Remember Jim Jones?

Looking at the mess Governor Scott Walker has gotten his state in, causes me to ponder the following"

 

We can, and will debate the value of unions and of open and closed shops, until the cows come home.  It's an exercise well worth doing. 

But there is an important lesson here, for us, as members of the American Council of the Blind. 

Our organization, like unions and like nations, depend upon involved, educated members, if that body is going to fairly represent its members.  When members of any organization become disinterested or lax, a vacuum occurs.  Corruption nearly always fills the void.  Remember, Greed is not unique to the Empire Builders alone.  Power and control can be hypnotic most anywhere.  While we think of the likes of Dave Beck and his Sweetheart Contracts, and the mob controlled Longshoremen unions, remember a fellow named Jim Jones?  When people give away their power and allow others to think for them, corruption results. 

 

Curious Carl