| Civilization has progressed as rulership over | | | | joint efforts, maximizing operational profits against |
| common-folk has progressed: town bully to king to | | | | competitors, then arguing out a fair division of the |
| dictator/tyrant - until the "fathers" of the United | | | | proceeds. However, where is the need for a |
| States of America developed "Democracy" - the | | | | "workers union" when the public and taxpayers are |
| concept that those who comprise the governed - | | | | the supposed "bosses" of the city-owned, non-profit |
| freely elect their own governors. It was/is a beautiful | | | | and non-competitive public-service enterprise (other |
| concept, until - and we now can see the means by | | | | than the duplicitous team-effort of "highway-robbery" |
| which Democracy's downfall can occur - the gradual | | | | - officials holding a gun on the public while the |
| "corruption" of governing officials when they | | | | public-service-employee-union rifles his pockets). To |
| trade-off grants of benefits (salaries, pensions, health | | | | show up this corruption, a crusading reporter for any |
| plans) for group endorsement and group-elective | | | | newspaper should find out and publish the |
| votes by "Public Service Employee Unions". And so, | | | | comparative salaries, health plans and pensions for |
| cities and states like Los Angeles and California are | | | | the local "Public Service Employee Union" versus the |
| both on the verge of bankruptcy (like Orange | | | | average industry positions: 1st and 2nd level |
| County, California, a few years ago; and even now, | | | | Supervisor/Manager, Electrical/Mechanical Engineer, |
| the European country Greece). | | | | Janitor, Secretary/Clerk. An easy bet is that the |
| One can understand the need for a "union" of | | | | comparison will shock everyone and make obvious |
| employees that vies with "management" in a industrial | | | | the national disease which may bring down |
| corporation, in a competitive manufacturing industry - | | | | Democracy. |
| both must cooperate to share benefits from their | | | | |