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There are plenty of countries with larger debt problems than the US. I don't think this union is so much about getting a check from Congress than it is tipping
by bluedanieru 17y ago
There are plenty of countries with larger debt problems than the US. I don't think this union is so much about getting a check from Congress than it is tipping the legislative balance a little bit less in favor of giant corporations than it currently is. US law has little in the way of worker protection, and is quite hostile to small business as well. Reminder that Congress is basically owned by the richest 99.99th percentile (who have seen their wealth increase of late, I might add).
It's too bad that it takes a collapse of the economy before we can see agitation for this sort of stuff, rather than during fatter times when it should be easier, but I guess it's hard to think about the future for a vast majority of the population.
- lrm242 17y agoWhy is the government always in the corporation's back pocket? The democrats are firmly in control, with a president who has shown a huge favor for unionized labor.
- jerf 17y agoI cheated and used absolute debt. Relative debts aren't 100% applicable, because the US' absolute debt is large enough that they may face a problem few if any others will face, which is the world running out of money to lend, but it's anybody's guess how that will affect anything, if it has any effect at all. Increasing union-style protection is not going to help small businesses. Everything the current Congress is capable of thinking involves raising the price of employees. They don't even always understand that's what they are doing, i.e., "making an employee harder to fire", regardless of how sweet it sounds in a politician's speech, means making them that much riskier and therefore that much more expensive to hire.