The Unemployed Now Have Their Own Union, and It's Catching on Quickly

[billvon 3,080]

For some reason this reminds me of that newspaper published by homeless people in New York. People with an office but no home? Why wouldn't you just, like, stay there?

[lawrocket 3]

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Ahhhhh, if you have no job or income how do you pay the union due's?

two hours free labour a week?

Ha! Work for free. The poletariat sure loves that idea. What is this? An anti-union union? Sorta like an anti-missile missile?

I believe that you fail to recognize that unions are there to make money. A shitload of it. Period.

They are not interested in free labor. You seriously crack me up.

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[dreamdancer 0]

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For some reason this reminds me of that newspaper published by homeless people in New York. People with an office but no home? Why wouldn't you just, like, stay there?

and while they're squatting in an office they should eat lots of cake

stay away from moving propellers - they bite
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[dreamdancer 0]

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Ahhhhh, if you have no job or income how do you pay the union due's?

two hours free labour a week?

Ha! Work for free. The poletariat sure loves that idea. What is this? An anti-union union? Sorta like an anti-missile missile?

I believe that you fail to recognize that unions are there to make money. A shitload of it. Period.

They are not interested in free labor. You seriously crack me up.

don't conservatives like volunteering?

stay away from moving propellers - they bite
blue skies from thai sky adventures
good solid response-provoking keyboarding

[lawrocket 3]

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For some reason this reminds me of that newspaper published by homeless people in New York. People with an office but no home? Why wouldn't you just, like, stay there?

and while they're squatting in an office they should eat lots of cake

Eat the non-existent cake non-produced by the non-working union members paying non-union dues by not working in non-services.

My wife is hotter than your wife.

[billvon 3,080]

>Ha! Work for free.

Not for free! I think DD might be on to something here.

Each of the six people in a cube pay $1 a month to the Ucube, run by one leader. Each of those nine leaders pays $4 a month to their Neighborhood leader. Each one of three Neighborhood leader pays $10 a month to the Power Block leader.

If you can find six more people you can become the leader of your own Ucube and work your way on up the chain. Pretty soon you can have homeless people supporting you! You can go to the fancy fundraising dinners, have the Power Block rent you a nice car (for fundraising and union activities only of course) and tell everyone how horrible it is to be unemployed.

(Of course by that point you're not _really_ going to want those people to get jobs; you'd go hungry.)

[Belgian_Draft 0]

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For some reason this reminds me of that newspaper published by homeless people in New York. People with an office but no home? Why wouldn't you just, like, stay there?

I wonder if that was the same guy i saw at the bottom of an exit ramp who was holding a sign that read "Please Bless Me, Need Food" with one hand while talking on a cell phone with the other?

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[dreamdancer 0]

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>Ha! Work for free.

Not for free! I think DD might be on to something here.

Each of the six people in a cube pay $1 a month to the Ucube, run by one leader. Each of those nine leaders pays $4 a month to their Neighborhood leader. Each one of three Neighborhood leader pays $10 a month to the Power Block leader.

If you can find six more people you can become the leader of your own Ucube and work your way on up the chain. Pretty soon you can have homeless people supporting you! You can go to the fancy fundraising dinners, have the Power Block rent you a nice car (for fundraising and union activities only of course) and tell everyone how horrible it is to be unemployed.

(Of course by that point you're not _really_ going to want those people to get jobs; you'd go hungry.)

you've just described capitalism - well done

stay away from moving propellers - they bite
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[billvon 3,080]

>you've just described capitalism - well done

I guess. Capitalism without any labor! I can see this being some people's idea of utopia.

[dreamdancer 0]

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>you've just described capitalism - well done

I guess. Capitalism without any labor! I can see this being some people's idea of utopia.

yes, a capitalist utopia - money for nothing

stay away from moving propellers - they bite
blue skies from thai sky adventures
good solid response-provoking keyboarding

[Rookie120 0]

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keying cars and flattening the tires of the non-union unemployed scabs.

