[longtermmemmory]

I thought this was an interesting 1:48 clip about corrupt unions using a corrupt BLOATED government to pad their own pockets via inefficiency.

If anyone remembers the UPS strike a few years back, the issue was control of the pension fund NOT improvment of life for workers. (see now BP spill slush fund)

[driftdiver]

I don’t use UPS because of this kind of stuff.

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

As a result, UPS's workforce is much more heavily unionized than FEDEX's—and more than twice as expensive.

So is UPS more than twice the rate of FedEx postage. Nope.

Sometimes the private sector just does not live up to promise of competition. The most egregious example I can think of is education. The public schools cost about $10,000 per pupil per year where I live. A secular private school will run about $25,000 for a year's tuition. Yet the public schools are bogged down with teacher salaries and pensions that are way more costly that those in the private schools. Where does the money go? With tuition fees as they are, one can kiss private education goodbye except for the rich.

[tacticalogic]

I heard a story once about the differnece between living in the US and living in Soviet Russia. It went something like:

In the US, if a farmer gets a new tractor and his neighbor is jealous, he starts trying to figure out how he can make more money and get an even better tractor. In Russia, the neighbor will start trying to find something he can report the first farmer to the KGB for and get him in trouble so they take his new tractor away and give it to him.

[IrishCatholic]

bookmark.

[Rocky]

“What can Barack do for you?”

[max americana]

Thanks for the vid. Here in L.A., their pick-up depots are located in the most screwed up, dangerous places in L.A...plus they close at 6 PM. How the hell are u spoosed to pick up your packages after work..in the most traffic congested cities in America?

Fedex depot is just 1 block away from me here in Hollywood BTW. Love Fedex.