On Fri, 1 Oct 2010 09:22:48 -0700 (PDT), Jack
wrote:

On Oct 1, 3:59*am, bpuharic wrote:
On Fri, 01 Oct 2010 02:02:40 -0400, wrote:

The issue is not monetary policy, it is a decline in our capacity to
produce things we can sell the world.

and one of the biggest factors in this was the destruction of unions.
a recent series of articles in 'slate' showed that countries with
strong unions also have strong manufacturing bases. the right
destroyed the unions in this country and, bye bye manufacturing

You're using backward logic. Actually, more manufacturing brings more
unions.

nope. not if you can intimidate workers. and america has given carte
blanche to companies to do exactly this. there is no penalty for
harassment, intimidation, or even firing union organizers

Less manufacturing = less unions. Unions priced themselves
out of the market,

wrong. germany, sweden and france all have good manufacturing bases
and have strong unions

right wingers WANT people to think unions are bad, but the EVIDENCE
shows othewise

and people like you killed manufacturing by buying
cheap chinese-made battery chargers at walmart. You killed the unions
with your purchasing decisions.

nope. you killed them when you allowed the right to pass legislation
destroying unions