Not to mention, you don't get paid economic growth. You get paid what you get paid.
The richest people in the world would be more than happy to see economic growth continue to increase at the cost of the worker, because they do get paid in terms of the amount of stuff going on in the economy.
But history tells us a lesson, and that is when the number of workers starts to decline the working conditions of the common Man improve. That happened after the world wars, that happened after the black death. And if it can happen for a nice reason like everyone got old and died surrounded by family, that's probably a lot nicer than it happening because of world wars or Continental plagues.
The richest people in the world would be more than happy to see economic growth continue to increase at the cost of the worker, because they do get paid in terms of the amount of stuff going on in the economy.
But history tells us a lesson, and that is when the number of workers starts to decline the working conditions of the common Man improve. That happened after the world wars, that happened after the black death. And if it can happen for a nice reason like everyone got old and died surrounded by family, that's probably a lot nicer than it happening because of world wars or Continental plagues.
That hasn't worked out very well for most union workers. Companies are smart, and they figure out pretty quickly how to get their hands in the pants of the unions, then you've got two organizations working against you instead of one.
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The trouble with the government monopoly is that there's no incentive to do a good job. They have no reason to fight for the workers because the workers have to pay their union dues either way. They have no reason to provide a good service for employers because they've established their Monopoly on labor and it's protected by the government. In the end it just kind of ends up being a rent seeking bureaucracy.
To give the devil his due, every once in awhile you end up with a government monopoly that's really good, and so I guarantee you that there are examples of good unions out there. The thing is, the incentives run completely counter to that.
To give the devil his due, every once in awhile you end up with a government monopoly that's really good, and so I guarantee you that there are examples of good unions out there. The thing is, the incentives run completely counter to that.