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<blockquote data-quote="59 Dano" data-source="post: 974693" data-attributes="member: 23516"><p>The revisionist history is always a nice touch! Unions (cartels of labor) rely on a lack of competition among workers for jobs to maintain their strength. That was really really easy during and after WWII when the economy was zipping along. It got a little more difficult when your neighbor was willing to work for a little bit less than the union rate in order to get a leg up on whatever he was making at his current job. It got a whole lot more difficult when millions of people all over the world were willing to work for a whole lot less.</p><p> </p><p></p><p></p><p>There's nothing wrong with some having so much relative to others. You're looking at this from a very skewed viewpoint that bases expectations on a short period of economic activity that is not, nor has ever been, the norm for this country. Post-WWII was great because the workers were getting good pay and benefits anyway just because of the economic circumstances. Unions began making outrageous demands. Unions were *getting* many of them because when the boss is making so much money that he can't count it all, might as well toss a few bucks their way to shut them up. No one cared who got what as long as each guy got his.</p><p></p><p>Those days are long past us. Neither of us would make a habit of paying someone more than his work is worth and no business that wants to stay in business is going to do that, either.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="59 Dano, post: 974693, member: 23516"] The revisionist history is always a nice touch! Unions (cartels of labor) rely on a lack of competition among workers for jobs to maintain their strength. That was really really easy during and after WWII when the economy was zipping along. It got a little more difficult when your neighbor was willing to work for a little bit less than the union rate in order to get a leg up on whatever he was making at his current job. It got a whole lot more difficult when millions of people all over the world were willing to work for a whole lot less. There's nothing wrong with some having so much relative to others. You're looking at this from a very skewed viewpoint that bases expectations on a short period of economic activity that is not, nor has ever been, the norm for this country. Post-WWII was great because the workers were getting good pay and benefits anyway just because of the economic circumstances. Unions began making outrageous demands. Unions were *getting* many of them because when the boss is making so much money that he can't count it all, might as well toss a few bucks their way to shut them up. No one cared who got what as long as each guy got his. Those days are long past us. Neither of us would make a habit of paying someone more than his work is worth and no business that wants to stay in business is going to do that, either. [/QUOTE]
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