing is going on in Canada where unions have even more power...
boogyjuggy 9 months ago 2
LIAR LIAR LIAR PANTS ON FIRE
Gabriel1o1 9 months ago
Are we to believe that NAFTA and GAAT have nothing to do with this? Shame on the ignorance of anyone that doesn't see this for what it is. This is the intentional destruction of the United States through economic acquistition. There will be plenty of demagoguery and class warfare as a diversion.
Patriotsurvivalist0 9 months ago
Great video Daniel...
dbmdsv 9 months ago
Problem is it will never just be public unions. Once they bust these then it will be nothing to destroy the private side. Along with it will be working rights and conditions. Least we forget the Right leaning corporations and their sponsors are responsible for the largest erosion in the middle class and working families ever.I have no problem with the free market system. However if you are making 10'2 of millions while fleecing working families something is wrong.
benshivd 9 months ago
@benshivd Farther , why aren't we taking about how retirees have to choose between food and medicine. Because pharma companies are charging 400 % more than any other country anywhere. Or why it costs 50 times more to do a hip replacement than 20 years ago . For the same technology / procedure. These cost usually godown over time. Yet medical and pharma costs are going through the roof. That is what is unsustainable.
benshivd 9 months ago
@benshivd Also wanted to add. What about the thieves that stole the pension funds of those that worked 20,30,40 years ? Or lost the life savings of families because if derivatives, swaps, hedge funds, and ponzy schemes. These thieves are still robbing us blind by the way. I hear the right crying about regulations being too harsh. How do they get away with doing this time and again then ? Thats why we cannot go back to pre 2008 in my opinion.
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@visionvictory I just posted what the money bomb on this date is for, check out RonPaul2012. com to see the banner. Romney was boasting he raised 10 million, bet it wasn't by the people but from corporations. ;)
1776Rosco 9 months ago
GREAT VIDEO!
winikten1 9 months ago
Most private unions are just as evil. Don't be so naive.
okefixico 9 months ago
@okefixico all unions are in it for the same reason, to get their members more pay and benefits. the difference is, as he mentioned, is in the private sector, companies have limited resources with which to work with, so they have less control. In the public sector, the unions can milk the taxpayers for massive amounts of money and then turn around and use that money to get politicians elected that will perpetuate the cycle of corruption.
winikten1 9 months ago
unions = entitlements
TheBusinessWomen 9 months ago
This is very timely. Our postal workers are on strike here in Canada.
pimpstoney 9 months ago
Thanks for making this video! My dad was a union worker (carpenter) all his life and he said that his union became more socialist as the years went by and they stopped looking out for the common worker, but the union officials sure did live large. He is anti-union now and didn't support the Wisconsin union protests and neither do I. I am an ex-policeman and the last thing I want for my state (Louisiana) is to turn away from being a right to work state. Unions equal communism & higher U.S. debt!
Nehribus 9 months ago 6
ALL unions must be destroyed if America is to survive... period. Case closed. End of story.
robn8r72 9 months ago 15
@robn8r72 Agreed, but there will have to be violence if this is going to happen. Union members are thieves whose weapon is government. If that weapon is taken away the gun will be their next weapon. Anti-union people like you and I need to be prepared. Buy weapons, train with them, be prepared.
Huboons 9 months ago
@Huboons Violence? Wow, son... you have some issues. Get help. People who believe the way you do are a detriment and a hindrance to our side. Might I suggest tuning out Alex Jones, Ron Paul and the rest of the whackjobs? At least it would be a start.
robn8r72 9 months ago 3
@robn8r72 Get back to me when union members are killing non-members.
Huboons 9 months ago
@Huboons I really hope the FBI or some other law enforcement agency is keeping it's eye on you, kid. If you honestly believe that, you're just flat-out psycho.
robn8r72 9 months ago 3
@robn8r72 Preparing to defend myself against union violence and I need to be watched? If anyone is nuts its you. You clearly have no understanding of the nature of unions, collectivism and their relationship to mob violence.
Huboons 9 months ago
@Huboons Oh, I know all about unions and violence, son. By advocating violence against the unions, however, you have lowered yourself to their level. So, essentially, you're no better than the average union thug.
Seriously... get help.
robn8r72 8 months ago 4
@robn8r72 Actually I'm advocating self defense unions will start killing if they lose too much power. And even if they don't they are already thieves whose weapon is government, you would defend yourself if someone robbed you with a gun wouldn't you? Well there is ZERO difference between that and union members other than their weapon of choice, you're just too stupid to know you are being attacked.
Huboons 8 months ago
@Huboons Whatever gets you through the night, son. I'll let Nurse Ratchet know that your dosage needs to be upped...
robn8r72 8 months ago 3
@robn8r72 I notice you completely ignore the fundamental moral arguments being made and just go with name calling. I would stick with that, it's really all you have.
