[Fmpro] Unions

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Why does this sound like an argument to not using ASCAP and BMI to me?

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> From: Rick Blanc <pazuni at sbcglobal.net>
> Reply-To: Rick Blanc <pazuni at sbcglobal.net>, "fmpro at nxport.com"
> <fmpro at nxport.com>
> Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2006 20:10:23 -0700
> To: <fmpro at nxport.com>
> Subject: [Fmpro]  Unions
> 
>  Mike, 
> 
>  Let me see if I understand this right.  Your argument
>  for sticking with the union is 1) the Federation doesn't
>  know how to represent musicians, and 2) the RMALA
>  doesn't care about anyone but themselves but the
>  two organizations are all we have.
> 
>  Is it really inconceivable to get through life without a
>  union teat to suck on.  Have we gone totally nuts?
> 
>  Unions and "progressives" etc. are supposed to care
>  about workers, the little guy, the oppressed, the
>  disadvantaged, etc. etc.  Yet we are marshalling all
>  our resources to protect the interestsof the most
>  privileged and affluent among us.
> 
>  And we persist in this idolatry, conceit and swooning
>  about the "best in the world?"  Puleeez.
> 
>  Rick