tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231145.post113782672203934953..comments2023-12-30T23:02:57.931-08:00Comments on Deep Thought: We should turn this job over to a Union.Eli Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00792743206074537073noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231145.post-1137922771495016022006-01-22T01:39:00.000-08:002006-01-22T01:39:00.000-08:00Eli, I TOTALLY agree with you. Especially since m...Eli, I TOTALLY agree with you. <BR/><BR/>Especially since most all of the voting machines are made by big money Republican supporters. And are so easily hacked a monkey can do it.<BR/><BR/>The American voters have been had.<BR/><BR/>Vote absentee, leave a paper trail.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231145.post-1137907503627796052006-01-21T21:25:00.000-08:002006-01-21T21:25:00.000-08:00Barbi:It just seems clear to me that this proves t...Barbi:<BR/><BR/>It just seems clear to me that this proves that if you want to be able to count the votes in a way that there is no controversy and it is very clear what the results are, you can accomplish that. Obviously, this union can accomplish this (and I was once involved with a couple of union elections, and we were able to accomplish an accurate vote and count without any problems.) It isn't hard to get it right.<BR/><BR/>Therefore, the problems that we see with the voting system are not there because we can't fix them, but rather by purposeful design on the part of people who don't WANT them fixed. The people in power want to be able to cheat a little and fudge some of the results. And, as we know, the Republicans are in power and passed HAVA. Ergo, the Republicans want to have a window to manipulate election results. What other conclusion could you draw from this?Eli Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00792743206074537073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231145.post-1137836302964099842006-01-21T01:38:00.000-08:002006-01-21T01:38:00.000-08:00The rejected contract would have provided raises o...<I>The rejected contract would have provided raises of 3 percent in the first year, then 4 percent and 3.5 percent in the following two years. But it would have required the workers for the first time to contribute 1.5 percent of their salaries toward health care premiums.</I><BR/><BR/>Well, (obviously) I don't know the details of this contract clause for health care, but I could guess that this paying a portion for health care is something that could be turned around on the union somehow, and into the employERs favor. One would have to know if it is based on pre or post tax wages, too. At any rate, I've seen how this came back to bite the union my hub belonged to. Once a company succeeds in gaining give-backs, they keep on going for more and more in every new contract, and the employEE ends up with a net loss. Especially with the rising costs of health care, those employEE contributions are likely to increase.<BR/><BR/>Nor do I know HOW this union cast or counted their votes, but with hub's union, for example, I do know that all ballots were put in numerically identified sealed envelopes ... so, I am in agreement that perhaps a union, and especially with a paper trail for votes, may be the best way to accurately tally the results! IN ANY ELECTION!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com