@Sierra4 And addicting the population to their product.

@MsKathleen

Not Union Made? Maybe that’s not so bad?

We all read and heard about the decimation of unions. How companies like Amazon and Tesla are resisting them.

I say that this might be OK.

Look around your home.

So many of our things are made in China. That incense burner. That picture frame. The toaster. The outlet itself - all with tiny “made in China” labels.

Why?

In the 60’s we could sense it. Tiny Japanese cars. Then photo equipment. Everyone saying that the Japanese and Chinese made them better. Electronics. TV’s. Computers. All foreign made.

Then the wave of overseas manufacturing put more nails in the coffin. We heard that "they make them better, faster, and cheaper than American labor. And the laws let us make them overseas"

Then the stagnant minimum wage continued to make anyone new to business look overseas for manufacturing.

The Decline has been clear; American labor getting the shaft by more and more American manufacturers….while foreign labor standards go up.

As I said; maybe that’s not so bad?

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@MsKathleen It just showed the steadily declining union membership in the U.S. since the middle of last century.

@MsKathleen yes....I know the history of union accomplishments. They ended child labor. They improved rights for women and minorities. They got us many benefits...

But toward the end of last century the fat Union heads got fatter - the jobs went overseas - the minimum wage stagnated...and - well that brings us to today. I found that decline in membership graph....the people - tens of millions of Americans - have spoken...sorry!

They were so sicko couldn't help laughing my head off every time they came on TV.