Yes, it would. More jobs, less waste, more competition on the international market, lower costs and less corruption. MUCH better.

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Our nation has not always lived up to its ideals, yet those ideals have never ceased to guide us. They expose our flaws, and lead us to mend them. We are the beneficiaries of the work of the generations before us and it is each generation's responsibility to continue that work. - Laura Bush

Leftists and very small children don't seem to be able to understand that the Government isn't there to "fix" the economy, anymore than a tick is there to fix your dog.~Oftencold

I don't have to try to make Obama look bad, the facts speak for themselves. For example, screwing the other stakeholders and the taxpayers to reward their UAW cronies. Those are the facts.

In other words, the union employees get the top-up and the non-union are left holding the bag. "Since we are the Obama Administration, we don't have to have justification. We make the rules and you live by them."

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"As democracy is perfected, the office of President represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be occupied by a downright fool and complete narcissistic moron."
--- H.L. Mencken, The Baltimore Evening Sun, July 26, 1920

The reason little Rayanne will not be in a sweat shop at the age of 6 is because of unions. The reason any unskilled laborer in this country gets over a dollar an hour TODAY is due to union influence. The reason your job whatever it is commands whatever salary it does is due in part to union influence and history. NEVER forget that.

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What a load of crap. Unions THEN did some good things, unions TODAY are corrupt, money-grubbing extortionists. When are you going to learn that times have changed and MOST of the need for unions is long gone. There are now laws on the books to prevent the abuses that unions fought against and I'm thankful to the unions for helping to get them passed. But now that need is no longer there, so using it as an argument in favor of unions is dishonest at best. Do you ever look at the overall impact that unions have on our economy?? Do you ever consider the impact they have on non-union people?? That's not your problem is it?? You sit there worshipping at the throne of the Almighty Union and never consider the single mother of three who has to pay an extra $100 a month for goods and services because of the unions efforts at artificially inflating wages and forcing thier employers to pass on those costs to the consumers. Yeah, if you're a union employee, it doesn't matter, since you just got big fat raise for doing nothing but giving money to the union, but if you're not a union employee, then you pay for that raise with every purchase.

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Our nation has not always lived up to its ideals, yet those ideals have never ceased to guide us. They expose our flaws, and lead us to mend them. We are the beneficiaries of the work of the generations before us and it is each generation's responsibility to continue that work. - Laura Bush

Leftists and very small children don't seem to be able to understand that the Government isn't there to "fix" the economy, anymore than a tick is there to fix your dog.~Oftencold

That is a broad statement. Fact is that unions created the middle class. Is there some unions with some issues? yes. Are they all evil with bad intentions? not hardly. Yeah, have you been watching the United pilot strike. How about the football referees? Watch tonight and see a back up crew because of the greedy NFL. This is BS. It is in corporations interest to pay as little as possible.Yes, without them we would all be living in a much lower class life. Do you realize that the states with strong unions do better than states without? Yes, good union wages support local economies. .Funny how you don't find anyone in the corporate structure at fault but union workers. Not execs with ridiculous wages and corporate jets. Not the need to hit stock expectations. [/QUOTE]
Now you say union workers do nothing but add costs. I wouldn't want to live in your minimum wage world.

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