And where you are wrong is that you think that only the employer has the right to set conditions of employment.

A little history for you. Once upon a time in this great land of ours (sincere comment, shame I have to say that) it was as you wish it were now. During that time, the wealth of the land was held in a very few hands. As a result of this, employees/workers had little power and the conditions were horrific. Read The Jungle for a view of this time. Workers trying to withhold their labor were simply blackballed, oft times hunted down, jailed and killed. (How many examples you want?). As a result of some very brave people, and some very desperate actions, Congress finally came to realize that the employer, and owners of the capital, had all the cards. The arguments the capitalists used way back then are all the same slogans you so blithely mouth now. And this is over 100 years ago. As a result of brave actions, and union organizers, Congress came to the courage of their convictions and passed the first of the laws that later became what we now refer to as the National Labor Relations Act. As a result of that landmark recognition of the rights of workers to freely form unions, the middle class was allowed to grow and prosper. The powers of capital have been at war ever since, diluting the rights of workers, and attacking the laws. In the last 20 years they have been so successful that you now see the result. Obscene compensation for CEO's whether they perform well or not, a widening gap between the richest and the rest, middle class families struggling, and fewer and fewer regulatory laws resulting in record mortgage foreclosures.

So spare me the debate, Susu's hubby. Your rhetoric and your attempt to make this seem like a reasonable discussion just don't ring true. You are a shill for the powers that won't be happy until the USA is a third world country, and then those powers will just move on to the next great market place, China. I hope your grandchildren enjoy the legacy those that think like you are creating.

Mick