IMF agrees: Decline of union power has increased income inequalitythis was a comment with the article:
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Gov workers are destroying this country.
They get paid double what their private sector counterparts are paid (benefits), retire earlier (55), get every city, county, state and federal holiday off, never work more than 40 hours a week, complain endlessly, as a group vote for those who raise taxes and then (endlessly) increase their salaries (annual 2% cola plus 2-5% performance), are mostly unionized, and produce absolutely NO wealth for the country.
Any hope for revitalizing this country’s economy begins with massive defunding of gov workers salaries, pensions and benefits.
Otherwise it’s same ole same ole, higher taxes to accommodate the unionized gov workers constant demand for salary increases.
DISTURBING fact about government workers shows Trump was right on this point all along…
So, you destroyed the private sector jobs. You engaged in union busting. You drove down wages. You want to punish government workers rather than do anything to bring back the jobs because...........if you're miserable you want everyone else to suck it as much as you?
Yanno, that's a crock of lo-info happy horse crap so common among loony lefties.
Starting in the 1960s we pushed heavy manufacturing and those jobs out of the country on environmental grounds. By the 1980s technology (computers, robotics) continued the job displacement trend.
Take heart, though.
Thanks to the rapid expansion of fast food joints and bloated government more Americans are working than ever. On the other hand bloated gov't entitlement programs mean the taxes collected don't come close to covering the bill.
Something has to give. Please consider that the next time you promote more spending of OPC (other people's cash).
The key ingredient in unequal income is unequal effort.
The loss of "union power" does not support your bogus claim that Steph "destroyed the private sector jobs."
That loss is a direct result of diminished union membership and there's a myriad of reasons for that, including the unions themselves:
"In 2011 Giant Eagle grocery stores gave several employees in Edinboro, Pa., raises. United Food and Commercial Workers Local 23 promptly sued, arguing their contract prevented the company from awarding individual pay increases. The courts agreed and ordered Giant Eagle to rescind the raises. Local 23 wanted everyone to make the same amount, no matter how good they were at their job."
Why Union Membership is Declining