We’re in big trouble, because we have been deliberately sending America’s wealth OUT OF THE COUNTRY for three decades now.
It was called “free trade”.
That is the big trouble. Irrational hatred of unions, and flat-out greed has now demolished American manufacturing to the point we pay foreigners for EVERYTHING WE BUY.
We’ve spent all our money. Now we’re broke.
It’s not complicated.
Irrational? Paying $70 hr for tightening bumper bolts is irrational!
Okay, but if you had money to invest in manufacturing, would you invest somewhere like china that does not have the UAW or would you invest in the USA where you might have to hire the UAW, Teamsters, United Steel workers, etc.
You do the math.
Hatred has nothing to do with it. It's a simple question of economics.
Unions guarantee that labor costs will be higher than they should be. It's just a basic fact. With operations the size of GM, the cost of that over-priced labor is staggering.
Union labor is like barnacles on a ship. Each individual won't cause a noticeable difference, but the cumulative effect is devastating.
Unions are anti-liberty.
So, it's not the massively inflated production costs that unions demand? The biggest reason to go overseas is labor costs, costs not driven by the unions, but you say there is an irrational fear of unions? Talk about speaking from boths sides of your mouth. What an insanely silly post! Geez.