[Vision2020] Look for the Union Label

John D johnd550 at yahoo.com
Tue Nov 22 22:23:18 PST 2005


Joan Opyr <joanopyr at earthlink.net> wrote:
  
  > Here's a statistic for you -- if every American bought (or was given as
  > a birthday, Christmas, Chanukah or Kwanza present) just one
  > USA/union-made garment per year, we'd inject an estimated $9 billion
  > into our economy. Amazing. We could save or even create some American
  > jobs; help offset our unsustainable foreign trade deficit; and perhaps
  > re-learn the lyrics to that great "Look for the union label" song.
  
  Protectionism results in reduced competition. Reduced competition leads 
  to higher prices and poorer quality. As an example, just look at how poorly 
  designed and inefficient domestic US cars are.

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