People seem to think that all union people are alike. Union people are a very diverse cast of characters. Most realize that the system isn’t perfect, but it’s all we have. The union membership elects its representatives, but there are other influences on the union leadership. The American people elect their representatives, but there are other controlling factors behind the decisions made on Capital Hill.

Without unions it would be a race to the bottom because no one wants to pay their workers any more than they have to. It’s the reason unions were formed in the first place. Thanks to our insane trade policies, Americans are being put in the position of having to compete with a Chinese workforce that makes slave wages. Unions are more important now than ever.

Most people don’t advocate doing away with our government in Washington because there is widespread corruption. (Far worse corruption than in most unions) Congress voted itself nine pay increases during the Bush Administration without ever raising the minimum wage. The people on capital hill are robbing the whole country blind, (not just Detroit) with major “bailouts” of the companies they’ve allowed to run amok.

Most union members don’t participate in the process anymore. Attendance at monthly union meetings is only a fraction of the total membership. Much of the electorate seems to have lost faith in the system. Sound familiar?

Bearing that in mind, I have just one rhetorical question.

If we “give the big three to the UAW”, who should we turn the bankrupt country over to?