50 years ago, the largest employer in America was GM ...

[Scuba]

[Autumn]

1. But a lot of those employees actually qualify for food stamps so that makes it way better.

I think.




Recommended.

[progressoid]

2. See! Unions ruined 'Murica!

[former9thward]

3. The largest employer is the Defense Department.

They have 3.2 million employees. Walmart has 1.3 million in the U.S.

[LloydS of New London]

4. The Pentagon is part of the gubmint, though

[MACARD]

6. Gubmint Jobs don't count

not Public School Teachers
not the Food Inspectors
not the Infrastructure workers
not the Police/fire/ambulance
not even the Soldiers, they are machines, disposable, replaceable.

better to be dead than work for the Gubmint, at least that way you fund the executives of the Coffin maker.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

5. That's a 1967 Ford Country Squire in the photograph.

10-Passenger 1967 Ford Country Squire Wagon

[Dustlawyer]

7. Spent many an hour in the back of one of these wishing it were a lot bigger since both parents

smoked and you didn't let the AC out in Texas!

As for unions, it always pisses me off to hear them demonized, like it is totally fine to take whatever the company decides to give with no voice in anything! The unions I work with in the middle of the "Gold Coast" (refineries and chemical plants around Houston) have trouble getting their membership to vote, or to keep them from voting Republican. It seems that Rush and Fox told them Democrats were nasty Libruls who were coming for their guns! Very sad indeed!

[Skittles]

9. just curious Dustlawer, how many siblings were in the back with you?

[Dustlawyer]

14. Three and usually 2-3 friends.

[Not Sure]

11. We have the same problem in the unions on the railroad here in Texas

It's like talking to a wall trying to explain to these guys they'd be doing the same job for 14 bucks an hour without any protection against being wrongfully terminated at the non-union railroad across town.

[Dustlawyer]

15. We represent a big RR union for the Western half of the country, but that is all handled from

our Oakland, CA., and Denver, CO., offices. I am not sure which union either since I have been lost in the black hole that is BP Deepwater Horizon litigation.

They just don't know how much better things would be if they really supported their unions!

[lpbk2713]

8. See? Raygun's trickle down is working after all.

It beats the hell out of me why anyone votes rethuglican any more.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

10. Because Republicans say if you don't vote for them the white man loses.

[Boom Sound 416]

12. One made a crappy, out of date product for 25 years that drove away buyers

[Enthusiast]

13. That was before government policy was to outsource quality jobs.

This bullshit has got to stop!

EVERY SINGLE DEMOCRAT should reconfirm that their policy is to protect American jobs, union jobs. Those that refuse to do this should hit the road! No Democrat should EVER support a fucking trade deal!

The wholesale loss of American jobs is at a crisis. The Democratic Party should recognize this and become advocates for tariffs until the trade imbalance problem has been corrected.