tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-823719196374898491.post6690336737046280706..comments2023-12-19T07:29:42.437-06:00Comments on Dedicated Tenther: He Who Won't Work Shouldn't Eat: On the Lockheed Martin StrikeDedicated Tentherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02169003228002700000noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-823719196374898491.post-77382262927916240492012-06-14T11:31:17.306-05:002012-06-14T11:31:17.306-05:00Frankly, I'm fascinated by this. Utterly fasc...Frankly, I'm fascinated by this. Utterly fascinated. It seems to me the only point in asking people to apply for unemplyoment is to hope that the swamping of the system results in just a few "accidental" approvals. I don't think you'll get anyoe at the union in trouble since they didn't actually *winkwink* say "lie" in fact they said to tell them your on strike. However, the lady at teh unemployment office needs to be fired, because the official response should be "Unemployment is not available for strking workds" End of story.<br /><br />The Catholic Charities (CC) thing makes me more irate on multiple levels. For starters I'm a Catholic and through my annual Archdiocesan appeal I give to CC (albiet indirectly.) In an ideal world CC would simply tell these people "we're sorry, but we do not direct resources to striking workers." Especially if Texas is a Right to Work state (which I think it is) because you can simply *Choose not to be striking.* (I'll confess it gets a little more complicated in closed shop states where crossing the line now could screw you out of a job later, but for now let's not muddy the water.)<br />I fear though that CC will cave for 2 reasons. 1) I sometimes feel like I'm one of the last conservative Catholics left in the world. 2) "The Children" Which is a shorthand way of saying some of these people will have children and no one can resist helping a hungry child. Except in my world, someone stupid enough to strike in this climate without sigificant savings to offset the lost income (or another income stream, e.g. a spouse) would have their kids taken away for stupidity.<br />Franky CC has better ways to spend their money (adoption assistance, Vetrans Assistance, etc.) But alas I suspect some of their money will go to these clowns.tsrblkehttp://www.twitter.com/tsrblkenoreply@blogger.com