Huboons 8 months ago
@Huboons That's odd... you already agreed with me on the "fundamental moral argument." Where we disagree is on how to rid the nation of labor unions. I believe that violence should only be used as a last resort, while you wish to start busting heads like the cowardly thugs you claim to be against. When faced with a loon, I can only treat said loon like the loon that said loon is. I'll be glad to have an adult conversation with you when you start acting like one. Until then...
robn8r72 8 months ago 2
@robn8r72 You are fine with being stolen from. I am not. You are already being assaulted through government and you are fine just taking it. You won't defend yourself. So either we do not agree or you simply do not understand the argument in the first place. Someone is in your house right now stealing from you. What are you going to do about it?
Huboons 8 months ago
@Huboons I am not the issue here, son. The issue is your quickness to stoop to the level of the union thugs instead of relegating violence to "last resort" status, where it belongs. So, you have no defense for your insanity, which leads you to attempt deflection by trying to, somehow, make me the issue. That's an old, tired tactic, kid... and it's not going to work. You must be one of those Paulistinians. They like to try that, too.
Let me know when you grow up, junior.
robn8r72 8 months ago
@robn8r72 Like I said, we don't agree on the basic moral principle here. You are just fine being stolen from.
Huboons 8 months ago
@Huboons Like I said: A) I am NOT the issue here. B) Whatever gets you through the night. C) Let me know when you grow up.
Have fun in the Cuckoo's Nest, Murphy.
robn8r72 8 months ago
@robn8r72 I don't remember Alex Jones or Ron Paul advocating violence. Will you send me a link to a video in which one of them does so? Much appreciated, sir.
andrewh817 8 months ago
@andrewh817 I never said they did. However, their penchant for furthering the most inane conspiracy theories on Earth help to breed paranoia such as Huboons', which leads to violence, such as Huboons is advocating. Try to follow along, son...
robn8r72 8 months ago 2
@robn8r72 There's nothing wrong with private unions. Private workers are not paid with illegitimately obtained money, so there's nothing wrong with them demanding higher wages. If those going on strike in the private sector can be easily replaced then they will be and that will keep costs low for a business.
andrewh817 9 months ago
@andrewh817 The very idea of a labor union is communistic in nature. Therefore, ALL labor unions are evil. Therefore, ALL labor unions should be abolished.
It's called "logical thinking," kid. You should try it some time.
robn8r72 8 months ago
@robn8r72 Communism is a government system. A private sector union is not, so what the hell are you talking about?
andrewh817 8 months ago
@andrewh817 I guess along with "logical thinking," you also need some remedial reading comprehension courses. The answer to your question is apparent in my post... IF you are smart enough to see it. I guess you're not...
robn8r72 8 months ago
@attemptingtobehumble
I was disappointed when Daniel joined NIA, but he still provides worthwhile videos which I check out from time to time. I agree with the sentiment expressed in this video and have done enough research myself to know his info is at least in the ballpark of being accurate.
If the information is sound and the presentation is effective, trust has nothing to do with it.
A good vid is a good vid.
continuityofliberty 9 months ago
Send this to Max Keiser - maybe a light will go off.
continuityofliberty 9 months ago
I see what you are saying about private unions because their are very hard working, honest, good people in the rank and file.But they are no better than public unions.They distort labor costs, drive prices up,kill business, and are thoroughly corrupt at the top. They are nearly as bad as public unions.They are virtually drummed out of the private sector. The only thing keeping them afloat are state labor laws. I have paid bribes..err cash to local bosses several times to get on job sites.Scam.
ConservativeLogic 9 months ago 2
Big bankers run away with billions then they want us to attack the firefighter, teacher, or police officer that make about 30k a year. No thanks I'm not buying it, attack the right people like JP Morgan and wall street.
attemptingtobehumble 9 months ago
@attemptingtobehumble how about we not attack anybody. You can't blame them for running w/ the money we we gave it to them. If we let failing business fail they wouldn't have our money, the corrupt people would be out of a job and smart businesses would thrive. Attacking wall street (the source of capital for the companies that produce everything you like) is a stupid idea that would only make a smart business man sit on his money instead of doing things with it.
lockdown260 9 months ago
@lockdown260 You really believe that business men can't do anything with their money without wallstreet? LOL that really is a laugh, I have owned a business for over 10 years and I have never dealt with wallstreet. Sorry but I don't want to invest in stocks that will probably be used in the military industrial complex to bomb innocent civilians, no thanks. :)
attemptingtobehumble 9 months ago
@attemptingtobehumble I never said businesses couldn't do anything w/o wallstreet. I said that many companies that make thins you like use WS as a medium to get the capital they use to run their business. I'm assuming you have a computer, a house, a cellphone , a car, a credit/debit card, a TV and mp3 player (amongst other luxuries of 1st world living). Unless All of those thing were made by guys in sheds, they (most likely) come from companies that used WS to get the capital to make it.
lockdown260 9 months ago
@lockdown260 Actually I don't have a credit card and I never will have one. Wallstreet is a bane to humanities existance, just read Aristotle and see what he thought of usury. We need to start investing in our local communities and not in these giant corporations that are literally killing people. First world living does not come from wallstreet if anything they are going to destroy the first world because of pushing for so much illegal immigration for cheap labor so the corporations can kill
attemptingtobehumble 9 months ago
@attemptingtobehumble Ok lets do a thought experiment. Think of all the countries that have stock exchanges (like WS) and all the ones that don't. Which countries economies are doing better? Which countries would you rather live in?
