tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29735096.post116263655152123791..comments2022-02-28T23:09:06.522-11:00Comments on Dr. Homeslice: Union Bouquet #6.5Dr. Homeslicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00783745875952845318noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29735096.post-1163040142259264562006-11-08T15:42:00.000-11:002006-11-08T15:42:00.000-11:00It's not about the teachers, Doctor... it's about...It's not about the teachers, Doctor... it's about the fact that membership in the Union is mandatory, whether you want the Union representation or not. It's about whether we choose to have a Soviet-style education system where the State has a virtual monopoly on education, or whether we embrace the free market.<BR/><BR/>Personally, I'm against using threats of violence and coercion to fund *any* program, no matter now necessary it may be. I truly believe that free people acting in a free market will always be better off than those whose economic decisions are made for them by central planners, no matter how well-meaning or enlightened those central planners happen to be.<BR/><BR/>And by the way -- we really weren't upset about the lack o endorsement. We just wanted to point out that mandatory participation in a Union is a Soviet practice, the kind Irena's mother thought she was leaving behind when she escaped from Communist Czechoslovakia.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com