
Originally Posted by
Jason Hyatt
Isn't that pretty much true of every job? You pretty well know what you're getting into, so no matter what happens you should just shut up and take it, right? I mean hey, you sign up to be a miner you just accept you're gonna get black lung disease. Too damn bad if your health insurance is cancelled because you got sick. You knew what you were getting into when you signed up. It's not it's news; that's been going on for generations. Get out of the way so someone else can dig that coal and quit your bitching. You join the Army in the middle of two wars you know you might end up with a traumatic head injury. If the Army decides your head injury is only worth 30% disability and you end up homeless, well hey, you knew that when you signed up. It's not like nobody knows soldiers are getting screwed out of lifetime benefits every day; it's been in the news for years. It's a dangerous job and if you don't like it get out of the way and let someone else do the job, right?
Of course not. That's patently ridiculous. Simply because a job comes with hardships does not mean those working the job don't have the right to petition for a redress of grievances (I seem to remember reading that somewhere. Oh yeah. The Constitution...). Would you call miners greedy bastards because they get paid well enough and they know what they're getting into? Would you call soldiers whiners for not being content with the pittance the Pentagon shells out each month to them? I wouldn't. All the unions are asking for is to not have their right to bargain collectively taken away from them. They already agreed to the other concessions. What is so unreasonable about that?