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  1. And, U.S. adults and children would also share in the great pleasure of working for $12 a week in unsafe factories.

    Wrong. The foreign auto manufacturers all seem to be able to provide decent wages and benefits here. And, they are profitable. It’s the union legacy issues that are the deciding factor on costs.

  2. If it weren’t for the unions, manufacturing would have stayed here and not gone to China which would have resulted in a lot less pollution globally.

    Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 11, 2010 4:02 PM

    Yeah except we would pay something like $35 for a pair of 2x-ist underwear

    Posted by: Kensingtonian at March 11, 2010 4:13 PM

    NO, you’ve missed my whole point. It was the union legacy issues that casued the manufacturers to raise prices to the point of not being competetive vs. if they chose to manufacture offshore.

    If the legacy issues weren’t such a cost, the underwear could be manufactured here for the same price it’s manufactured in China.

  3. If it weren’t for the unions, manufacturing would have stayed here and not gone to China which would have resulted in a lot less pollution globally.

    Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 11, 2010 4:02 PM

    And, U.S. adults and children would also share in the great pleasure of working for $12 a week in unsafe factories.

  4. What if you like and wear 2x-ist undershirts? Is that considered gay?

    Posted by: Kensingtonian at March 11, 2010 4:11 PM

    Pretty much but we’ll let it pass this time, Kens. Afterall, I wear jeans and flannel shirts.

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