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At some point hitherto, Steve hath spake thusly:
> If this agreement led to an intrinsically more productive group, then an 
> argument could be made that what pays for all of these good things is 
> the increase in efficiency. If, however, this is really just collusion, 
> then this becomes a societal cost.

Bingo.  And these days, that's what unionization tends to be.  There
are, in general, adequate laws pertaining to labor and laborers, in
this country, such that unions are no longer necessary (IMO, of
course).  These laws prevent the abuses that once plagued the laborers
of this country.  With the creation of an economy in which most people
labor on the behalf of some other entity (as opposed to being
primarily an agricultural economy, for example), by and large, the
labor union is no longer necessary.

> Unless the group that pays for this cost determines that this additional 
> cost is tolerable, it will ultimately reject it regardless of the wishes 
> of the organized constituency.

Except for Major League Baseball, for some unfathomable reason...

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