On topic of unions, if you were a rational individual you would be strongly pro-union. Free and efficient markets would benefit you not one iota, you have to be invested into markets to gain anything from them. You are firmly on Labor part of the equation, yet your political convictions are pro-Capital.

So while your jobs are outsourced, wages slashed, benefits cut in a booming markets you cheer for more of the same.

Unionized and government jobs are pretty much the only way for blue collar to make it into the middle class. More you slash them, more people you push into poverty. All of that so you could save 5c on a burger in McD or 10c on some household item in Wallmart.

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