Chicago Style Politics, Nationwide!
Yes folks, you now have good old Chicago style politics right in your own back yard. The political machines that have ruled Chicago with an iron fist have made their way to Washington.
Rep. Michele Bachmann hit the nail on the head with this:
This is just the beginning. As you've watched the disturbing manipulations of private enterprise being subjugated to the Obama administration, so will many more industrial entities and private concerns suffer. This is how it's been done for decades in Chicago, and will now be applied to the entire Nation.
Private ownership of anything is ok, so long as you are politically connected. I'm reminded of a story told to me when I lived there by a lady who wanted an additional trashcan for her home. She requested one through the refuse removal company and was stonewalled. She tried several times. Someone then told her that if she removed the yard sign supporting the opposition candidate in her front yard, and replaced it with the one supporting the incumbent, she'd be able to get her trashcan.
This would have sent me through the roof! However, seeing the size of the obstacle in front of her, she did as instructed and was rewarded very soon after with her additional trash can. Sort of a "Pay to Play" situation. This is the very heart of Chicago politics.
Now, you, all around America can get a chance to experience it. The Obama administration is bringing it to you as I write this.
Chicago fancies itself the "City that Works". Well, it works if you, the citizenry, tow the line. If you wish to express any independence, then forget it. You're done.
Unions are at the heart of Chicago Politics and have been for many, many decades. These fine folks tout their unions as some sort of magical coalition that allows them to be right, and renders everyone else wrong, on any issue they choose to take up. However, experience with unions has proven to me that this is all smoke and mirrors.
I was in Big-Box retail for decades. Prior to living and working in Chicago, I had opened a new store in a California suburb. Our warehouse-style shelving and racking was massive, and the management team of four plus our store manager, were responsible for installing it in the California store. While the Store manager focused on hiring, me and the three other assistant managers put up all of the steel racking in the 120,000 square foot store in 9 days. We did so with the knowledge that if we didn't do it right, we'd be the ones who'd have to deal with it from then on, so the care we took in doing it was significant. The job was done right, safely and on time.
Move forward exactly one year. I'm tasked with exactly the same project, only this time it's in a suburb of Chicago. In Chicago though, the assembled and experienced group of management aren't allowed to put up the steel. Instead, Union Iron workers had to do it, by some quirk in the laws there. We busied ourselves with hiring and training while twenty five (25) union iron workers put up the same amount of steel in 21 days. And did so in such a way that for the next year that I was at that store we had areas where we had to use tools to move the shelves around because the steel hadn't been installed correctly.
Four motivated salaried managers put up the steel in 9 days. Twenty five union iron workers put up the same amount in 21 days, and did an inferior job.
The work ethic was awful. Where the four of us worked twelve hours to ensure it was done on time and correctly, the union members in Chicago barely got four hours of work out of an eight hour day. It was pathetic.
So, this one glaring example of inefficiency will now become the model to live by. Your president and his Union handlers, would have you believe that their model is the one that "works".
It only works if they have total control, and competition is not something they handle well. They'll do anything and everything within their power to eliminate it. They can't stand on their efficiency or accomplishments, so they'll regulate the competition out of the way. That's what Government Motors is doing to the dealers that have established businesses.
Are you ready to be subjugated to their "model"?
Rep. Michele Bachmann hit the nail on the head with this:
This is just the beginning. As you've watched the disturbing manipulations of private enterprise being subjugated to the Obama administration, so will many more industrial entities and private concerns suffer. This is how it's been done for decades in Chicago, and will now be applied to the entire Nation.
Private ownership of anything is ok, so long as you are politically connected. I'm reminded of a story told to me when I lived there by a lady who wanted an additional trashcan for her home. She requested one through the refuse removal company and was stonewalled. She tried several times. Someone then told her that if she removed the yard sign supporting the opposition candidate in her front yard, and replaced it with the one supporting the incumbent, she'd be able to get her trashcan.
This would have sent me through the roof! However, seeing the size of the obstacle in front of her, she did as instructed and was rewarded very soon after with her additional trash can. Sort of a "Pay to Play" situation. This is the very heart of Chicago politics.
Now, you, all around America can get a chance to experience it. The Obama administration is bringing it to you as I write this.
Chicago fancies itself the "City that Works". Well, it works if you, the citizenry, tow the line. If you wish to express any independence, then forget it. You're done.
Unions are at the heart of Chicago Politics and have been for many, many decades. These fine folks tout their unions as some sort of magical coalition that allows them to be right, and renders everyone else wrong, on any issue they choose to take up. However, experience with unions has proven to me that this is all smoke and mirrors.
I was in Big-Box retail for decades. Prior to living and working in Chicago, I had opened a new store in a California suburb. Our warehouse-style shelving and racking was massive, and the management team of four plus our store manager, were responsible for installing it in the California store. While the Store manager focused on hiring, me and the three other assistant managers put up all of the steel racking in the 120,000 square foot store in 9 days. We did so with the knowledge that if we didn't do it right, we'd be the ones who'd have to deal with it from then on, so the care we took in doing it was significant. The job was done right, safely and on time.
Move forward exactly one year. I'm tasked with exactly the same project, only this time it's in a suburb of Chicago. In Chicago though, the assembled and experienced group of management aren't allowed to put up the steel. Instead, Union Iron workers had to do it, by some quirk in the laws there. We busied ourselves with hiring and training while twenty five (25) union iron workers put up the same amount of steel in 21 days. And did so in such a way that for the next year that I was at that store we had areas where we had to use tools to move the shelves around because the steel hadn't been installed correctly.
Four motivated salaried managers put up the steel in 9 days. Twenty five union iron workers put up the same amount in 21 days, and did an inferior job.
The work ethic was awful. Where the four of us worked twelve hours to ensure it was done on time and correctly, the union members in Chicago barely got four hours of work out of an eight hour day. It was pathetic.
So, this one glaring example of inefficiency will now become the model to live by. Your president and his Union handlers, would have you believe that their model is the one that "works".
It only works if they have total control, and competition is not something they handle well. They'll do anything and everything within their power to eliminate it. They can't stand on their efficiency or accomplishments, so they'll regulate the competition out of the way. That's what Government Motors is doing to the dealers that have established businesses.
Are you ready to be subjugated to their "model"?
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