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Originally Posted by gimpy117
But that the way they want it. They bend over backwards trying to paint the UAW (for example) as some evil union that went to far, While forgetting that they were just doing their job. Fighting for the best possible wages for workers. In the good days of the auto industry (before the 1989 layoffs) Someone could get a high school diploma, go to GM and put in hard work, work his way up and retire at a decent age. Thats what i call the American Dream.
But where is that now? Corporations In america are slashing costs by taking it out on workers, while paying executives historic compensation. You see Toyota and Subaru making noise about "oh we love america too" but their employees have substantially less benefits. I think It's like that in just about every other industry in america, UAW plants are the outliers, the holdovers when companies actually paid for benefits.
The Squeeze for Americans to work for less is on. As it has been for some time, as corporate america gets richer. I wonder why that is?
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Corporate america doesn't work for America, it's globally minded and why they increase in mass profits, they're driving down US wages, exporting jobs and buying congressional seats to pass any regulation they want.
But I'll also have to pass on unions, at least to a degree. What corporations do to unions, unions do to the private sector. If you have a good profitable product then you can pay the high wages, benefits and retirement. To do this you need fair regulation. The GOP wants to under regulate, the Dems more, unless it suits a social need, then they'll regulate it however it best suits to get them voted, like the disaster of deregulating the housing markets to get as many in homes as possible that couldn't afford them.
I believe in strong proper regulation that evens the field for all players, forcing them to work based on competition and for america. I cringe at the GOP so called conservatives that say...If they get rich, good for them, even if it doesn't work for Americans. This is why were heading for 70% Americans in the next generation will be living in poverty. No amount of taxes the few rich pay in will substain a strong US. Our military will go the way the Soviets did, health care for a lucky few, the US dollar will soon be replaced....when that happens, all those that love working for corporate America will see wages and benefits drop to unlivable levels.
If you compare America to the great empires of the past, ours will be a rather brief moment of power.
The government shouldn't be in the business of bailing out unions or corporations.