Re: And NOW, the Big 3 are doing what Packard couldn't do...

Posted by Gerard O'Keefe On 2008/12/6 10:27:04

Owen is right.I have neighbors with Ford Explorers and Chevy Suburbans but they drive a Hondas and Toyotas to work.Another issue: Union benefits.Let us not forget that the unions are responsible for the growth of the middle class.It was my father's union benefits that paid for my health care, dental care and eye care.It let him make enough money to buy a house and put his kids through school.The union's are the reason many other non union companies and banks etc. started offering their employee's benefits.These white collar workers looked down on these workers and said they would never do "that kind of work".Now that they are losing their jobs to people in India and China who will work for $3.00 a week, they cast a jealous eye at the people who are doing "that kind of work".I bet everyone I know would be glad to give up the benefits they have if we could just have the same ones our representative's in Congress get.