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2024-04-05 Economy

The Ruling Class Screwed Over Manufacturing Towns Like East Palestine Long Before A Train Derailed

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Posted by Besoeker 2024-04-05 02:47|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [191 views ] Top

#1 Unions didn't help?

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-04-05 03:54|| 2024-04-05 03:54|| Front Page Top

#2 Union leadership does not represent its members. It represents the Party. You think union membership gets to really vote for who their leadership is any more legit than the general citizenship population for our 'leadership'.

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-04-05 07:29|| 2024-04-05 07:29|| Front Page Top

#3 And when the leadership got them higher pay, the membership rejected it "it'll cause the compony to offshore." Sorry P2K, but much as I hate MBAs - I had to teach them math for a living - the labor is just as guilty.

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-04-05 07:37|| 2024-04-05 07:37|| Front Page Top

#4 It's about power hierarchy. Yeah, the membership gets screwed (just like the rest of us), but the hierarchy remains in place. The 'leadership' gets to move to another another entity to leach off of for the 'union'. Administrators whether in the union or company are more inclined to mobility than the work force.

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-04-05 08:04|| 2024-04-05 08:04|| Front Page Top

#5 #4 P2K, I think we're talking about two different things. I'm talking about causes and you consequences. Of cource the leadership didn't suffer!

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-04-05 08:11|| 2024-04-05 08:11|| Front Page Top

#6 That's point of the article. Ruling class made it easy to 'move overseas'. That's why there really is no 'free trade', someone pays in the end. The Ruling Class doesn't calculate that the displaced workers and facilities paid taxes to feed their system. From assets to liabilities as welfare rolls expand in their model. Unfortunately, the tremors from that unsustainable model is now here. That's the big trade off, pay more for goods and service and keep people employed or pay less and fund welfare for people who would otherwise be kept busy.

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-04-05 08:11|| 2024-04-05 08:11|| Front Page Top

#7 That's why there really is no 'free trade'

Especially if the other country's industries are subsidized.

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-04-05 09:51|| 2024-04-05 09:51|| Front Page Top

#8 I believe the coming troubles overseas particularly in China will bring manufacturing back home at least in part. I think it will return to red states in rural areas with decent logistic access. I am an optimist.

Posted by Super Hose 2024-04-05 11:49|| 2024-04-05 11:49|| Front Page Top

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