On Mar 16, 7:31*pm, "HeyBub" wrote:
Robert Green wrote:
"HeyBub" wrote in message
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harry wrote:

They are in third world countries expressly to avoid these things.
America also supports many corrupt, killer tyrant leaders so that
this regime will continue and rich republicans can make more money
also depriving Americans of jobs. Without bloodshed nothing will
change. But eventually the pigeons will come home to roost.

There is some traction to your observation that US companies locate
in places where they can avoid regulations and have lower employee
costs.

There is also a significant incentive to locate offshore to avoid
taxes. The US has the 2nd largest (soon to become THE largest)
corporate tax rate in the world - something in the neighborhood of
35%. If the US reduced its corporate tax rate to zero, we could make
a big dent in unemployment as companies moved production facilities
back home.

Things have changed, however. Republicans got elected. Whether this
will result in bloodshed is solely up to the unions.

Oh Jeez, now you're rewriting union history? *I'm not particularly
fond of unions, but I am fond of the truth.

Just like the partisan donkey crap that either the D's or the R's are
solely responsible for all our ills, perhaps you've heard the
expression "it takes two to tango." *The history of the labor
movement is riddled with murders of union workers, scabs, innocent
bystanders, Pinkertons, hired thugs, business owners and more.

Union organizers faced businessmen determined to keep unions out of
their businesses at all costs. *No one who is writing in AHR today
really knows what work was like in the early industrial age. *They
have no idea how many people died so they could have their paid
vacations, health bennies, lunch hours, work breaks, fair wages,
pensions, workmen's comp and more. *They just take for granted those
conditions were always there. *They were not.

A lot of people on every side of the issue died, at it wasn't all
"solely up to the unions." *I'm sure you've enjoyed many of the
benefits that were brought about by the unions you're now (wrongly)
implying are the sole cause of labor violence. *History says
otherwise.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History...n_the_United_S...

You make some good point, but that's almost all history. Worker's rights,
working conditions, hours, pay, safety rules, and the like have all been
settled. There are huge government agencies that enforce all these
regulations.

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They are ensuring their hard fought for rights are not eroded by
Republican scum.