The election is over but the consequences will live on for decades. We have allowed special interest money to be used, through propaganda, to overturn the economic recovery plan of elected officials. The unions comprise 12% of national workers, however their deception and fear- mongering has succeeded in controlling our public sector expenses. The lap dog Democrats will receive healthy kickbacks in the form of campaign contributions. The true loser in this “process” is not only the taxpayers of Ohio and America, but every family.
Let me give you my predictions from your actions. This election is a harbinger for the other states and Governors that are trying to implement austerity programs in their states. This defeat will embolden the tyrannical minority to use similar tactics in all states. With this tool taken from governors, the cost of “public servants,” not just the firefighters, police, nurses and teachers, who shamelessly permitted propaganda ads in their name, but all bureaucrats. With this increased cost, communities, as they are doing now, will be forced to lay off workers. This will put the community in danger, and officials will overwhelm the public with levies and bond issues. If passed, these high taxes will stop people from moving into communities. Businesses will not open in these communities due to cost. If they do not pass, citizens will be put in danger. Schools will have larger classes and be unproductive. Without jobs the tax bases will continue to fall, causing more chaos. Our children will be forced to relocate to sensible states to get jobs. Who will take care of the elderly if all of the younger generation relocates?
These things, multiplied throughout liberal states, will cause a total collapse of our economic system. As you can see now the streets in cities across America are filled with Occupy Wall Street and Occupy name- the- city, protesting capitalism. You had the Tea Party in the streets last summer wanting to go back to the constitution and small government. Both sides have total disdain for government leaders. After the collapse of the dollar this will result in anarchy in our streets. We have seen this throughout the Middle East and Europe, as agitators from AFL-CIO, SEIU, and the Muslim Brotherhood joined forces to unite the workers of the world (as Marx stated and was repeated by Andy Stern President of SEIU) to overthrow capitalism. Richard Trumka, President of AFL-CIO, whose organization (with George Soros, SEIU, and Move On.org) was a major backer of We Are Ohio, won an award from the Communist Party USA for his work advancing their cause. I do not blame the rank and file union member. You were lied to, had your emotions and self-preservation instincts stirred, and mobilized to do the national leaders bidding. Marx called liberals “useful idiots”.
Now it is too late. We will play out the scenario and try to pick up the pieces when sanity is restored. Until then I am the 88. That is the 88% that will have to pay for someone else’s lapse of judgment. I will not, if within my power, support any business that employs union members. I will no longer support union charities. And I will vote No on every levy and bond issue until unions are gone.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
One Last Appeal in Love
This may be foolish on my part, but because of my love of this country, and my love for friends that I feel are being deceived, I am going to try one more time to explain my stance on public sector unions and the Ohio Senate Bill.
First the collective bargaining for public sector unions does not work because it involves two groups (Public officials and Unions) negotiating with other peoples (taxpayers) money. The Union wants to get everything they can for their clients. The public officials (Politicians) want to get re-elected. Therefore the public officials give unreasonable concessions to pander to the union members (voters). To add to the problem the union and the democrats have an incestuous relationship. The union collects dues from its grateful members, pours that money back into democrat candidates, who once again give unsustainable benefits.
The union members, faithful employees, become comfortable and righteously believe they should get what they are promised. The buy houses, cars, have children, and built their lives on these promises. Then comes the day of reckoning the inevitable time comes when the promises can no longer be sustained. In comes the other political party. People subconsciously know that the state and country are in trouble. They know something must be done, but say do not touch my normal. Their (union) leaders and the other political party tell them everything is fine, the other side is just out to get you and destroy your normal, and the union. Because you earned and want your normal you believe the people you want to believe. The is called normalcy bias.
Normalcy bias
The normalcy bias refers to a mental state people enter when facing a disaster. It causes people to underestimate both the possibility of a disaster occurring and its possible effects. This often results in situations where people fail to adequately prepare for a disaster, and on a larger scale, the failure of the government to include the populace in its disaster preparations. The assumption that is made in the case of the normalcy bias is that since a disaster never has occurred that it never will occur. It also results in the inability of people to cope with a disaster once it occurs. People with a normalcy bias have difficulties reacting to something they have not experienced before. People also tend to interpret warnings in the most optimistic way possible, seizing on any ambiguities to infer a less serious situation.
