Striking Wal-Mart workers aren't just fighting their employer. They're fighting a whole system.

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9. Because they care about their community more than just themselves?

Good wages benefit the entire community. Look at wages now compared to when we had strong unions. Look at the economy now compared to when we had strong unions & good wages. I don't know how old you are, but if you were born after 1980 then all you've ever heard in the media & from the status quo is that unions are bad.

Labor is an integral part of any business model. Why do we in America put such little value on it? We didn't always, but we do now. Labor always takes the first & biggest hit, sometimes the only hit. And the media is a big part of it. They aren't reporting on Hostess' management bonuses, but rather the workers who are in the union. Workers by the way, who agreed to a pay cut a few years back & then were asked to take another one recently, while management got bonuses.

Trickle down is a lie propagated by a two-bit actor|puppet who looked good on camera. Too many Americans swallowed it because it allowed them to justify their greed.

on edit: I think it was Michael Moore who said that we've gone from being a country of WE to a country of ME. Pretty much nails it up, I think.