Comments on: Pensions Plans in Peril http://dollarsandsense.org/blog/2009/04/pensions-plans-in-peril.html The Blog for Dollars & Sense Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:20:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Enrique Doza http://dollarsandsense.org/blog/2009/04/pensions-plans-in-peril.html/comment-page-1#comment-863 Enrique Doza Fri, 28 May 2010 19:10:15 +0000 http://dandsblog.wordpress.com/2009/04/25/pensions-plans-in-peril#comment-863 The United States at some point has to realize that we are competing with the rest of the world for jobs and while unions are necessary to protect the rights of workers, it has gotten to the point that the US can no longer compete against the rest of the world for manufacturing jobs. How is it that Toyota and Honda can make cars here in the US and survive without unions? And most unfortunately is while private sector retirement benefits continue to dwindle to damn near nothing we constantly have to hear about our counterparts in the public sector who are living it up... This is America... I'd like to think we can come up with soe solution that would provide for a decent retirement, protect employee rights and allow employers to be globally competitive. The United States at some point has to realize that we are competing with the rest of the world for jobs and while unions are necessary to protect the rights of workers, it has gotten to the point that the US can no longer compete against the rest of the world for manufacturing jobs.

How is it that Toyota and Honda can make cars here in the US and survive without unions?

And most unfortunately is while private sector retirement benefits continue to dwindle to damn near nothing we constantly have to hear about our counterparts in the public sector who are living it up…

This is America… I’d like to think we can come up with soe solution that would provide for a decent retirement, protect employee rights and allow employers to be globally competitive.

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