Judah, Excellent points, sir.
You hit the nail on the head about privatization. In some cases it can work better, but it isn't automatically a better choice by design, as many might think. In fact, if the private company is a for-profit corporation, then by federal law they *must* act solely to increase the profits of the shareholders, and while that in some cases means there is a component of efficiency strived for, it typically means a higher end cost to the consumer to create that profit margin. Good discussion, all. Respectfully, Adam Phillip Churvis President Productivity Enhancement -----Original Message----- From: Judah McAuley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 8:00 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Anyone Bummed About The GM Settlement? Adam Churvis wrote: > Judah, > > The issue is more granular than "union/no union." It must take into account > the actions taken by unions over the years, the habits they gotten > themselves into, and how those habit affect industries in today's world > economy. I agree completely. My first post was taking on the notion that unions are obviously to blame. That is patently ridiculous. The situation is obviously much more complex than the existence of a union or not, however. I'm in favor of unions as an institution but I agree that they need to evolve over time to meet changing conditions, just like all other institutions. I'm not particularly happy with a lot of the AFL/CIO and as recent defections would indicate, a number of unions aren't either. <snips a bunch of good stuff /> <also snips a bunch of good stuff /> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Download the latest ColdFusion 8 utilities including Report Builder, plug-ins for Eclipse and Dreamweaver updates. http;//www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs%5adobecf8%5Fbeta Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:243212 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
