[Hank Rearden]

Perhaps union thugs who demand a hell of a lot of money for doing not very much would be willing to get off their subsidized, lazy asses and compete a little bit, huh?

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

The demise of manufacturing has been caused by government socialist policies.

[Willie Green]

Perhaps union thugs who demand a hell of a lot of money for doing not very much would be willing to get off their subsidized, lazy asses and compete a little bit, huh?

Or perhaps you should get off YOUR lazy ass and read my reply #8.

[elbucko]

Perhaps union thugs who demand a hell of a lot of money..

What part about only 15% of workers in manufacturing belong to unions don't you understand. Unions didn't bust small manufacturing as much as cheap foreign labor did. Big Labor has moved on to the permanent jobs of government employees, where the taxpayer will become the unions victim and the new "GM".