A Response To Richard, aka Those Who Believe Public Employee Unions Serve A Noble Purpose

I actually agree that within the world of free, private enterprise Labor Unions serve a useful purpose ... Financial organizations merge, organize to gain clout in the marketplace, and economies of scale ... Producers of raw materials do the same thing ... Labor is entitled, actually required, in the free market, to organize, collectively .... However, if one component (labor, capital, or raw materials) renders the entire product non-competitive in the marketplace, the entire enterprise fails

Public Employee Unions pervert the entire system, however .. In order for the free market system to work, ultimately, some enterprises MUST fail. The government, because of its seemingly limitless ability to tax, has until now, never been allowed to fail. There is no responsibility to the marketplace for the final product. There is no competition. Couple that with the ability of public employee unions to effectively vote in their own boss (See Lincoln Chafee), the system begins to act in favor of its employees, not the customer\shareholder\stakeholder (The Citizen Taxpayer) In a State like Rhode Island, where a disproportionate share of the populace draws sustenance from the State, whether it be employee, or charity case the interests of the state take precedence over the interests of the Citizen.
Not only is the condition terminal financially, it also tends to provoke a complete breakdown in the quality of the goods and services delivered, in this case, by the State of Rhode Island
Apt comparisons can be drawn between the collapse of government services in the waning days of the Soviet Union to the intolerable conditions here in Lil Rhody ... the poor school systems, the crumbling infrastructure, the inept law enforcement (see Providence) ...

So Richard, I thank your Unions everyday ... Everyday that I pay for a private education for my children, while my confiscatory taxes feed an incompetent public school system (that is clearly more focused on the quality of teacher compensation, than the teachers themselves) I thanked the Unions last year when I blew out a tire in late spring on Hope Street, in a pothole the size of CF ... I thank the Unions for a Law Enforcement system that forces citizens to give up their drivers license if they are late on the seemingly endless series of taxes, but encourages illegal aliens to drive on my rutted potholed streets .... I thank the Unions for creating a Dept of Motor Vehicles that would be shamed in the Soviet Union ... And of course, every night when I say my prayers, I thank the Unions for helping to elect an incompetent useful idiot, who may be borderline functional in the real world, to the title of Governor of the State of Rhode Island (and Providence Plantations)

The RINO In The Room ...

Conservatives & Libertarians are again being called upon to vote for a Republican, merely because they aren't Linc Chafee or Frank Caprio .... For too many years, in a manner bearing striking similarities to the treatment of African American Democrats, Conservatives & Libertarians have been asked to check their principles at the door, because, well, its better than the alternative. I believe differently ... Embracing another MeToo Bush Republican is nothing more than a continued prop to the status quo. That propping up a thoroughly corrupted, financially, economically & morally bankrupt Rhode Island represents progress against an enemy ingrained in RIThink is somehow ennobling

It is time to let Rhode Island Go ...

The efforts of a well meaning few, (If Black is the new White, is the Tea Party the new Operation Clean Government? Anyone for a march down Route 95?) to provide continued economic support to a moocher\looter constituency that lives off their efforts, in fact relies upon them to provide a host organism, does nothing but delay the inevitable ... a complete economic\social collapse.

Slavery to a failed system ... in this case the Rhode Island Economy\"Way of Life" ... is nothing more than a delusional belief that a few individuals can continue to simultaneously support, and at the same time reform a society so selfish, so narcissistic that one is reminded of a woman's love for an abusive boyfriend.

In a manner not unlike a whore's ... your desire to save them is neither understood, or desired. Trust me, they are not grateful.

How else to explain the leftward swing in last months primary elections? The complete denial over the pension abyss that lies before us? An ignorance of even the most fundamental economic principles?

A Governor who insists that Rhode Island shows a surplus, despite a multi-billion dollar unfunded pension liability?

The display of political might of a Union Culture that will inevitably bankrupt us?

The Greed of a Corporate Culture that will use the last of our discretionary funds to bankroll a risky high tech gaming venture ... a move that brings to mind the vision of a late night, desperate gambler, playing his last few chips on Red?

It is time to let Rhode Island Go ...

Liberals, Unions, the Welfare Industrial Complex, when quizzed about the source of their funding, inevitably point to the existence a vague Wealthy Class, from whom an unimaginable fount of riches emanates. When they are forced (usually under some form of psychological duress) to admit that there may be some limitations to this wealth, they invariably stumble away, muttering that the wealth will simply BE there ... This blind faith that you, the producer, will always be there to support them needs to be shaken badly ...

It is time to let Rhode Island Go ...

For those of you with options, invest elsewhere ...starve them of the capital they need ... your tax dollars are their wealth ... Among the few private sector employees remaining? Recognize the coming storm and act accordingly ... Companies unfortunate enough to own/rent property in Providence have begun to see the "New, Progressive" Tax Structure already ... Own a business here? Take what little time is left to diversify ... seek new revenue streams elsewhere ... Pay those taxes due, when due ... As seen in the aftermath of the floods, Rhode Island's cash flow is so poor that even a delay of a few weeks threw the bureaucracy into a near death spiral.


Simply put, the Producers who cling to the notion that Rhode Island can somehow be saved merely continue to enable the behavior of the looters\moochers who cannot grasp the notion that wealth needs to be created, not distributed ... that the success of the few can improve the lives of many ... that productivity & innovation are to be cherished, not derided ... and as a Society, we cannot continue to blindly trust that the actions of a few will continue to support the many, who choose to sit on life's sidelines, waiting for their handout


PO Taxpayer