tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450026683608056510.post1337039566801312925..comments2023-06-15T05:00:37.701-05:00Comments on Jill Sixpack: Unions Are Like VaccinesOrdinary Jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05967266466238236424noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450026683608056510.post-41082375844850799462013-07-02T07:12:23.306-05:002013-07-02T07:12:23.306-05:00I didn't study "socialist" economics...I didn't study "socialist" economics, Deekaman. I understand human nature and the tendency to be greedier and lazier than is good for one, in the absence of strong incentives to do otherwise. I also understand the tendency to go for short-term gain that will have a disproportionate long-term cost, or that will shift the cost to others. The Texas home construction industry is Ordinary Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05967266466238236424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450026683608056510.post-20778700491864197012013-06-30T08:20:16.280-05:002013-06-30T08:20:16.280-05:00You understand Socialist economics quite well, but...You understand Socialist economics quite well, but do not understand either capitalism or fundamental human nature. At all. Surveys that ask for anecdotals are notoriously inaccurate. They get what the researcher is looking for.<br /><br />The overall RIR for Construction is 3.9 (2011, BLS - most recent BLS data available). According to BLS data for Texas, the rate here is 2.8. http://Beer, Bicycles and the VRWChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08976779901265528597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450026683608056510.post-24661998804491050122013-06-30T07:58:42.466-05:002013-06-30T07:58:42.466-05:00I base my opinions on empirical facts, Deekaman, n...I base my opinions on empirical facts, Deekaman, not ideology. I have actually studied economics and understand it very well. A recent study of conditions in Texas' construction industry documents the high rate of workplace injury and wage theft. Highlights of the study (and a link to the entire study) can be found here:<br />http://scienceblogs.com/thepumphandle/2013/02/01/Ordinary Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05967266466238236424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450026683608056510.post-74209667965069637432013-06-30T07:57:46.509-05:002013-06-30T07:57:46.509-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ordinary Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05967266466238236424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450026683608056510.post-25885518389242683912013-06-29T09:51:33.405-05:002013-06-29T09:51:33.405-05:00You are wrong about Worker's Compensation. Si...You are wrong about Worker's Compensation. Since I deal in it, I think I would know. Wage theft? Prove it. It is as ubiquitous a you believe voter fraud is.<br /><br />You are also wrong about the current Texas economy. It is as much manufacturing as it is oil. And a good bit of the "oil bidness" is in equipment, rather than oil itself. I've seen manufacturing from ABB toBeer, Bicycles and the VRWChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08976779901265528597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450026683608056510.post-8372034717779708252013-06-29T07:26:40.191-05:002013-06-29T07:26:40.191-05:00Texas has the highest rate of construction workfor...Texas has the highest rate of construction workforce deaths in the country, precisely because there is no requirement for Worker's Compensation or other protections that unions guarantee. Wage theft is also a huge problem. That's why houses are so cheap. You save $10,000 on the purchase of a home, at the cost of a life. The Texas economy is a house of cards resting on a very shaky Ordinary Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05967266466238236424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450026683608056510.post-83792751370413381312013-06-26T21:44:22.429-05:002013-06-26T21:44:22.429-05:00The busting of public-sector unions is akin to bus...The busting of public-sector unions is akin to busting up the mafia. The only thing that should have happened that didn't was that no politicians went to jail for their corrupt dealings with public-sector unions. Walker ended public-sector union corruption, nothing else. Wisconsin is still heavily unionized in manufacturing. Consequently, no one in their right mind will open a Beer, Bicycles and the VRWChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08976779901265528597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450026683608056510.post-1411211276380342842013-06-26T06:53:01.106-05:002013-06-26T06:53:01.106-05:00By your argument, Deekaman, one would expect the a...By your argument, Deekaman, one would expect the average American's real income (factoring in cost of living) to go up as unions decline. However, just the opposite has happened in recent years. One would expect Governor Walker's union-busting policies to result in real job growth (or at least beat the national average). How's that working out? Oh, that's right, Wisconsin trails Ordinary Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05967266466238236424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450026683608056510.post-62192059374109061922013-06-23T22:19:50.834-05:002013-06-23T22:19:50.834-05:00So, what you are saying here is that all businesse...So, what you are saying here is that all businesses should be forced to pay union wages so everyone has more money to spend. Do I have that right? <br /><br />What you fail to take into account is that union wage raise the cost of goods and services, making it a wash at best, because consumers have less buying power.Beer, Bicycles and the VRWChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08976779901265528597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450026683608056510.post-77894620640077253932013-06-10T02:45:44.178-05:002013-06-10T02:45:44.178-05:00The Culinary thugs have pretty much left Adelson&#...The Culinary thugs have pretty much left Adelson's property alone. They have target Station Casinos and City Center of MGM fame. Sand's property's? No protests in the past several years.<br />And Penn and Teller's views on unions and Wal-Mart: http://youtu.be/S_LN50mJGSoDanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16211149561616238625noreply@blogger.com