[RobRoy]

>>Isn't that a large part of what being an American is all about? <<

No.

People should get paid for the value they give to society. What I say to young people today is that in the future they will never be more than the "working poor" unless they can say one of the following things: 1) I own my own business; or 2) You cannot teach someone else my job in less than a month. Thats the problem the dockworkers will eventually have. That's why Unions are collapsing. They were usefull when strugling for "fair." They no longer serve that purpose.

They're becoming Ludites...

[steveegg]

You forgot #3 (actually an AND to both #1 and #2): "The service/product/work I provide has substantial monetary value." For example, I can't teach someone how to make a horse-drawn buggy in less than a month, but because nobody wants buggies anymore, it isn't a lucrative business.