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   RM>> These are the same 'thinkers' that don't think anyone should ever   
     >> fail a grade in school because, again, it's not fair to penalize   
     >> them for not being as smart as others, ignoring the possibility   
     >> that they are just lazy..   B)   
      
   MP>This whole line of thinking is part of what has gotten us into the messes   
     >we are in now.  It is "equity" thinking... that everyone's outcomes should   
     >be equal... rather than "equality" thinking... we should all have equal   
     >opportunity to reach our own potential, which should not be expected to be   
     >the same between *individuals*.   
      
   This is true.. Equal Opportunity and, after that, you earn what you get.   
      
   I suppose in theory exceptional people would get promoted out of the   
   area they are excelling in where, possibly, they could be paid more   
   money, especially if that re-situated them outside of the union.   
      
   And that's where the Peter Principle comes in, which is the idea   
   that, in big business, people who do an exceptional job keep being   
   promoted until they reach a level where they no longer do a good   
   job, in theory leaving all companies run by incompetent people..   B)   
      
   I've certainly run into that a few times...   
      
   Unions were good when they were needed but they gained so much   
   power in many areas that they do more harm than good, and are   
   less needed now that (in many places) there are government   
   standards to give workers safe working conditions and reasonable   
   pay but, of course, the Union always wants their people to have   
   more than the average, technially more than they are worth, and   
   for them to pay lots of Union Dues..   
      
   I think by this point Unions mainly protect the bad workers and   
   add to inflation since their higher wages cause increases in prices   
   bringing about everyone else needing higher wages to catch up, and   
   then it all starts over.   
      
   You can tell I have a bug about them after being threatened by   
   a Union once because they said I was working hard enough that   
   I was making everyone else look bad. Things like this had me no   
   longer working for other people by the time I was 32. My only   
   'Boss' was the need to do decent work to be worth what I charged.   
      
   MP>So we are both great enemies of modern "thinkers." ;)   
      
   Hopefully the pendulum will start to swing back before too   
   many more years. Maybe we will even live that long..   B)   
      
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