Unions did in fact build the middle class. And here's what that did. That built the United States of America as we know it.
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Unions go hand-in-hand with a strong middle class.
The union movement has been the best middle class job creating program that America has ever had, and it doesn't cost the government a dime.
I don't know any nation on Earth that succeeded in creating a strong middle class with rising wages based on building a stronger and bigger government.
Let's not forget we created that ideal middle class by destroying all of our industrial competitors during World War II.
People have to be reminded that unions played a very historic role in our economy.
The middle class creates us rich people, not the other way around.
While unions did not play a part in my family life when I was being brought up, my early years were most certainly spent in a working-class community.
This is the crux of the problem: because the Republicans and the right wing have been successful in almost eliminating unions, everyone else has suffered as a result.
Well, I'm not trying to get rid of the unions, but I am saying that they appear to be an antiquated concept in today's economy.
Right now, America's middle class is struggling to meet their basic needs.
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