massimus said:
Final-Fan said:
Well, if I thought that the problems unions and the EPA were created to fix would stay fixed forever if we got rid of unions and the EPA, I'd be in favor of throwing them in the garbage too. But I'm not a child.
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No, you just think like one. Or do you think? It sounds like you just regurgitate what you are told. You missed the entire point of that post. We don’t need unions anymore because state law covers basic workers rights. The scotus just ruled that federal unions can’t force employees to pay dues because its “compelled Speech”. They take your dues and then support left wing hack campaign funds. Let’s see how fast union participation drops now. It’s the same with the EPA, a lot has happened with state law since the introduction of the EPA, young one.
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It's true that state environmental law isn't exactly the same as it was in 1970. It's also true that there is a shitload of bad stuff that could (and, I argue, would) happen in many states without the EPA's existence, and pollution doesn't respect state borders.
This is how blinkered you are: the SCOTUS decision that said unions can't force employees to pay dues that go to campaign funds happened decades ago. The SCOTUS decision that said unions can't force employees to pay dues at all happened just recently. Those are different decisions. In the past, unions have collected "fair share" dues and in return they were forced by law to represent those employees. Now that employees can opt out of dues entirely, I expect unions to successfully challenge the law to get out of representing the leeches. Let's see how long it takes for some bitch to complain about the union not representing his non-due-paying ass when his company screws him over.