Joe0121 wrote:
manowar:
You are not comparing apples to apples. It is a fact the all other things equal a non union company will enjoy a competative advantage over a union company.
The remark about Clinton isn't worth a reply, but the remark about unions is.
Obviously, one does not need a degree in economics to understand that you can sell your product cheaper if you save money on wages, worker safety, bathroom breaks, not letting lead and broken glass get into your canned food exports, etc.
That's why in a properly functioning country ( which the USA is not ) you would have tariffs preventing people from opening up plants in China to undercut prices using those techniques. Internal companies would be forced to allow unions. Workers, being rational would choose unions, and companies would not have the excuse available that they are simply trying to compete internationally.
Things used to be this way. Unions used to be strong, and America was the top country on earth. Then the rich took over control of both parties and created "free trade" and destroyed the power of labor, and started shrinking the middle class.
If you are wealthy, this process may have been very good for you - at least until the day when angry starving mobs kill the private security force you have stationed in front of your private estate.
Since you are on DICE, most likely this process did not benefit you.
