Tuesday, August 31, 2010

August 31, 2010

The current economic downturn, recession if you like, is being compounded by the policies of the party currently in control of the government, Democrats. By that I mean that the Democrats who are indebted to the labor unions for helping to put them in power are using government money and programs to enhance labor's hold on the American economy, which has shifted dramatically in recent decades. Only about 7% of the private sector economy is unionized. This is because unions have destroyed virtually every industry where workers have been organized, just look at a partial list: automobiles, airlines, department and grocery stores, manufacturing, etc., the list goes on and on. So what have the unions done? They have gone into public sector where today 30% of that workforce is unionized, lead of course, by teacher's unions. The result is the same, state and local governments are bankrupt or are becoming bankrupt. In spite of this fact, the Democrats have continued to follow policies that perpetuate our economic problems: raising the minimum wage, bailing out the auto industry to prevent the collapse of the UAW, and creating a health care system that will alleviate the union's burden of having to provide health insurance to their members. The next step is pretty obvious, a bailout of state and local governments.