Uncensored2008
Libertarian Radical
- Feb 8, 2011
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The middle class that was huge booming and the envy of the rest of the world was due to unions.
Again you ignorant fool, this is completely false.The middle class arose as Americans specialized in the crops they grew and the crafts they pursued, selling the product of their labor on the open market instead of laboring for sustenance. This was known as the "market revolution."
Take a history class.
We can agree to disagree. And I know what you are saying and I get that you are correct too.
But don't discount the impact unions had. They literally made the middle class here in Michigan. Those unions are all but gone now. Even the unions that are left took huge concessions. And waves have gone down. Waves did not go up. Companies came back to Michigan but don't pay what they used to. Right to work lowers wages.
Collective bargaining good
Unions have nothing to do with the rise of the middle class. Unions formed first in Europe and spread to America as industrialization dominated the large cities. Unions are a form of collectivism that offsets corporations, another form of collectivism, in a healthy capitalist economy. Monopolies in corporations such as the old AT&T or in unions such as the AFL/CIO destroy an economy, but in a free market, both unions and corporations offer a healthy economy.