The normalcy bias may be caused in part by the way the brain processes new data. Research suggests that even when the brain is calm; it takes 8–10 seconds to process new information. Stress slows the process, and when the brain cannot find an acceptable response to a situation, it fixates on a single solution that may or may not be correct. An evolutionary reason for this response could be that paralysis gives an animal a better chance of surviving an attack; predators are less likely to eat prey that isn't struggling.
The normalcy bias often results in unnecessary deaths in disaster situations. The lack of preparation for disasters often leads to inadequate shelter, supplies, and evacuation plans. Even when all these things are in place, individuals with a normalcy bias often refuse to leave their homes. Studies have shown that more than 70% of people check with others before deciding to evacuate.
The normalcy bias also causes people to drastically underestimate the effects of the disaster. Therefore, they think that everything will be all right, while information from the radio, television, or neighbors gives them reason to believe there is a risk. This creates a cognitive dissonance that they then must work to eliminate. Some manage to eliminate it by refusing to believe new warnings coming in and refusing to evacuate (maintaining the normalcy bias), while others eliminate the dissonance by escaping the danger. The possibility that some may refuse to evacuate causes significant problems in disaster planning.
Examples: Little Sioux Scout camp in June 2008. Despite being in the middle of "Tornado Alley," the campground had no tornado shelter to offer protection from a strong tornado.
New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina. Inadequate government preparation and the denial that the levees could fail were an example of the normalcy bias, as was the thousands of people who refused to evacuate.
The September 11th Attacks can also be seen as a case of normalcy bias. Although there were adequate signals that a massive terror attack was probably in the works, inadequate steps were taken to prevent it. The scale and method of the attack may have been too novel. Even though two airplanes hit the buildings, people would go back to their office to get a purse, turn off a computer, or turn off the lights.
Prevention: The negative effects can be combated through the four stages of disaster response:
Preparation, including publicly acknowledging the possibility of disaster and forming contingency plans
Warning, including issuing clear, unambiguous, and frequent warnings and helping the public to understand and believe them impact, the stage at which the contingency plans take effect and emergency services, rescue teams, and disaster relief teams work in tandem aftermath, or reestablishing equilibrium after the fact by providing supplies and aid to those in need.
I have tried to warn of the impending financial disaster. I have warned of the national union leaders, their Marxist beliefs and desire to destroy capitalism globally. I warned of their involvement with the riots in Europe and the Middle East as well as Wisconsin and other states. They recently tried a 50 state protest. I provided my reasoning, and evidence, however instead to discourse, or having my questions answered, I have been personally attacked and my character impugned. However I hold no animosity, and love you all. I want you to honestly look at the circumstances and evaluate them for yourselves.
The biggest benefit to the state in eliminating collective bargaining is to eliminate the power of the union leaders, and high ranking public officials. Thus devolving contracts to local levels where instead of mandated expenses local governments will negotiate within their abilities. I understand that this will hurt many people who do not deserve, and cannot afford reductions in pay or benefits. However if we do not address the disaster the alternative is total collapse and no income. We need to mitigate these impending disasters, and prepare now.
Demonizing the Governor, the republicans, or those who disagree with you does not lessen the truth of our situation. My prayer is that you will see the truth and it will free you through preparation and love instead of anger in your hearts.
First the collective bargaining for public sector unions does not work because it involves two groups (Public officials and Unions) negotiating with other peoples (taxpayers) money. The Union wants to get everything they can for their clients. The public officials (Politicians) want to get re-elected. Therefore the public officials give unreasonable concessions to pander to the union members (voters). To add to the problem the union and the democrats have an incestuous relationship. The union collects dues from its grateful members, pours that money back into democrat candidates, who once again give unsustainable benefits.
The union members, faithful employees, become comfortable and righteously believe they should get what they are promised. The buy houses, cars, have children, and built their lives on these promises. Then comes the day of reckoning the inevitable time comes when the promises can no longer be sustained. In comes the other political party. People subconsciously know that the state and country are in trouble. They know something must be done, but say do not touch my normal. Their (union) leaders and the other political party tell them everything is fine, the other side is just out to get you and destroy your normal, and the union. Because you earned and want your normal you believe the people you want to believe. The is called normalcy bias.
