I never believed in unions, I felt
if you did not like your job you should just quit and go to work for your
boss’s competitor and put your old boss out of business. But we are loosing the
option to quit and get a different job unless we are willing to move to China.
In the past labor unions provided the balance we needed. The balance is missing
when corporations move jobs to foreign countries
“ Increased
competition among developing nations for scarce jobs, however, can depress
wages as countries market their cheap labor and can decrease women's abilities
to organize for better wages and working conditions as companies threaten to
move elsewhere.”
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Unions have made a difference and do make a difference. With the economy continuing to benefit corporate America, income inequality is on the rise, and working people need the power of collective action now more than ever. That’s why more and more workers are joining unions.
http://www.teamster.org/join/difference.htm
Jobs are not paying enough but raising minimum wage is not the solution. Minimum wage should only insure that minors are not being exploited. We need real jobs that pay real wages. Selling burgers at McDonals should never be thought of as a “Living Wage”. We are loosing jobs that pay reasonable wages because corporations are selling out our economy.
Large corporations are selling out the US intellectual property to foreign companies under the pretense of “Global Economy”. China can manufacture products and sell them to the world cheaper than we can. It is unreasonable to think other countries will be dumb enough to buy from us and not buy from the same foreign countries that we do.
It won’t be long before the investors turn to China to make money.
The argument that the wages of China will rise because of a “Global Economy” does not hold up. China dos not have labor unions to fight for the rights of its workers like the United States Did.
More government "a swat team to check corporate fraud" "IRS is sewing???”
The recent financial problems make me wonder what happened to the IRS. I thought it was the responsibility of the Internal Revenue Service to make sure businesses follow sound financial policies.
Corporations that "cooks the books" to show a greater profit could also be "cooking the books" to hide profits and avoid taxes.
It may be that the IRS doesn't care because they know they will get more taxes from the pretend profits claimed by a company.
But I think corporations have manipulated the government so they can operate outside the control of the government.
Retirement is not an option for some people, it is a decision made by their aging bodies.
Lost jobs in the USA will have the biggest effect on retirement because corporations target the people who are getting close to retirement. It is in their best interest to get rid of jobs that pay a living wage.
We need to make sure that American jobs remain so the people still working can continue to pay into Social Security
Social Security was built on a pyramid principal counting on more and more people paying into the system. We should have let Goldwater fix it in the sixties.
The biggest current problem is that we are letting corporations export all the jobs that pay a living wage. People will not have enough money to live on let alone save for retirement.
Enron demonstrates that we should not allow people to opt out of social security. Social Security is a safety net to keep people from starving when they retire. It was never intended to provide continued financial status. People should be encouraged to save for retirement or suffer the humiliation and poverty of having to get by with only Social Security.
401k
We need to fix the system that allows an Enron to happen, not the stock market.
Stocks are like a horse race, you bet on a company you think will be a winner. If it is you make money, if not you loose money.
If a company had a sure win they could borrow money from a bank.
If the government gets involved in guaranteeing stocks they could create an even bigger problem with the stock market, because people will feel that they can take the gamble and if there is a problem the government will bail them out.