I have mixed feelings about this strike, the writing is on the wall. American jobs and manufacturing are not competitive in the world markets any more. Yes, there are American companies making money, but they can make more when the plants and jobs, doing the same thing, are overseas. When I was working I never made half what a GM employee was making but I had to buy a car. I am now retired and I have to pay for my own health insurance, and I resent GM employees wanting their health insurance paid for and their families, even after retirement. On the other hand I don't like watching the jobs go overseas. It would seem we are eating the seed corn. The thing I resent the most is the greed of the Wall Street bunch. If there is money to be made someone is looking for a way to get it into their pocket.
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16 years ago