re: #162 HappyWarrior

So much truth to that. Union workers have become a favorite scapegoat. It doesn’t matter that unions are historically weak and have been for some time, they’re the go to when GOP politicians need a scapegoat. And you’re right, there is the idea created that union workers are somehow less than American for having the nerve to demand fair wages, benefits, working conditions, and pensions but yet not an eye is batted when an executive gives himself a healthy bonus that most of us would be happy to have annually. The problem is while executive pay has gone up, working pay has not. This causes more wealth disparity that does not need to exist.

But only certain types of union workers. Attack unions for police, fire, prison guards, and watch the GOP lose their minds. They love authority because they don’t even hide their fascism any longer.