It is always difficult to take a complex issue and turn it into a one liner. Should public employees have a vehicle in which to voice their concerns about salary, benefits, pension, and working conditions? Now the big question, should that voice be the local employees operating independently or should that voice be an international union that is in bed with the politicians?
I will have to hear more before I write Cain off.
>> I will have to hear more before I write Cain off. >>
I am far from suggesting anyone write him off - but I do find his position on this puzzling and not consistent with many other things he believes. I wonder if this is the result of some bad internal advice.
Once the Commies were rooted out of the government (and particularly the Communist unionizers were a bit more than "rooted out") Roosevelt issued an executive order that allowed federal employees to write to their Congressmen.
Prior to that the only one speaking for federal employees to Congressmen were union reps. Approval to write to your Senator came later. You could get in serious difficulty just writing to a state legislator.
People who want to roll things back to the days before recognition are playing with some serious fire.