Next, think of all the countries where many huge corps have large presence and all the ones that don't (not even in factories) which countries are richer?
Also, you have any proof corps murder people? If not the again don't be obtuse
lockdown260 9 months ago
@lockdown260 If you think the United States is rich you are obviously delusional. Yeah we are so rich that is why we have to borrow from the Chinese, print money from the federal reserve and are in trillions of dollars of debt. Gee I sure am glad we have wallstreet lol. I think we should do what Russia and Iceland is doing and start locking up these crooked bankers. Are country would be wealthy and not engaged in all these wars without wallstreet.
attemptingtobehumble 9 months ago
@lockdown260 Of course multinational corporations kill people along with destroying the environment. The British just recently even passed laws holding corporations accountable for killing people.
attemptingtobehumble 9 months ago
@attemptingtobehumble Again do you have proof? Saying "of course they do" is merely an assertion. Do they use guns, bombs, poison? What motive did they have? Did they do it for fun?
Destroying the environment? LULZ:') So I guess countries w/o multinational corps(all the poor ones really) should have the cleanest living conditions. Oh wait.
lockdown260 9 months ago
@lockdown260 Uh of course they use bombs and guns. Haven't you ever heard of the Iran-Contra affair? The motive is money obviously but you better not piss off any corporations you might want to work for lol. Cleanest living conditions lol, yeah right tell that to Beijing China where their water is completely polluted and now they have cancer rates similar to the West because of corporations.
attemptingtobehumble 9 months ago
@attemptingtobehumble Well w/o said corps China would still be poor. But ok you found an acception cool. Now what about all the countries w/o corps? How is life for them? Terrible. As for the contra affair, that was done by the government. Last time I checked they weren't a mult-nat corp. Sooo yeah still a fail on your part. The computer you are typing on was made or has components made by corps. If you hate businesses so much stop buying from them. Also show proof of murder or gtho.
lockdown260 9 months ago
@lockdown260 Wrong China needed to lift its communist policies but they should have never let global corporations in. If you want a prosperous nation then you need to allow small businesses like the one I have thrive not allow government backed global corporations in your country that work off of slave labor. I just showed you proof of murder with government and corporations collaborating, the Iran Contra affair. Can't you read?
attemptingtobehumble 9 months ago
@lockdown260 Research Corporate manslaughter statute.
attemptingtobehumble 9 months ago
@lockdown260 You are pretty naive if you think global corporations that sell weapons are not involved in murder for profit. lol
attemptingtobehumble 9 months ago
@lockdown260 You really need to wake up to what wallstreet along with these global bankers are doing to the first world.
attemptingtobehumble 9 months ago
@lockdown260 Also, I didn't give them that money I was never asked. The government will throw you in jail if you don't pay the taxes for the money they gave these greedy corrupt bankers.
attemptingtobehumble 9 months ago
@attemptingtobehumble Also don't be obtuse. There are perhaps 5 major military contractors that have dealings in wallstreet as opposed to the thousands of other businesses that operate there. Besides the US doesn't bomb innocents, only the terrorists/enemies next to them. ;)
lockdown260 9 months ago
@lockdown260 LOL the military industrial complex only bombs terrorists, right tell that to the civilians in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq and soon to be Libya. Well I noticed you would like to work for Boeing so why am I even talking to you , it is obvious you don't have a moral compass. But I guess it is a good think all this is going to fall like the Soviet Union because we need it too, there are too many people like you that encourage the evil on wallstreet and in the government.
attemptingtobehumble 9 months ago
@attemptingtobehumble You do realize that Boeing makes civilian planes too right? Are you too busy being ignorant to do a google search. I noticed you didn't even entertain the questions I asked. Our GDP is the highest in the world and nearly 5 times our nearest competitor. If we aren't a rich nation then a guess everyone is poor. Russia is actually broke. Using them as an example really prove your ignorance of economics. Attacking capital makes everyone poorer. You be stupid to want that.
lockdown260 9 months ago
@lockdown260 Boeing does not just make commercial airline planes. I have an uncle who worked for Boeing a high executive as a matter of fact and they also make parts for military planes; he even went so far as to tell me that they were selling military parts for North Korea. There is actually a military contract with Bell-Boeing so you obviously don't know what you are talking about. Once again you can't be a wealthy country when you are 14 trillion dollars in debt.
attemptingtobehumble 9 months ago
@lockdown260 Also, Russia is beginning to back their currency with gold so they will come out of their recession unfortunately we won't because we are stuck in the central banking fiat currency wallstreet welfare mindset.
attemptingtobehumble 9 months ago
@lockdown260 Boeing is a scumbag corporation who is willing to sell to any terrorist country even US's enemies.
attemptingtobehumble 9 months ago
union's produce, fat lazy dumbazz fuckers..who dont even work. look at autoworkers, police and teacher's..could they get any fatter..hell the only thing the NAZIS did good. was to get rid of UNIONS..they r killing usa and canada...FUCK EM, FAT FUCKING MORONS...FUCK EM.
chadberry75 9 months ago
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mikked82 9 months ago