by Waterthrush » Sat 07 Jun 2008, 15:58:45
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cashmere', 'I') disagree.
Human nature killed U.S. competitiveness.
The U.S. automotive industry began dying when the workers were able to command more than they were worth through the power of their unions.
This his zero to do with a national health care catastrophe plan.
Cashmere, it's management that commands more than it's worth. No one - no one - is worth 400x more than his workers. No one is worth 200x more than his workers. When I see the financial companies paying their workers absurd salaries, millions upon millions, manipulating compensation practices to GUARANTEE those salaries and golden parachutes, then I vote union. Geez, a salary that allows the purchase of two vehicles, a vacation, and a college fund - and that's supposed to be greedy and horrifying. The thrust of the free market in the US now is to strip workers of everything but the minimum for food and shelter for one person. Working class people who need an operation for a bad back, I suppose, should just realize they don't deserve relief from pain because they aren't rich enough.
The free market doesn't work anymore. As one can see from the efforts to make taxpayers fund it.