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Sun Microsystems co-founder Scott McNealy on why the idea of public sector unions is flawed.
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-- all of this what happens it Wisconsin goes way beyond Wisconsin.
Just -- Scott -- believes the Sun Microsystems co-founder.
And adequate.
Yeah I -- got your view is you want business friendly.
Our presidency what business friendly congress -- you want business friendly.
-- governor's side -- your sense that.
-- Governor Walker.
Does not survive this -- tonight that somehow we jeopardy in this state -- or what.
Play I think that there's there's no question in the real -- here is does it make sense to have public sector unions.
Negotiating.
-- Elected officials who they give campaign donations to for their salaries and pensions and the whole concept of a public sector union is.
As as perverse and corrupt.
The first question I ask is why do we need unions to protect employees from their government.
That that's it.
There there's something wrong -- -- our government if we need to protect them from that its second problem is that there is no incentive.
It if you you can't choose a second government in the state of Wisconsin.
If you don't like their services if you don't like a public a private sector company that is unionized you can find a different company there are no.
There are no checks and balances and no motivations by the monopoly government to deal with the monopoly employee union.
And as a result you get.
And and -- to previous.
Person was arguing that that is who the rights were taken away a right is something you can give everyone without taking from anyone like the right the motive -- our freedom of speech.
But outrageous pensions and salaries and and not crazy -- work rules all have to.
Basically be created and given to a subset.
Of the public sect their worker workers by taking away from what I call the national economic heroes the taxpayer.
You know at the end results is what I how deep people -- your -- And at a time that Scott Walker has been governing your little over eighteen months.
The business climate at least as seen in this kartsonas improved from the 41 ranked state in the country.
To its money right now.
-- the governor was telling me yesterday Scott that's the wind it is back to great.
I I totally agree and I believe people do have decisions to make when I left Sun Microsystems after Oracle bought us.
I became chairman enough founder and major.
Funder of a new company called -- -- dot com.
We chose not to do it in California's rank fiftieth out of fifty companies in terms of being hostile.
To businesses we moved to Denver I was just I just had breakfast with a former executive of mine who just left area.
Company in California and he moved.
After his kids got out of school he's not done -- but he moved arizonans sit on setting up shop there it is just.
Not the right place to do business people are taking their.
Time energy and assets out of business hostile environments and move in -- two other states.
Scott and the only on this big election night in -- --
