"Andy" wrote in message$1jen$1@otis.netspace.net.au...
> It was so nice to see the striking teachers marching in their 'communist'
> red tops today, chanting "What do we want? ........ When do we want it?".
> I'm sure their students could have written a better chant for them.
>
> "It's not O.K. to be away" is what the teachers try to instill in their
> students. Oh dear!
>
>
# The trouble with modern capitalist society is that every wage increase
has to be fought for, nothing is won without some type of effort on this
nature. The non-unionist teacher is quite happy to benefit from strike
action, while not taking any action him/her-self.
On the other hand, there's no upper limit on profit, or rent, or
interest. Capitalism is profligate (ie. uneconomic) about everything -
except wages; which is where it becomes very frugal indeed.
Still, you have a point, and the standard chants of marching unionists
do border on the ludicrous.
What too is the rationale? That Victorian teachers are the lowest paid
in the nation? Could be a case for dropping the pay of all the others?
And if nurses, police, teachers (etc) all get a similar pay increase,
with prices rising accordingly, we are back to Square One.
"Inflation" is a key factor; what it is, and how to control it, is a
matter for debate and study. Is it a Law of Nature, or merely a defect of
the capitalist system?

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