What part of "I deal with" did you not catch from my post? This is not an exception. The union mentality in shops is a sickness, and it's terminal.
american big business is going to blame the unions and employ 3rd world sweat shop laborours at a fraction of the cost?
Absolutely. They are a major pain to deal with, and a major reason costs are exploding. Read the thread on the non-union electrical shop owner who was shot for some insight. Eliminate union problems; eliminate high corporate taxation, and you drastically cut the outsourcing problem.
Sorry, but 7% of our private sector jobs are union. Why bother "blaming" unions. Unions have discredited themselves. But, your brief statement of ideology was eloquent. Pointless, but eloguent. Why would companies flee high taxes, unreasonable regulations, government/union attacks, just for the honor of producing their product in the U.S. instead of say, Australia?
And still more left ninny union thug tactics. http://www.marklevinshow.com/goout....spectful-in-confrontation-with-obama-20110816 Yes that's right ladies and gents, if YOU disagree with this President. If YOU disagree with his political policy. Why then not only must YOU be a racist, but now YOU are also "disrespective" of the office of the President of these States United. Now you will note ladies and gents, that when it was code pinko's disrupting speech's being given by then President Bush, then we were told by these same liberals how not only was questioning the policies of President Bush, ok. Note ladies and gents, how when it came to liberal leftist's actively seeking and attempting to undermine and interfere with the policies of the President at the time as well. This wasn't racist, this wasn't disrespecting the office of the President. No that was called "dissent". And yet now suddenly, to hear these same liberals tell it, this citizen doesn't have the very same right to "dissent". Now hmmm whats the difference between what this citizen has done, and what certain liberals did while President Bush was in office???? Oh that's right, one "dissenter" is a liberal, and the other is not. Yet again ladies and gents, the libs through their words and actions, demonstrate precisely the same kind of hypocrisy and double standards, the libs accuse everyone else of every time one turns around. And precisely why the lying liberal left, is wholly undeserving of the public trust to hold public office.
That worker has a right to cross , Unions think they can force people to joined the corruption ... What has the union done lately?
Why are regulations regarding the safety of the workplace and the product produced "unreasonable"? Don't you remember the several recent reported cases of unsafe 'made in China' products. How many more have been missed completely? And how many Chinese workers are getting injured or getting poisoned with stuff that will cause serious illness and greatly reduce their life expectancy? As for corporate taxes, they are pretty f - - - ing low. Just where is PatrickT's evidence that corporate taxes (and especially effective corporate taxes in the era of tax loopholes and offshore accounts) are higher than they were 30 years ago when the loss of manufacturing jobs really began? And if unions are so successful at 'attacking' companies, why are unions steadily decreasing in number and membership while corporate profits (in aggregate over five year periods) are steadily increasing? As for Australia, they are also losing manufacturing jobs to cheap labor overseas. Who the heck is shifting jobs from the US to Australia?
skeptic" "Why are regulations regarding the safety of the workplace and the product produced "unreasonable"?" Gee, I didn't say they were, did I? I lying mandatory for liberals or just a genetic defect. "Don't you remember the several recent reported cases of unsafe 'made in China' products." Yes. I do. "How many more have been missed completely?" I don't know. How many? "And how many Chinese workers are getting injured or getting poisoned with stuff that will cause serious illness and greatly reduce their life expectancy?" I don't know that either. Do you have any evidence that unreasonable regulations would have changed any of this one iota? How many people are killed each year in lightweight cars mandated by the federal government? I have trouble using your screen name of Skeptic when you are obviously not the least bit skeptical. So, tell, me, Mr. Unskeptical, how many lives have been saved by unreasonable government regulations? Take for example the regulations that sent officers armed with machine guns into the healthfood store to root out raw milk. How many lives did those brave men save? "As for corporate taxes, they are pretty f - - - ing low. Just where is PatrickT's evidence that corporate taxes (and especially effective corporate taxes in the era of tax loopholes and offshore accounts) are higher than they were 30 years ago when the loss of manufacturing jobs really began?" Nice ideological rant, Unskeptical. How many businesses have left California seeking lower taxes? How many have left the U.S. to seek lower taxes? I realize that liberals who pay zero income tax and precious few, if any, other taxes, don't care but it is an issue in competition. Oh, I forgot, Unskpetical, competition is a nasty word for liberals, too, unless it's personal. "And if unions are so successful at 'attacking' companies, why are unions steadily decreasing in number and membership while corporate profits (in aggregate over five year periods) are steadily increasing?" A: People are getting smarter, aren't they? Only 7% of private sectors workers opt to join organized crime. B: Gee, Unskeptical, you can increase profits by laying people off, can't you? "As for Australia, they are also losing manufacturing jobs to cheap labor overseas. Who the heck is shifting jobs from the US to Australia?" Sorry, I was responding to someone from Australia and forgot that libe3rals sense of humor is limited to rape scenarios. Please forgive me. Good luck, Unskeptical. Keep the faith. It makes you look silly but I guess it feels good.
I think of them more as organized crime, extortion and the protection racket specifically, but since so many are admitted socialists and communists, like Donald Trumpka, the terrorist label might apply as well.
The idea that you can sell a car to a person making minimum wage that was made with $35 an hour labor is stupid as hell. It's one of the reasons that American car companies couldn't compete. Let me know when you can think of a way to economicly make sense of that. It will never happen.
As long as they do not physically threaten or assualt them, and as long as they don't violate applicable federal, state and local laws. yes I am ok with it.
Not bad for me, per se, Gamewell. It's bad for the U.S. but the current government doesn't care much for the United States. The socialists specifically exempted the criminals in unions from laws like anti-trust and extortion that apply to almost everyone else doing business. It's rather like the liberals in Congress exempted themselves, and their minions, from insider trading laws.
Well then, if as you maintain is true, then Its a moot point since the Government dosen't seem to have issue with it. Of couse I'm curious as to why the prior administration, when all three branches were controlled by the Republicans, didn't change the laws or crack down on these so-called union terrorists?? I guess it was ok then, but suddenly its not in vogue?
I assume you weren't listening quite recently when the liberals had both houses and the Presidency and whine constantly about obstructionist Republicans. Oh, and since 1945, the Republicans have held both houses of Congress and the White House for a total of four years. http://uspolitics.about.com/od/usgovernment/l/bl_party_division_2.htm
