The Wisconsin Cheese Showdown

[Nym90]

Excellent news. Hopefully this will inspire others to follow suit and we can eventually stop the destructive assault on the economy that is being made under the guise of union busting.

[Nym90]

The idea that we only pay the salaries of public employees, but that those of private employees are no concern of ours or are not in any way borne by us is quite mind bogglingly illogical to me, quite frankly.

[Nym90]

The idea that we only pay the salaries of public employees, but that those of private employees are no concern of ours or are not in any way borne by us is quite mind bogglingly illogical to me, quite frankly.

Why is it any concern of yours again as to what some private client of mine and I agree will be my billing rate?  Why is it any concern of yours, or the public, whether we agree on $250 an hour, or $500 an hour?  And why is it any concern of yours whether I make 200K per year, or 600K, if all paid by private clients?

The way in which I would pay for it depends on who the client is (I'm not sure what type of attorney you are so please forgive my ignorance in that regard). If he's a representative of a corporation that sells products or services, the legal expenses are going to be paid for by higher prices. If he's paying you for a criminal defense, it doesn't have nearly as much direct impact, but increases in the going rate for such services does make them that much more inaccessible to those unable to pay the fees.

I could go on, but again, there is no magic reason why public sector wages are the only ones we pay.

[Nym90]

Wow. I actually respect something about the Packers.

Well if nothing else, I would think you'd also like the fact that they are owned by their fans as opposed to by one wealthy owner or family who can do as he/she/they please with the team like every other major North American sports franchise.

When you think about it in fact, the NFL is pretty damn socialist, having a hard salary cap and all, which makes skill in drafting and evaluating players and good coaching the keys to success, not the amount of money spent. And scheduling, the draft, etc. are also all designed to promote parity, again pretty left wing....

I'm kinda surprised there isn't more opposition to that. Maybe the fact that the NFL also happens to be far and away more popular than other North American sports leagues that have a looser or non existent salary cap (i.e., it works)?