Paul, your right wing, anti union, carping must be music to the ears of those on the wealth end of the class war.
Or maybe it's a comedy sketch to them...stifling snickers at the silliness of those of you who are so easily convinced that your problems can be laid at the feet of the wages of school teachers, policemen, firemen, court clerks, garbage men, snow plow drivers, etc. while they themselves pull in literally billions of dollars of bonuses, cry about paying a very minimal percentage of taxes on the income they can't turn into capital gains, defer, or shield, and try to game the system for billions of dollars of public money that comes their way for unneeded and unnecessarily expensive projects.
That's just silly. I'd like to see entire private sectors unionize and gain more economic leverage versus management and ownership. I'd like to see that leverage create a rise in the wages and benefits for working men and women across the board relative to the wages and benefits of management and at a cost to the profits of owners, yes, including stockholders like most of us.
Of course if you have some better suggestion for strengthening economic leverage for the working class I'd like to hear it because that's where we need to be. Balancing income would stimulate the economy and, additionally, an America with its income distribution spread more evenly would be a healthier, more vibrant and happier America, don't you think? Ed
PS, and yes, I know it's not going to happen unless things get much, much worse and the Chamber of Commerce PR machine goes tone deaf. |
