Another Example of Failed Policies

There are some pretty obvious examples of failing policies that have gotten America and the rest of the world into this mess. The foolish chant of smaller and smaller government only means unethical corporations can run rampant over the lives of the people. Take BP as an obvious disaster. If that's not obvious enough, look at the failed banking industry. Neither of these would be plaguing America if we hadn't listened to the failed conservative policies.

But, let's talk about the crucial need for unions in a successful society. In the years before Reagan, over one fourth of Americans were union members. Since those jobs competed with non union jobs, the non union shops had to provide better working conditions and better pay in order to get anyone to apply. So, in effect, almost half of America was benefiting from unions.

Today, union members make up less than 7% of the private workforce.

Is it just a coincidence that our working conditions have fallen similarly? The unions are a big part of what made America strong. Now many of us believe the right-wing marketing saying that unions are bad or have outlived their usefulness. The opposite is obviously the case. The less unions membership, the worse YOUR working conditions.

It really can't be any more obvious.