Reply #5: Matching them with the standard non-worker-owned capital

[jtuck004]

means that, I agree. I am not so sure that employee-owned business, along the lines of Springfield Remanufacturing, means the same thing, because they keep much more of their capital and don't pay the boss $1000 for every dollar the workers make.

With the current system, where everyone from the stock speculator to the distant board of directors is sucking up the benefits of labor, I most certainly see how any job that can be out-sourced will be.

But how much protection do the 30 million unemployed and underemployed people have today? And when that number increases over the next year, how much protection will they have? These people have to go back to work or die. And the three trade agreements spoken about in the article are very likely to remove yet more jobs from our control.

I think the answer might be to retrain people's thinking, help them understand that they have to take control of the capital. By reducing the amount that is taken out for non-productive means and encouraging collective action they may be able to insure that their safety and health is considered.

I have not heard of any real solutions to this, just complaining. And people losing their jobs.