[ought-six]

The unions are largely to blame for all this. They bled the goose dry. They get greedier and greedier, and their quality of work gets shoddier and shoddier, especially in the construction trades. I've seen it first hand. It is truly alarming.

[ex-snook]

"The unions are largely to blame for all this"

Give it a rest. Many union workers are now Government employees. Bush just uses them for photo-ops with firemen and mine workers.

[hchutch]

It gets worse - they often will hold up efforts to build productivity. Remember how the longshoremen went on strike to break up an effort to increase automation in tracking shipments last year?

It is becoming quite obvious to me that Buchanan and those who parrot his line have far more in common with the Dems than they would like to admit. They favor redistribution of wealth, and are more than willing to enagge in class warfare. There is also a lack of tolerance for those who dare to disagree with them. There is also an acceptance of government intervention to achieve their desired results.

Quite frankly, I don't like either the Buchananites or the Dems.