and blaming unions. Does that even strike you as odd?

Capital is fine. Workers need protection. There have been union excesses, but nothing on the order of what's happened at the tender mercies of capitalists.

There has been a very successful PR campaign by the plutocrats. And that's sad. There are substantial numbers of the middle class working against what created them, and what made their country great. It wasn't the robber barons, it was the middle class.

25.2% of jobs in the US pay over $16 and hour and have H&W and pensions. And most of them are probably government positions. How long can the US keep that up and stay the US?

Arf