Snark of the day

[nancylebov]

From Yglesias:

What you do with the contracting is that instead of handing money over to unionized public sector workers who hand some of the money back to Democratic Party politicians, you hand the money over to a contracting firm that hands some of the money back to Republican Party politicians.

Link thanks to The Agitator.

Comments

[whswhs.livejournal.com]

The two cases I had in mind were the workers don't realize how much the union is doing for them and the unions were not really serving their members all that well.

[avram]

In the 19th century, before the labor union movement really took off, how well did typical workers live?

In the mid-20th century, when unions were strong, how well did typical workers live?

In the late 20th century, and early 21st, when unions are weak (especially in the private sector), how well do typical workers live?

[subnumine.livejournal.com]

An elementary instance of the tragedy of the commons. If people can get away with not paying for something, many of them will; my local classical station gets support from 10% of its listeners. Yet the 90% like it enough to tune in.