That’s a rhetorical question.
However, after seeing this L.A. Times passage from last month, one might come to the conclusion that 1) an armed robber usually only has one victim (whereas, the SEIU has millions), 2) an average armed robber does not have politicians in his back pocket, and 3) an armed robber is more intellectually honest—at least he tells you he’s robbing you, where as the SEIU…well, read it for yourself:
Even Democratic leaders and the governor’s union backers, doubting the odds of a tax measure passing at the ballot box, are pushing Brown to break his pledge and forgo voter input.
“Go get a deal done,” said David Kieffer, executive director of the state council of the influential Service Employees International Union, in a challenge to Brown and the Legislature. Californians “would vote the taxes down,” he said, and “they don’t actually need to be involved in this decision.”
Kieffer’s union launched a television ad campaign last week urging that the budget be balanced without “extreme” cuts.
To the SEIU, voters should not be involved in the decision whether or not to raise their own taxes—after all, it’s only the taxpayers’ money.
So, what is the difference between the SEIU and armed robbery?
[Note: If your answer is the SEIU doesn't carry a gun, try not paying your taxes.]
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One is aided and abetted by the government...
Crowe (Diary) Sunday, June 5th at 10:21PM EDT (link)…the other is a criminal.
“We sleep soundly in our beds only because
rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence upon those who would do us harmDear Leader Obama gives us leave to do so.”The tax payers need a 'union' or 'lobby' or
carolina Sunday, June 5th at 10:24PM EDT (link)something organized to get the word out. All the special interest groups have organized representation. The average tax payer does not have organized representation. They can vote, but so can all of the ‘special’ groups. Thank goodness for the www, so we ‘average’ folks can continue to become more informed.
We have one, Carolina. It's called the Tea Party. [nt]
acat (Diary) Sunday, June 5th at 10:31PM EDT (link)——
Caveat Suffragator
The armed robber doesn't call the cops on you. (n/t)
Finrod (Diary) Sunday, June 5th at 10:25PM EDT (link).
PETA and the ASPCA are pure evil. See here and here.
OUTRAGEOUS!
tsquare (Diary) Sunday, June 5th at 11:14PM EDT (link)You have gone too far this time! Compering SEIU to an armed robber. A common thief. Shame! Shame I say!
A armed robber, a thief, is an honest man. He comes to you, gun in hand, and tells you that you are going to be robbed. He doesn’t claim some legal right to do so, he takes your stuff. He doesn’t make claim to be acting for the betterment of others, he doesn’t insist that there is some higher purpose. He doesn’t play upon your pity or call out to your sense of fairness. He wants your stuff and is going to take it.
While he brakes the law is is up-front and ‘honest’ about it.
To compere thieving with what the SEIU does is just… just… wrong. The leaders of the SEIU are none of those things. SEIU is a ‘union’ for those not skilled enough to drive a forklift and be a Teamster. And their leadership… you will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. Even in a galaxy far far away.
If only thieves, muggers and highwaymen had a trade association I’m sure you’d be hearing from them or their lawyers in the morning.
The "Tea Party" is aptly named
toothpick (Diary) Monday, June 6th at 1:59AM EDT (link)Wasn’t the original Tea Party motivated by punitive taxes imposed by an unaccountable ruler who failed to take into account the desires of those who had to pay the taxes?
Sounds familiar. The only flaw in the analogy is that the voters of California did in fact opt for Jerry Brown and his left-wing accomplices in the legislature. We did this to ourselves, and now we get to live with the consequences. Stupid is as stupid does.
Great Comment toothpick...
hidlins Monday, June 6th at 9:11AM EDT (link)We could also apply this comment to those folks who voted for PresBO, don’t ya think??? The Tea Parties have become a necessary presence otherwise we will all live under a Hitler type regime. IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT FOR YOUR GRANDKIDS EVERYONE??? Get out there and Get Busy! I did… (BTW sorry for any mispelled words – you guys will pick on anybody for anything!)
See, there's the problem
petrarch Monday, June 6th at 10:58AM EDT (link)The VOTERS of California did in fact opt for Jerry Brown et al.
But the TAXPAYERS of California? I’m not so sure.
The trouble is that the two are not one and the same – and until/unless that is fixed, California is doomed. Ultimately the two groups will be mutually exclusive, as all the actual taxpayers will have moved out.
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As Richmond phthalmologist Tom Gorman pointed out
Adjoran (Diary) Monday, June 6th at 4:23AM EDT (link)many years ago, there are only two classes participating in the market which customarily fund their activities through coercion: the criminal class, and the political class.
As a "union"
popster Monday, June 6th at 6:41AM EDT (link)they are as blatantly corrupt as any leg-breaker portrayed in any film ever shown. It is indefensible to continue supporting such an obvious scam organization. “Unions” such as these types have gone the way of the dinosaur.
The whole premise of this cabal is to take, not to represent, it is a national disgrace.
this is no "union"
cpa2222 Monday, June 6th at 9:12AM EDT (link)It is a mob that routinely violates the RICO Act, with the unindicted co-conspirators sitting in the executive branch. The unconstitutionally appointed tsars, the tree hugging, lizard loving epa, the Salazar “green” team are all in lockstep with SEIU and the other racketeers who would reduce this great nation to the 1930′s Chicago-style mob rule. Congress has allowed this to happen, and it will be 2012 before we can reverse it.
“We are one generation away from a return to the dark ages, if good men don’t act responsively and vote out the liberals and humanists.”
Maybe taxpayers need to
moms4patriots Monday, June 6th at 11:23AM EDT (link)consider the idea of civil disobedience. How many of us can they put into jail for refusing to pay our taxes? If we don’t fund the beast, we might be able to kill it. Just considering all possibilities in the fight to regain our control of the process….