Pennsylvania's Union Demise
I just found out why America is not as productive as it should be: 88 percent of the workforce is retired. That's right. Just ask the labor unions. After all, they're the ones who have consecrated Labor Day as a time to honor the "working people," and by that they mean only those who belong to a union. And the union leadership has done such a stellar job for its working people that now a whopping 12 percent of America's work force (only 7 percent of the private workforce) is unionized. That's down, way down, from the 40 percent following World War II.
Why? It starts at the top. Instead of fighting for initiatives to help their membership, union leaders continue down the path of oblivion.
Pennsylvania is a prime example of what happens when greed trumps sound judgment and good business sense. The Keystone State was once the nation's leading industrial powerhouse, a powerful magnet for companies to locate here, and with them the best and brightest workforce in America. Our children were educated here - and actually stayed in Pennsylvania because of the jobs created by a booming economy.
