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Originally Posted by whell
Except, if you look at the progressive expansion of government since that time, you'd note that the legislative and corporate landscapes bear little resemblance to the late 19th and 20th century. At that time we had aggressive economic expansion, dreary working conditions, and a more limited role in the economy for the gov't.
Today we have a legal framework which supports worker rights, a government that plays a very active role in the regulation and direction of economic activity and about 2% annual GDP growth. We also have low to zero job growth and the longest stretch of unemployment over 8% in our history. For many Americans, IT SUCKS. Now that's not to say that worker protection is bad, all regulation is bad, etc. But the pendulum has swung far enough not only to make a return to the early 20th century extremely unlikely, but it may be choking our ability to pull more quickly out of this recession, for example.
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Dr. No's wife Chao did a very good job of dismanteling any worker protection we might have had. I listened to T shirt maker in Tampa going on, and on, about government regulation. So why are people working 10 and 11 hour days if there is so much worker protection? Listening to whiny business men gets old very quickly.