[B4Ranch]

What in the hell does unions have to do with who becomes successful?

Did you drive a new car when you were 25? I sure didn't. Being stupid enough to hang a large loan bill from the bank around your neck will certainly keep someone from having any extra cash to invest in real estate or the stock market.

Buying the newest style clothes is more important to many than investing their money in a growth fund that will guarantee early retirement or a comfortable lifestyle.

[oldcomputerguy]

"What in the hell does unions have to do with who becomes successful? Did you drive a new car when you were 25?"

Well I guess you completely missed the point of my post.
My point was that opportunity in this country for the majority of the people is strongly tied to unions. This is because unions were responsible for ability of high school graduates to obtain well paying jobs. That then built the middle class. That now is in steep decline.

Everyone is simply not cut out for college...period.
The people who are not and even many who are are now being pushed into an underclass due directry to the decline in unions in this country. Workers will continue to lose ground as the drive for profits will always be foremost and the counterbalance to that is now missing.

And yes I actually did drive a new car when I was 25. My parents bought it for me but they were hardly wealthy, I guess it was just something they wanted to do for me that that never did for themselves.