Chief Dick

So the Public Sector Unions don’t like public sector cuts (As reported by the Department of Things That Are Completely Unsurprising) and are going to attempt to co-ordinate strike action for maximum infliction of pain, because two things in this world are true: People will blame the Government for not giving in, and the Government will give in.

Governments, you see, just can’t stand it when Unions throw tantrums and won’t stop spitting, biting and crying. It’s bad for opinion polls. It’s not that people feel sorry for the kid that’s crying, because they don’t. People just want the noise to stop and don’t really care how the parent does it… and the easy way to make Unions go away and shut up is simply to give in. Pay them.

That’s what it’s really all about. Unions want X and they need the public to cough up the dosh to pay for it, so they make them suffer until the people “democratically” beg the Government to let the Unions have what they want.

See, in Crazy Land, taxpayers – especially evil businesses – are essentially a resource of infinite money and every problem can be solved by encouraging people to be less selfish and pay more tax (or the Government can borrow the money and the people can pay more tax later, when everyone will be richer as a result of the extra public sector employees and extra public spending! Woo!). There’s no such thing as ‘there’s no more money’.

There’s always more money.

Consider the reality behind these mysterious and seemingly all-powerful organisations. Unions… they look after their members, so they can’t be that bad can they? Can they? But the truth is they’re a business just like any other, and the product they sell is vague promises of more holiday, more pay, more security, bigger, comfier chairs and perhaps a playstation in the staff room… and all this can yours for the tiny sum of £10 a month. People actually pay it, too.

It’s a wonderful wheeze, when you think about it. Do you want a better job with better conditions by training and winning that better job in the face of competition from others (which, lets face it, sounds like bloody hard work) or do you want to pay £10 a month to an organisation which will magically take care of everything for you without you having to lift a finger? Yep, Unions actually sound pretty cool if you think about it. Like playing the Lottery, or joining a political party.. it’s one of those things where people don’t realise they’re flushing money down the toilet for the most part.

David Cameron, for all the attempts by lefties at demonisation, is not Margaret Thatcher. He doesn’t have the stomach or the courage for a protracted, bitter campaign of terror by the Unions and they know it. This Government looks vulnerable to pressure. It looks soft.

If only people could remember that the Government represents “The People”, while Trade Unions only represent their members. They’re after your money, and they’re going to use your Government to get it. Lots of people are going to try to persuade you of the benefits of giving in, how somehow you paying more tax or the country getting into more debt is a magical win-win for everyone. I don’t blame them.., people think they can get a better job by paying £10 a month to angry socialists in cushy London offices AND we live in a country with a unicorn on its coat of arms!

I mean, people will pretty much believe and accept anything, won’t they?