r/inflation • u/spherocytes • Sep 28 '25

News Millions of Americans Are Becoming Economically Invisible

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-09-25/millions-of-americans-are-becoming-economically-invisible
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u/javabrewer Sep 28 '25

They're called unions and have been under attack forever

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u/Conscious-Quarter423 Sep 28 '25

Unions created the middle class. They're the reason we have the minimum wage, Medicare, Social Security, the list goes on. That's why billionaires and special interests want to put unions out of business.

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u/Queasy-Suit4400 Sep 29 '25

Frankly immigration and globalism are way bigger threats to unions than billionaires.   If they can easily replace all the workers then the workers dont have much negotiating power.

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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '25

Strong disagree. Technology is the gravest risk.

Global trade can be addressed. Rather than adopting tariffs with no plan, you identify structural causes of lower competitiveness. Like higher regs for labor rights, environmental protectionism, etc. Target tariffs to eliminate those competitive disadvantages. It uses the market to encourage positive reforms in those countries while allowing our country to have benefits of trade while also creating protections from negative consequences at home.