I read the article "Low-skilled workers squeezed out” (Sept. 17) where Harvard economist Richard Freeman says, “If the economy were growing enough or unions were stronger, it would be possible for the less educated to do better and for the lower income to improve.” At the end of the paragraph he says, "but that is not very likely to happen."
I agree, it is not very likely to happen. As long as we elect politicians who are against unions, and are currently trying to completely destroy the unions (and American standard of living) that we have here in Missouri and in the nation. Who are these politicians? Republicans! The party of the rich and corporations. We read in this paper and on TV almost every day that the rich are getting richer, and the rest of us are getting poorer. Why? Because the Republicans are making laws that help themselves get richer. I cannot understand why anyone who is in the middle class or poor would vote for a Republican. If you voted for them because you don’t believe in abortion, or you’re a member of the National Rifle Association, good luck with that, as you end up in the poor house. The Republicans have made laws against unions where today it’s almost impossible to start one, or for a union to have any power.
Unions made the middle class in America by fighting for a decent wage and working conditions. They raised the wages and conditions for all, even if you weren’t a member of a union. It’s all going in the opposite direction today! And the economy won’t be getting any better until the workers have money to spend. First we must change the laws, before the workers can unite. The only way to do that is to get the Republicans out of office.
Jim Schaffer • Wildwood
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