I've had Snap On and Proto. Outstanding stuff. I've played with Wiha, also outstanding. I can't imagine what would be different to that type of tool to make it any better. They just work. And, if there's a problem, they give you a new one, but I think most everyone does that now. You can't go wrong with this stuff. Others have offered the same opinion, so I'm basically parroting what has already been said.
To be clear, I'm in NO WAY attacking or bashing you personally. You just want to make as much money as you can, you don't care about anything other than that. You're a young guy and you believe you're doing well because the union has done their programming well. That's what they do. But at the same time, the bigger picture it's making the U.S. noncompetitive and we are losing our standing relative to most of the world. Once that happens, no one will make over-inflated wages, and what will the union do for you then?
I see just as many "atrocities" made by union shops as non-union shops (it's about equal, give or take) so your argument is completely invalid, without standing or merit. Unions do not contractually guarantee quality. Unions protect those in the "mediocre" category that would get canned on the free market, that's the PURPOSE of the union, they do this so they can make more money for themselves. Because the better workers don't get canned, they are already in high demand and make the best wages because they produce the most and the highest quality. The union waters down the quality with the lesser quality workers getting the same high benefits and are protected. I started as a California state attorney as a liaison to control unions, and since then I've been a union shop and a non-union shop, I am an expert at both ends, not as an employee. The union, in the end, is ripping off my employees. My employees on the non-union side make MORE than the union side. They are WORTH more.
This is a discussion forum, by participating you will get just that, discussion, opinions, on and off topic. If you can't handle people expressing thoughts that you may not agree with or upsets your rep at the union hall, either don't read it or offer a qualified rebuttal...but it's gonna happen one way or another. It's the real world so rise up and deal with it like anything else or you can threaten to delete the thread (people still do that? lol). So close the thread, it won't hurt my feelings. I can deal with it, it's the real world.
I didn't open the union part of the thread, I offered my opinion once it was on the table. And since YOU escalated the union aspect and threaten to delete the thread because someone offers a different opinion than yours... the union aspect is on the table. That's how a discussion forum works.
Your passionate opinion=union is great, get paid lots of money that no one else will pay
My passionate opinion=unionization is antiquated, and is bad for the United States
Is either of us right? Is either of us wrong? What's your opinion of THAT? Do you have one? Feel free to PM me about this and we can not clog up this tool thread any longer. But I will screenshoot this post and repost in the event of this thread vaporizing. Because it's the real world and people need to know.
I'm flying to Hong Kong now, where I'll be safe from the sinister union reps in black hats and their wicked ways of mind control and email peeping. I hope I don't get extradited and spend the rest of my life in a SuperMax in Kansas. I mean really, can't it be a bit more glamorous...like in Hollywooooood? This probably already has a screenplay written.
