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To: koan who wrote (95831)	3/27/2009 7:27:55 PM
From: ajtj99	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116555

How do you equate financial deregulation with unions? The percentage of the private workforce that is unionized is moving inversely with the expansion of free trade and directly proportional with the percentage of the economy that is manufacturing based. Free trade improves the standard of living around the world, including that of Americans. You get more stuff for your money. Union membership declined during the Clinton years. It declined under Republican and Democratic control of congress. It declined under Reagan and Bush. The decline is due to market forces and not government or secret mandates. The decline parallels the decline in manufacturing in the US and the rise of the service industry, which historically has been non-union. 86% of the US economy is service based. 14% is manufacturing based. The evolution of economies starts at hunter/gatherer, moves to agrarian, ratchets up to manufacturing, evolves into service based, and, theoretically, ends up education based. Basically you are arguing for de-evolution, which is something that has difficulty gaining traction unless you are the Taliban.

To: koan who wrote (95831)	3/29/2009 1:18:10 AM
From: John Metcalf	6 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 116555

"Remember his saying: "government is not the solution it is the problem. Tell that to the people who endured Katrina. " That is exactly what I would tell the people who endured Katrina. The majority of their local police left, the State government had their national guard in Iraq, the Federal government came late, and had Blackwater contractors take away residents' means of self defense. Governments, on many levels, were the problem. Are we finally agreeing on something?

To: koan who wrote (95831)	3/29/2009 1:36:10 AM
From: John Metcalf	1 Recommendation Respond to of 116555

"Remember his saying: "government is not the solution it is the problem. Tell that to the people who endured Katrina. " That is exactly what I would tell the people who endured Katrina, that government is not the solution. The majority of their local police left, the State government had their national guard in Iraq, the Federal government came late, and had Blackwater contractors take away residents' means of self defense. Governments, on many levels, were the problem. Are we finally agreeing on something?