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<blockquote data-quote="MrFedEx" data-source="post: 803841" data-attributes="member: 12508"><p>The unions have overreached in only a few cases, and they definitely aren't doing so now. I agree with Brown 287 about the cyclical nature of labor vs. management, and I <em>do</em> think the pendulum is swinging away from Big Business. The fractured Republican/Tea Party is so owned by business, yet utterly incapable of doing anything but saying "NO". It's ironic that the companies and individuals who have made billions outsourcing jobs will eventually be undone by a mass market that cannot buy the products they peddle. If they could all be like FedEx Ground, they would, just to boost short term profits and enrich themselves at the country's expense.</p><p> </p><p>Carter was <em>elected </em>in 1976, but his failures as President weren't a blank check for Reagan to take dead aim at the unions and blame them for everything that was wrong with America. "Trickle-down" is a joke, and Reagan's Free Market garbage is just that...garbage. There is no "free market" when government doles-out farm subsidies, special exemptions, and bailouts for selected companies (remember Chrysler, the first time around?)</p><p> </p><p>No, unions aren't perfect, but it's way past time for American workers to take back at least some of what they've lost. It all can't be attributed to a global economy either, because corporate greed has mandated that employees take far less, while CEO's and top management laugh all the way to the bank. Sorry, but that's not acceptable. At some point, workers <em>will</em> see the pendulum swing their way. The concentration of wealth in US society is insanely unbalanced, and the rich grow richer while the rest of us head the other way. That isn't going to last much longer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MrFedEx, post: 803841, member: 12508"] The unions have overreached in only a few cases, and they definitely aren't doing so now. I agree with Brown 287 about the cyclical nature of labor vs. management, and I [I]do[/I] think the pendulum is swinging away from Big Business. The fractured Republican/Tea Party is so owned by business, yet utterly incapable of doing anything but saying "NO". It's ironic that the companies and individuals who have made billions outsourcing jobs will eventually be undone by a mass market that cannot buy the products they peddle. If they could all be like FedEx Ground, they would, just to boost short term profits and enrich themselves at the country's expense. Carter was [I]elected [/I]in 1976, but his failures as President weren't a blank check for Reagan to take dead aim at the unions and blame them for everything that was wrong with America. "Trickle-down" is a joke, and Reagan's Free Market garbage is just that...garbage. There is no "free market" when government doles-out farm subsidies, special exemptions, and bailouts for selected companies (remember Chrysler, the first time around?) No, unions aren't perfect, but it's way past time for American workers to take back at least some of what they've lost. It all can't be attributed to a global economy either, because corporate greed has mandated that employees take far less, while CEO's and top management laugh all the way to the bank. Sorry, but that's not acceptable. At some point, workers [I]will[/I] see the pendulum swing their way. The concentration of wealth in US society is insanely unbalanced, and the rich grow richer while the rest of us head the other way. That isn't going to last much longer. [/QUOTE]
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