Normalcy bias
The normalcy bias refers to a mental state people enter when facing a disaster. It causes people to underestimate both the possibility of a disaster occurring and its possible effects. This often results in situations where people fail to adequately prepare for a disaster, and on a larger scale, the failure of the government to include the populace in its disaster preparations. The assumption that is made in the case of the normalcy bias is that since a disaster never has occurred that it never will occur. It also results in the inability of people to cope with a disaster once it occurs. People with a normalcy bias have difficulties reacting to something they have not experienced before. People also tend to interpret warnings in the most optimistic way possible, seizing on any ambiguities to infer a less serious situation.
The normalcy bias may be caused in part by the way the brain processes new data. Research suggests that even when the brain is calm; it takes 8–10 seconds to process new information. Stress slows the process, and when the brain cannot find an acceptable response to a situation, it fixates on a single solution that may or may not be correct. An evolutionary reason for this response could be that paralysis gives an animal a better chance of surviving an attack; predators are less likely to eat prey that isn't struggling.
The normalcy bias often results in unnecessary deaths in disaster situations. The lack of preparation for disasters often leads to inadequate shelter, supplies, and evacuation plans. Even when all these things are in place, individuals with a normalcy bias often refuse to leave their homes. Studies have shown that more than 70% of people check with others before deciding to evacuate.
The normalcy bias also causes people to drastically underestimate the effects of the disaster. Therefore, they think that everything will be all right, while information from the radio, television, or neighbors gives them reason to believe there is a risk. This creates a cognitive dissonance that they then must work to eliminate. Some manage to eliminate it by refusing to believe new warnings coming in and refusing to evacuate (maintaining the normalcy bias), while others eliminate the dissonance by escaping the danger. The possibility that some may refuse to evacuate causes significant problems in disaster planning.
Examples: Little Sioux Scout camp in June 2008. Despite being in the middle of "Tornado Alley," the campground had no tornado shelter to offer protection from a strong tornado.
New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina. Inadequate government preparation and the denial that the levees could fail were an example of the normalcy bias, as was the thousands of people who refused to evacuate.
The September 11th Attacks can also be seen as a case of normalcy bias. Although there were adequate signals that a massive terror attack was probably in the works, inadequate steps were taken to prevent it. The scale and method of the attack may have been too novel. Even though two airplanes hit the buildings, people would go back to their office to get a purse, turn off a computer, or turn off the lights.
Prevention: The negative effects can be combated through the four stages of disaster response:
Preparation, including publicly acknowledging the possibility of disaster and forming contingency plans
Warning, including issuing clear, unambiguous, and frequent warnings and helping the public to understand and believe them impact, the stage at which the contingency plans take effect and emergency services, rescue teams, and disaster relief teams work in tandem aftermath, or reestablishing equilibrium after the fact by providing supplies and aid to those in need.
I have tried to warn of the impending financial disaster. I have warned of the national union leaders, their Marxist beliefs and desire to destroy capitalism globally. I warned of their involvement with the riots in Europe and the Middle East as well as Wisconsin and other states. They recently tried a 50 state protest. I provided my reasoning, and evidence, however instead to discourse, or having my questions answered, I have been personally attacked and my character impugned. However I hold no animosity, and love you all. I want you to honestly look at the circumstances and evaluate them for yourselves.
The biggest benefit to the state in eliminating collective bargaining is to eliminate the power of the union leaders, and high ranking public officials. Thus devolving contracts to local levels where instead of mandated expenses local governments will negotiate within their abilities. I understand that this will hurt many people who do not deserve, and cannot afford reductions in pay or benefits. However if we do not address the disaster the alternative is total collapse and no income. We need to mitigate these impending disasters, and prepare now.
Demonizing the Governor, the republicans, or those who disagree with you does not lessen the truth of our situation. My prayer is that you will see the truth and it will free you through preparation and love instead of anger in your hearts.
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