This isnt the 60's man! I have never seen any of that union mob crap where I work. Glad I dont have to

If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck!

[Rookie120 0]

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yes, a capitalist utopia - money for nothing

That sounds more like a far left liberal thinker to me.

If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck!

[billvon 3,080]

>yes, a capitalist utopia - money for nothing

I think the capitalist utopia would be "money for value." Money for nothing is more welfare state, MTV style. (Or, in this case, a union.)

[lawrocket 3]

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>you've just described capitalism - well done

I guess. Capitalism without any labor! I can see this being some people's idea of utopia.

yes, a capitalist utopia - money for nothing

That's not capitalism. That's theft.

My wife is hotter than your wife.

[dreamdancer 0]

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>you've just described capitalism - well done

I guess. Capitalism without any labor! I can see this being some people's idea of utopia.

yes, a capitalist utopia - money for nothing

That's not capitalism. That's theft.

yes, theft is the purest form of capitalism - 100% profit
(remember those bankers)

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[Andy9o8 2]

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money for nothing

and the chicks for free

[mpohl 1]

Or they could, on a rotating basis, boycott the regular economy. For example, not purchasing products of company xx for four weeks. With a U-6 of almost 30M that's a lot of economic cloud. If that were too happen, some of the smart-asses who commented here might find themselves joining the ranks of the unemployed.

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Just think, they could strike and sit down on the job they don't have.

[TrophyHusband 0]

people with no income boycotting a company? that's just crazy enough to work.

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[mpohl 1]

Here is a clue for you:

UI? Savings? Property equity? Investment interest?
Other partner still working?

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people with no income boycotting a company? that's just crazy enough to work.

[billvon 3,080]

>people with no income boycotting a company?

Boycotter: "Unless you change your policy, I'm going to go to another store and not buy anything!"

Owner: "Good!"

[mpohl 1]

LAME. I thought you ca do better than that.

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>people with no income boycotting a company?

Boycotter: "Unless you change your policy, I'm going to go to another store and not buy anything!"

Owner: "Good!"

[CanuckInUSA 0]

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sounds a good idea...

Whatever you say comrade.

But this is not the end of the bread line.
Are you trying to cut into the line again?
The end of the line for your daily rations is on the next block down.

Applications for the "UCubed" unemployed union can be found here

Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

[mpohl 1]

Reading, or the ability to read will open whole new worlds for you, my friend. Try this. Feel free to ask about any words you don't understand.

Why Liberals and Atheists Are More Intelligent

Satoshi Kanazawa*

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: S.Kanazawa@lse.ac.uk.

Abstract
The origin of values and preferences is an unresolved theoretical question in behavioral and social sciences. The Savanna-IQ Interaction Hypothesis, derived from the Savanna Principle and a theory of the evolution of general intelligence, suggests that more intelligent individuals may be more likely to acquire and espouse evolutionarily novel values and preferences (such as liberalism and atheism and, for men, sexual exclusivity) than less intelligent individuals, but that general intelligence may have no effect on the acquisition and espousal of evolutionarily familiar values (for children, marriage, family, and friends). The analyses of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Study 1) and the General Social Surveys (Study 2) show that adolescent and adult intelligence significantly increases adult liberalism, atheism, and men’s (but not women’s) value on sexual exclusivity.

First published on February 16, 2010
Social Psychology Quarterly 2010, doi:10.1177/0190272510361602

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Whatever you say comrade.

But this is not the end of the bread line.
Are you trying to cut into the line again?
The end of the line for your daily rations is on the next block down.

Applications for the "UCubed" unemployed union can be found here

[CanuckInUSA 0]

Yawn ...

Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

[billvon 3,080]

>LAME. I thought you ca do better than that.

You really think the retailers out there are going to go to great lengths to appease the all-important "complainers with no money" crowd? Heck, they're probably even more sought after as a consumer demographic than "the crazy guys living out of shopping carts" group.