Can you take your political opinions and shove them down a dark hole somewhere? Most people are here for a discussion of the technology, not your rhetoric.
It's not really an opinion so much as fact. Labor unions have proven to be beneficial only for the members of the union and politicians. If you had ever done business around them, you'd agree.
That would be ridiculous, since that is not the argument that needs to be made. Instead, you want a logical argument as to why the concept of collective bargaining in the public sector is a bad one. I won't provide one since they are readily available if you have an ounce of curiosity. I'll just leave this:
“It is impossible to bargain collectively with the government.” - George Meany
American unions are political patronage jobs. They will quite cheerfully spend the entire budget digging holes and filling them back in.
If you do not account for this, you will have no budget left for technology.
Making the design an open source project is a major step towards European style (socialist) unions, where the unions help decide what to do and how to make it succeed.
> Making the design an open source project is a major step towards European style (socialist) unions, where the unions help decide what to do and how to make it succeed.
The difference between European unions and US unions is probably a big part of the reason for the negative connotation of the word "socialist" in the US. If US unions behaved like those in Europe, we would have a more positive connotation.
