Things I don't grok
Why is it being called a failure of democracy for a state legislature to debate and vote on a bill and pass it by majority rule?
The representatives were duly elected in free elections.
Their votes are not being coerced or threatened and they have no personal gain to be had from it.
I'm totally not getting why the majority passing a bill that the minority disagrees with can be considered a failure of democracy.
If the legislators *truly* are not doing the will of the people who elected them then can't the voters unseat them in the next election and restore the collective bargaining rights of the public unions?
Which leads me to another boggle: what is the purpose of a PUBLIC SECTOR union? In a private sector the many labor (who pay the ultimate price) band together to have sufficient clout to counter the pressure of the profit motive being brought to bear by ownership (who receive the benefits).
Who is the public sector union in an adversarial relationship with? It seems to me like the VOTERS are the ones who pay the price and have to counter the private profit motive of the public sector workers! Why do public sector unions even EXIST?
Am I completely misreading something here? Why are people so upset in Wisconsin?
Or is this just the first round of the zombie riots hitting the United States?
The representatives were duly elected in free elections.
Their votes are not being coerced or threatened and they have no personal gain to be had from it.
I'm totally not getting why the majority passing a bill that the minority disagrees with can be considered a failure of democracy.
If the legislators *truly* are not doing the will of the people who elected them then can't the voters unseat them in the next election and restore the collective bargaining rights of the public unions?
Which leads me to another boggle: what is the purpose of a PUBLIC SECTOR union? In a private sector the many labor (who pay the ultimate price) band together to have sufficient clout to counter the pressure of the profit motive being brought to bear by ownership (who receive the benefits).
Who is the public sector union in an adversarial relationship with? It seems to me like the VOTERS are the ones who pay the price and have to counter the private profit motive of the public sector workers! Why do public sector unions even EXIST?
Am I completely misreading something here? Why are people so upset in Wisconsin?
Or is this just the first round of the zombie riots hitting the United States?