When Does $30 Equal $14?

       I disagreed with Joe Scarborough this morning. I agreed with him too. In one segment of Morning Jo on MSNBC they talked about the rebound of jobs being insourced. After several decades of increasing jobs losses to offshoring, they're starting to come back.
       But the reasons they're coming back to America is that our labor costs are shrinking. Unions are under attack by state governments with Right To Work laws which water down the union's ability to protect employees and the recession and stubborn unemployment means that folks are willing to take the lower paying jobs because they have no choice.
       So a job that paid $30 per hour in the sixties or seventies, now will pay $14 an hour. Here's the question you have to ask yourself? Is this really a good deal for America? Is it really a good deal for Americans? We know it's a good deal for the companies, their owners and management, but what about the rest of us?
       If you used to make $30 an hour and now make $14, doesn't that mean you can less afford to pay higher real estate taxes or any other tax? Doesn't it mean you can't afford to buy a new car any more? Won't you have to live in a less expensive home, take less expensive vacations, save less for your old age?
       We know the folks who are part of the two percent keep making out better and better, but we make out worse. The 2%ers still want lower taxes and more profits. But who's gonna pay for everything the government wants to buy or give us to stay in office? If you're a teacher, or a fireman or police officer, when will the ability of the school district or city or town to pay for your current pay or benefits for you now, and for your retirement, end. When will they be forced to cut your pay and benefits and tell the retired among you they can no longer pay for their benefits, either?
       When it comes right down to it, it comes right down to a struggle between the middle-class and the rich. In order for the rich to get richer, somebody has to get poorer. If the middle-class wants to get a little better off, the rich would have to give up some of it's riches. What about the poor? The poor don't have any wealth to give up. The match is between the rich and the middle-class. So put on your game face and get ready.