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From: [e-mail] (John Paul Morrison)
Subject: Re: NDP communism (was Re: A vote for Reform...)
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Organization: University of BC, Electrical Engineering
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Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 07:50:02 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (doug mccready F) writes:
>>
>I am part of a Union which was certified three years ago in Ontario. It was
>interesting because our University has four faculties and while one faculty
>voted 100% in favour, another voted only 10% in favour. Is it fair that the
>one faculty which had 100% in favour should dominate the one which only had
>10% in favour?

no of course not. A union is not a government, therefore a union has no
claim to represent people based on a plurality. If you want to join the
union, fine, it is not within my rights to stop you, and neither is
it within your rights to force me to join a union.

>At the time Ontario needed more than 50% support and the line
>was very close to the actual vote and thus secret ballot I think was
>important. I suspect from events since that there is a small group of Union
>members who perceive that they speak for the faculty when in fact they are
>not at all representative of the overall faculty. I also suspect this is
>true of Chamber of Commerce executives.

> However, I worry more about the
>Chambers of Commerce because they provide the capital to provide the jobs
>and they can move that capital between jurisdcitions very very quickly
>leaving the rest of the people without jobs and without any chance of moving
>quickly. Capital can move with a flick of a computer switch - people cannot.
>
For one thing, the Chamber of Commerce is an organization, not a bank.
The chamber of commerce does not provide capital.

Second, you have no bloody right to worry about the Chamber of Commerce
moving capital around, if it did that, (let's assume bank, private owner
whatever, whoever has the capital to begin with). It isn't your money.
The Bank doesn't owe you or the community a living. people are not in
business to create jobs. Jobs are a by-product of investment process.
If the local government acts in a way detrimental to me or my capital,
I'll move it away. We should be thankful that money can move at the
flick of a switch, because it means that money can be removed from
risky areas, and diverted to useful, profitable concerns instead.
Why delay the movement of capital? Snooze, you lose. Delaying the
capital flow would just subject it to bad, unprofitable risks for
a longer period, and delay financing of worthy projects.

It's too bad that governments act to restrict people's movements, as
people would move away quicker from bad governments, if they could.
But the government traps people, or delays their movement, (even in
Canada).

>


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