Adios Muchacho

[JakeStarkey]

If by some fluke of nature, the union goons back off and cease asking for more than they are worth, stop digging into to profits of a successful company just because they can...then maybe, just maybe there won't be a need to seek the cheap labor that comes across the border begging for relief from squalid conditions in their homeland.

Sleaze bag unions are the principle cause of our shipping factories and jobs overseas. The dumbass bastards that join them are slitting their own throats as they buy silk suits, limos and high style living for their "organizers". Today's unions are nothing more than legalized mafia!

And America roars with laughter. Without unions and government, business would have all of us working 12 hours a day for $4 an hour with no benefits. Child labor would be in vogue. The history of labor in this country, when business is unregulated, is one of exploitation.

That WAS true when unions were formed decades ago. You fail to understand that I wrote "Today's unions". I agree that unions brought us out of the child-labor and sweat shop days. They have gone beyond "fair pay for a day's work" and reasonable benefits to ridiculous wages and pay-for-not-working demands and have made the companies they work for either go out of business or move overseas. The ridiculous lifetime pension plans wherein companies pay 90% of salary until the beneficiary dies and then 70% or so to the surviving spouse have broken the backs of some formerly well run, profitable, job-providing companies. Like I said ... unions have members have slit their own throats by letting their goons demand more than is available.

No model exists for every generation. Not all unions have self-imploded. The smarter ones will evolve as necessary. The government and the unions provide a necessary break on the power of business.

 

[Katzndogz]

Actually it doesn't. Poor people generally don't buy food.

Why should they when there are dumpsters to be had?

Actually there are food stamps and WIC to be had.

Dumpster diving is mostly practiced by freegans not the poor.

HowStuffWorks "How Freegans Work"

That's right. Freegans are Dumpster divers who rescue furniture, clothes, household items and even food cast off by others. Freegans aren't homeless; in fact, most could easily afford to buy their own food. They've instead chosen to live what they believe is an ethical, unadulterated lifestyle and disassociate themselves from capitalism and consumerism.
The word freegan is a combination of "free" -- as in it's free because you found it in a dumpster -- and "vegan," a vegetarian who abstains from all animal products. Not all freegans are strict vegetarians, however. Some would rather eat found meat, dairy and eggs than let food go to waste.

 

[Scorpion]

Why should they when there are dumpsters to be had?

Actually there are food stamps and WIC to be had.

Dumpster diving is mostly practiced by freegans not the poor.

HowStuffWorks "How Freegans Work"

That's right. Freegans are Dumpster divers who rescue furniture, clothes, household items and even food cast off by others. Freegans aren't homeless; in fact, most could easily afford to buy their own food. They've instead chosen to live what they believe is an ethical, unadulterated lifestyle and disassociate themselves from capitalism and consumerism.
The word freegan is a combination of "free" -- as in it's free because you found it in a dumpster -- and "vegan," a vegetarian who abstains from all animal products. Not all freegans are strict vegetarians, however. Some would rather eat found meat, dairy and eggs than let food go to waste.

And its far easier to throw away 'good food' as opposed to going through all the red tape to donate it.
Wouldn't want anyone to get sick or anything.