Can We Get Answers Instead of Propaganda?

   While my dollar buys less and less and the future prospects of actually being able to draw a pension become slimmer and slimmer, I appreciate it when my union leadership, both national and local, take the time to address the issues that face us today.  Oh wait a minute that has not happened yet.

    It must take a lot of time for our General President to make the rounds on the media circuit.  He does have to take the time to memorize his talking points, and to go on to a news channel that does nothing but reach the smallest audience possible.  I mean sure he could go on other channels that provide a larger audience to address our needs, but then again he may actually be asked questions.  Questions like, okay Mr. Schaitberger , how will the US Government loosing its AAA bond rating effect your membership?  You know little questions like that. How about explaining the difference between a “riskless” rate of return, and a “historical return on investments” and how that applies to your membership.  Maybe take the time to inform your members on what their “Beck” rights are.

   For months now we have been told about how we are under attack, how the greedy rich people want to destroy the middle class so they do not have to pay taxes. Okay, thanks for the heads up, but is that it, are you not going to go any further. How about some details?  How about presenting both sides so we can make an informed decision about what is best for our future, both in our professional and personal lives.

   I can understand why my local leadership can’t get around to answering any of these questions. They are real busy you know having special meetings to spend more of our money on a building we so desperately needed.  I guess the plan is, if the Stock Market collapses again and we all loose our retirement, we will always have this fantastic real estate investment we can sell and divide up the proceeds of to live off of.  Given the current state of affairs I can see why they have devoted so much attention this project. Without this new building we might have had to go on having meetings in the same old strip mall we have always used, oh the humanity!