Yes it must be the unions that are at fault - ********. In GERMANY damn near everybody is unionized and they have the best tools and best balance of payments balance sheet in the world. When will mindless Americans stop blaming themselves in some Calvinistic self hatred and start blaming the greedy corporations that care neither for them or for the country.
Blaming Unions is just another form, of denial, what what is really just a natural transgression in business - getting it done for the lowest costs.
At one time nearly everything was "made in USA", because - for many reasons, it was the cheapest place to make products, which were mostly sold in USA.
Then it was Canada. Then Japan. Next Taiwan. Now China.
We can blame Corporations, but they are in business to
make money, for their investors - no other reason.
If the Union haters stepped out of denial mode, for a minute, they'd remember that, nearly every American job, was complete ****, before Unions and that every non-Union business, usually based their pay/benefits in line with their organized labor competitors.
Would Toyota pay their workers $18/hr, if GM was paying 12?
Of course not.
