Distribution of wealth, slavery, and involuntary servitude

While most people are well aware of the enslavement Africans brought to the New World colonies, people aren’t educated as to the involuntary servitude of people from Ireland, England, and Europe. It isn’t difficult to search the Internet with keywords “Indentured servitude immigration to the United States.” It’s estimated that more slaves and indentured servants came from Europe than from Africa.

The “current” form of involuntary servitude is the financial enslavement of people in public employee unions. They have a choice, leave their job and quit the union (something very unwise in today’s stagnant cesspool economy) or pay union dues. Those union dues support extremely well paid union bosses, union attorneys, and direct (or indirect) campaign contributions (bribes?) to politicians. There is a very cozy relationship between the union bosses (not necessarily the members) with those who have written laws to assure the public employees pay their “fair share.”

The real question is “fair share” of what? Without independent audits of union finances, the public (and members) don’t know how much money goes into the pockets of union bosses, attorneys, and politicians. Since public unions should never have the right to strike (search thinking of Franklin D. Roosevelt), then there is no need for a “strike fund” to compensate for lost wages during a strike. How can it be a “fair share” when money is taken from the worker to fund political activities that are opposite the thinking of the individual?

Why does there exist a “distribution of wealth” from the public employees to union bosses (and politicians)? Why did the politicians (and Supreme Court) put public employees into a “no win” choice of quitting their jobs or paying dues for very questionable services? Please note, I am not against the unions existing to assure the safety of workers, and assuring “equal pay for equal work.” The union dues should be voluntary, and as needed to support those activities which actually benefit the workers.

Thomas Fancher

Moses Lake