[ProgSoc] Compulsory Student Unionism coming back!

Anand Kumria wildfire at progsoc.org
Wed Nov 9 14:29:40 EST 2011


Oh, come on.

On 9 November 2011 02:30, Roland Turner <raz at raz.cx> wrote:
> We truly get the government we deserve. Fabulous.

Next, you'll be complaining about compulsory medical cover (vis-a-via medicare).

In each case you could argue you are paying for someone else's waste
(partying for non-VSU, smoking for lung cancer people, etc.).

And isn't CTP insurance *really* a cover to subsidise public transport.

I mean, the amount collected versus the amount paid out.

The carried over surplus for insurance must eventually be being put to
use by encouraging less traffic by funding public transport.

The shame of it!!??

> It's worth noting that the founding of ProgSoc was in part spurred by the
> obvious injustice of compulsory unionism. We couldn't do anything about the
> politics, but we could divert some of the funding from subsidising other
> peoples' partying to something more worthwhile.

One wonders if this is why private practises and hospitals also exist.

If the injustice is so obvious in the case of compulsory unionism,
then surely it would be as obvious in the cases I mentioned above, no?

Anand



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