Democrat's Apathy For Unions Is Suicide

[WillTwain]

200. First, I thought you were much younger judging by your comments saying how quick you made it.

We are in the same age group. I grew up tough, too. Nothing was ever easy. I paid my own way through college. Prior to that, I worked my way through trade school - twice -no handouts for me. I left home with $50 in my tattered blue jeans, wearing a frayed t-shirt. Still, I invested, bought property and used sweat equity to to increase value and eventually sold for good profit. I worked my ass off.

Without a good union scale, the extra money I used to crawl out of the hole i came from would not have existed. I am so grateful for what the union has done for me and hundreds of friends and family members. It is a ladder out of a hard generational existence. Thank you brothers and sisters that fought for me.

Regarding dying unions, there is a lot involved. Our trade policies have been damaging for twenty years. Countries manipulate their dollar values which make trade unfair. Also, Republicans have given tax incentives for companies to leave the country - seriously. Greed is good has swept the nation, this has not helped either. Also, Reagan launched an attack on unions that has seen been devastating, as you can see in its culmination in Wisconsin. By the way, The average right-to work state employee makes about 30 percent less than pro-union state - just the truth. Watch Wisconsin it is imploding - worst job creation in the country - seriously.

The government has swung hard to the right and is ignoring prevailing wage laws which leads to more non-union hiring. Of course, Republicans have fired millions of government and teachers. Another big problem, the austerity move has lead to a crumbling infrastructure. In the past, huge government projects were almost all union. This represents millions of jobs lost. It should be pointed out that all this has added up to a blown out middle-class and more wealth bubbling to the top.

Finally, and this is really incredible. Regular working class Americans are against unions. Fifty years ago, it was hard to find workers that did not want to be in a union. Europeans would never let go of their unions. They have had a different history than 'merica and have a grasp on reality.

in summary, there are many reasons why unions are declining. An all out attack on unions by the Republican elite has been extremely successful. Wages have not risen in 40 years and nearly all new wealth goes to the already filthy rich. The death of unions is a big reason why.

I am serious, If unions went away, you would not be driving a monster truck, you would be living in one.