Reply #24: Unions may look after their own first... it is their function after all... but

[LooseWilly]

when it comes to health insurance... as they've essentially been accepting stagnating "high paid" wages in exchange for attempts at slowing down the costs to membership for health benefits... anything they are for is liable to be something that will actually serve to control that health care cost stairway to the heavens...

Just saying...

Wyden's been talking a good game about opening up the Public Option to everyone from the get go... not sure either what his bill's specifics entail.

Dismissing union opinions out of hand because they have negotiated (usually) better pay for their members... seems to be a spot of anti-elitism that should rather be applied toward distrust of politicians and Wall street-ers... before being applied to unions. If you can't get past the anti-"elitism of the unions" though... I'd suggest analyzing potential commonalities you might share with the unions on a particular issue.