[Keith Tedford]

I know what you are saying Sam. Unions have, to some extent, created their own grief, although, I can count on one hand all the strikes that we had in my 41 years in Oshawa. The British Unions just about crippled England until Margaret Thatcher pretty well wiped them out. A case of unions run amok. If you look at history, I don't think that we ever had much of a middle class like we have developed since the 1930s. In a lot of countries the poor scavenge off of garbage dumps to survive. Unious at least pulled money out of the rich and have created somewhat of a safety net for the destitute and poor. I wouldn't want unions running the country, but I think that they have their place, to a point. The multi-nationals must be rubbing their hands with glee at playing us off against 1.3 billion Chinese slaves. Oh yes, they do pay them a little so that they can't be called slaves. Not much difference. If it is going to be survival of the fittest, it isn't going to be pretty for those of us who aren't fit. Obama has made an awful lot of promises that start sounding like pie in the sky. When he can't produce, I think you may just see his popularity plummet like a rock. Then again, what do I know. At least we were smart enough to get our money out of the stock market a couple of years ago. There, some more wasted breath.