12.3%!!!

The majority rules, right?  Are you sure? Back in the Eighties, union membership peeked at around twenty percent.  Now, it has slipped even further-all the way to twelve point three percent of the general population.  Why?  I am sure that there are a multitude of reasons, not the least of which is B.O.'s recession.  On the other hand, members have been leaving in droves since the eighties, so the Union's explanation doesn't hold a lot of water, does it?  I think that membership is down because the unions have outlived their purpose for the most part.
There are parties still getting rich from union dues, however.  I am thinking of the limousine that pulls up in front of the local UAW hall from time to time.  I guess a smaller vehicle was out of the question. And the driver of the limo has a job, that's saying something, right?
The reason I am even risking this blog is because of something that I read yesterday.  Chicago has one Walmart for the area.  The company has been trying to build a supercenter, complete with groceries for quite some time.  The Chicago city council as been dragging their feet, in an attempt to appease the Union interests.  The unions are afraid that jobs will come into the city that they cannot skim from.  Also, less expensive prices will hurt the business of those companies that they do extort-err-represent.
Now, for those who have never read one single thing that I have ever written, I am not pro Walmart, (Read the title of the blog.) I am not pro union, either. I watched two men that I loved work their lives away in union shops for no thing that I ever saw of value.
My question is this-how is it in a country where the majority is supposed to rule do we have 12.3 percent of the population controlling the rest of us?  Says a  lot for B.O.'s background, doesn't it?  He is a product of the Chicago machine after all.  Think about his ties to Chicago and all the corruption they enjoy.You might even ask yourself who he's working for, as it doesn't seem to be us.  You'll thank me later.