From the article:
“Because the cost of peacefully eliminating the unions is likely to be small relative to the potential wealth there is to gain, we should just pay off the unions now and [be done with them forever”
Although well written, the author of the article didn’t put enough thought into the problem to come up with the least expensive solution. Why pay each of the 45,000 members hundreds of thousands of dollars for 20 years when they could just pay the ILA hierarchy a few million each up front with a few more million more in campaign contributions to the politicians the ILA has bought off. $50 million cash split between 15-20 briefcases & the ILA would be finished.