Thank unions for NAFTA and the ridiculous pricing of anything made in unionized areas. They've outlived their usefulness and are a drag on the whole of the country.
They can stick their unions up their collective yankee backsides. Leave that crap "up there".
>> Thank unions for NAFTA <<
In a way, yes. Can’t argue with you.
But at the same time, we need to thank NAFTA and similar agreements for weakening the power of unions in American manufacturing.
Specifically, unions have been steadily losing ground in the private sector for the past 30 years. And the competition from Mexico and Canada (plus especially Germany and Japan) has definitely contributed to that weakening.
You understanding of our economic system is very deficient. Those good paying jobs you bemoan are what creates much of the economy...or once did.
I will never understand this opposition to middle class earning a decent middle class wage - that allows them to buy a boat, a camper, dirt bikes and take a weekend or week off.
...and not a single word of protest over people earning $9,000 an hour at the same company. Infuriating BS to me.