To: Toddsterpatriot
labor unions [...] stifle innovation Yes Cheap labor stifles innovation: proved by the long history of ancient Egypt and other serf/slave based societies.
USA was the world leader in innovations at the time when the trade unions were the strongest.
20 posted on
01/30/2006 11:35:42 AM PST by
A. Pole
(Homo economicus, or economic man is a XIX century superstition, as real as the centaurs)
To: A. Pole
Cheap labor stifles innovation: How is that expensive labor innovation working for GM? LOL!!
21 posted on
01/30/2006 11:37:29 AM PST by
Toddsterpatriot
(Why are protectionists so bad at math?)
To: A. Pole; Toddsterpatriot
Actually, we were the leader in innovation from Eli Whitney through the end of WWII, when that Euro-peon export known as organized labor gained power.
Tell me, how many union members does Apple, Microsoft, Dell, or Wal Mart have? How many of the engineers and designers at Boeing are unionized?
72 posted on
01/30/2006 8:44:01 PM PST by
Clemenza
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