By: Jože Biščak
Let’s be very clear: if Štrukelj’s political and ideological comrade Mesec had not blocked the law on personal income tax, employees in education would already have higher salaries today. Instead, the former is now threatened with a strike, the latter is retreating to the haven of left-wing incomprehensible to a sane person, trash-Marxist rhetoric.
Public sector unions are generally one of the biggest obstacles to serious reforms and thus an increase in prosperity for all Slovenian citizens, especially because they are led by a pest that makes leeches look like a Copper butterfly. As a sworn opponent of the market economy and a man who thinks that without a large public sector, humanity would not survive at all, Branimir Štrukelj opposes the centre-right government because of the worldview, no matter what it does. Let’s just remember encouraging resistance against wearing masks in schools. The behaviour of SVIZ at that time was completely political, and we have been monitoring such activities all the time since the government was led by Janez Janša. Therefore, the announced offensive against the government just before the election comes as no surprise; it would be surprising if Štrukelj’s did not join in creating the general chaos predicted by Soros’ non-government officials and street activists for the next month and a half, all in the form of a deep state puppet.
That this is true is shown by Štrukelj’s ruthlessness towards the current conduct of the government. Tens of millions of euros were spent on education at the time of the Chinese virus, new kindergartens and schools are also being built. “Who cares,” said the first man of SVIZ at a press conference. We could not find clearer evidence that he is not concerned with higher salaries and other benefits for teachers, but that the threats have a political background. The fact that doctors were given higher salaries because the health care system was the busiest due to the pandemic, and the team from Gregorčičeva street forgot about upbringing and education, is just a convenient excuse to light a lighter cord and have SVIZ leadership openly join the anti-Janša campaign. Now we can only wait for Štrukelj to organise a strike to reduce wages in his left-wing zeal.
Public sector unions should simply be abolished, and strike banned. Not only because of such pre-election and ideological setbacks as Štrukelj’s, who clearly defines himself politically and identifies with the bearers of the ideas of socialist experiments, but because they are the biggest obstacle to development and work against the interests of citizens. I have written this many times and I still stand behind it. Think about it, public sector employees demand from the government (employer) to give them more money from third parties (private sector). I am sure they are not so stupid (or in fact they are) to think money grows on trees; it seems to me more to be a corruption that does not stem from envy of other employees but has an ideological basis in Marxist idiotisms. That is why, Štrukelj’s rhetoric no longer surprises anyone, because to expect him to act differently is illusory. Life in a parallel world just does its own. And when the people there have foam in their mouths, then you know that something good is happening for the citizens in the real world. Undoubtedly, they are good players, as they manage to keep a serious face all the time.
Finally, ask yourself who works for the benefit of the state. If the government is at least trying to make life easier for everyone during the pandemic, Štrukelj is going in the opposite direction. A well-paid union official is never responsible for the consequences of his actions. As is customary with the Socialists, others are always to blame – he and his are always victims, even though public sector employees have (almost literally) a lifelong secure job. Remember: when it comes to Štrukelj’s confederation of public sector unions (or just SVIZ), net taxpayers have no say. These are the only people who have a tangible financial interest.
Jože Biščak is the editor-in-chief of the conservative magazine Demokracija, president of the Slovenian Association of Patriotic Journalists and author of the books Zgodbe iz Kavarne Hayek, Zapisi konservativnega liberalca in Potovati z Orwellom.