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Karrick t1_jb4pd09 wrote
As a public sectir union member it's infuriating to me that my union opposed universal healthcare. The union officers are constantly complaining about how expensive our benefits are to the union. Well guess what, jackasses? You wouldn't have to pay all that if there was universal healthcare. You wouldn't have to negotiate for it either.
DC37 needs a (lot of) change.
exgalactic OP t1_jb4yrn5 wrote
You shouldn't' have sympathy for the union bureaucracy, which does everything it can against its own members and FOR private healthcare. But you should sympathize with those members who want you,too, to have good health coverage.
kinovelo t1_jb6caf2 wrote
The problem is that your personal opinions don't pay my multi-thousand dollar deductible for which I'm paying as a taxpayer for you not to have.
Healthcare costs have increased beyond inflation. The taxpayers shouldn't be on the hook for paying that for you when we have our own increased healthcare costs to pay for. You don't deserve better than the taxpayers who pay your salaries.
Karrick t1_jb7i7se wrote
I'm going to flip that around on you. You as a taxpayer don't deserve less than I, a public-sector union worker. You should have a union too and neither of our unions should have to fight for healthcare.
For the record though, I pay just as much of my salary as you do. We live here, we pay taxes too.
iamlejo t1_jb3wj3p wrote
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kinovelo t1_jb326cm wrote
NYC pubic sector unions opposed universal singe-payer because they wanted to have better healthcare than your average New York taxpayer. I’m supposed to have sympathy for them?