But even though the government has given ground to the unions on this issue, it cannot ultimately guarantee identical rights to new workers recruited by the private contractors.The unions' gripe is in fact a strong argument for PFI.
Just as a slave is not doing what he really wants to do, one who is, say, an alcoholic, is being led by a craving to look for satisfaction where it cannot, ultimately, be found.
The fundamental problem with the Court's attempt to narrow the impact of the opinion, is that the very principles of equality it relied on in striking down DOMA cannot ultimately sustain the weight of different (i.e., unequal) treatment by different states.
Even Eric Hobsbawm cannot, ultimately, make his work cohere.
With its wealth of scientific talent, he said, "This company cannot ultimately fail".
To continue on this path is ill advised, as a society out of financial balance cannot ultimately be stable.
But this effort cannot ultimately fix the problem, because all the S.E.C. can do is force states to follow the budgeting rules that are set by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board.
Others sound gloomier, admitting that, if the Kosovar refugees cannot ultimately find a way home, America may owe them a real debt.
Shen also quotes Schweizer on the Clintons: "We cannot ultimately know what goes on in their minds and ultimately provide the links between the money they took and the benefits that subsequently accrued to themselves, their friends, and their associates".
