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  1. See the story here. pizza drivers seek national union I saw this today and just had to shake my head in disbelief. Most people will probably think this is a great idea, not give it a second thought because they don't deliver pizzas and want to be sympathetic to the plight of the lowly pizza delivery driver (PDD). Stop the insanity! Being a PDD is a temporary job., not a carrer except, of course, for the new PDD union head (who won't be delivering pizzas). This will have far reaching consequences to most homes in America if this happens. The first is an increased cost of product passed onto consumers to pay higher wages, health care, union dues, whatever. The second is an overall reduction in total number of current national PDD numbers AKA less jobs. Smart! This will, in turn, force people who use delivery service to pick up their own pizza, opt for another type of food or, perhaps, cook their own food, further decreasing the need for PDDs. If they do happen to use the PDD service offered by the restaurant, they will probably think twice about giving the driver a tip due to the fact that the food plus service total now costs more. This scenario effectivly negates the reasoning of the union in the first place, to increase wages for all. PDDs will make more per hour, but will get less tips. Also they will pay more taxes due to more compensation being reported to the IRS. What service industry employee correctly reports all their tip earnings? As most here know, this will lead to only the Union cheifs getting fat, not the lowly PDD it is supposed to help.
  2. You mean which PAC or group of influence has the ear of the "Men in Washington?" I agree. I have money as well as being a healthy, productive individual. Problem is they have outlawed any doctor in four states from allowing me the right to it all because of my current health status. My concern for a flu shot avery year is purely selfish. I had the flu in '97 real bad. Turned into an ear infection and bronchitis. Have received a vaccination every year since and have been flu free.
  3. I agree, but theirs is a moral relativism in which all things can be justified. I have been considering trying to purchase an injection through a capitalist nurse or doctor who can see a real opportunity. However, I'm not wealthy, but do have paid sick leave, so this year may be left to the "Special Needs."
  4. I'm a newbie here on the forum and this is my first post. Greetings from Califonia. My first topic is flu shots. As a current reader of Atlas Shrugged, I see a path that has been traveled before (in AS) in the regulation of flu shots this year in the United States. The elderly, infirmed and those at risk will be eligible, while us healthy producers will be left hung out to dry. I realize the flu is common, but very miserable none-the-less. So, if the at-risk are healthy and the producers get sick, who will do the work? Before vaccination, influenza and other infectious respiratory diseases were the leading cause of death in the United States. Can this happen again? Now there is a threat of fines and/or jail time for health care workers in at least four states, Massachusetts, New Mexico, Oregon and Wisconson. these are directives issued by various Public Health officials. For example: "It's not rationing," said Massachusetts Public Health Commissioner Christine Ferguson. "It's being rational about how to reduce the number of deaths that could result from a serious flu season." Is this, in deed, rational? I have my doubts. My employer purchased many injections for us employees through our on-site nurse and doctor. They do this every year as a service to keep us healthy and productive. They purchased these injections in good faith with profits made by the company. Well, The State of California Public Health Dept. has come calling about our injections and will probably confiscate them for "Public" use. I say confiscate because I talked to the nurse about compensation and she laughed at me and said, "doubtful." If I did this it would be called robbery and punishable by law. Am I seeing a parallel to Hank Reardon in AS? Will it take a trial and a Randian hero to get people to at least care about this? What is the logical conclusion of this altruist behavior?
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