"HK" wrote in message
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Well, I suppose I am "socialistic" enough to value labor at least as much
as capital. Drastically cutting the pay of factory workers and eliminating
their health care and retirement benefits is not acceptable. Might as well
do away with safety regulations while we are at it, right? I mean anything
that helps the rich get richer at the expense of the working middle
class...why that's the new American way.


Look. I respect anyone willing to work. I value training, education and a
willingness to acquire valuable skills. In the trades, licensed
electricians, plumbers, etc., union or not, deserve whatever they can
command in terms of pay or benefits.

The UAW isn't exactly the same, IMO. Most members are high school grads at
best with no specific trades or training before becoming an autoworker at
GM, Chrysler or Ford. (Please correct me if I am wrong.) Nothing wrong
with that, but how they can expect wages and benefits that are well above
the norm for the level of skill, training and qualifications required to do
their job is something I cannot understand. It has nothing to do with
rich versus poor. It has everything to do with being compensated
commensurate with one's qualifications.

If you and I were looking for a job as a journalist or copy writer for a
newspaper or magazine, who is better qualified for a higher paying job?

Eisboch