Do American Auto Workers Have An Inferiority Complex?

The United States of America, is basically the country of cheap people, for the cheap people. There is a reason why the U.S. automakers have built tons of Made-in-China-quality junk for the Americans for decades, because that shows what kind of people the Americans are. Cheap, cheap and cheap. Even the Wal-Mart workers in Germany get paid more and get vacation time, when the American workers get paid like a dirt.

On the other hand, the European nations have the history of royal families with rich culture. 70% of the luxury brands in the world come from Europe, and their fashion brands, watch brands, alcohol and automobiles are considered to be the top class in the entire world. In fact, which one would they choose? A luxury product that is made in England (or) Germany, or made in the USA? The answer is obvious.

The Americans are willing to accept whatever that they can get, because they are cheap. But it also means the Americans are humble, especially in this economic situation.

Now that we are in 2014, and the Europeans have clearly proven to the world that their products are "unrivaled", and their way of life has become the standard of the quality of life in the developed nations. And the world is no longer interested in this McDonalds-KFC-Coca-Cola kind of cheap life style that the United States tried to sell to the world for decades.

Well, actually, there still are many people who buy that kind of American life style. Mainly the cheap people. Like myself. After all, what's wrong with the Americans being cheap?

Uh, can we please refrain from linking to articles from the "Society and Justice" section of British newspapers?

The author of this trashy diatribe, "Sadhbh" Walsh, is about as OUT of touch with American economics as any blithering British idiot I've ever seen. She should stick with problems which beset labor in her our fucked up nation.

American workers are more fearful of retaliation from their employers than in other countries. The legal system really makes it an uphill battle for them to get justice if they are being treated in an illegal manner.

What happened in with VW is another case altogether. There was an intense amount of pressure put on the workers from the Republicans in the state government to vote against unionization. Scare tactics and outright lies were used.

In 1997 Alan Greenspan in testimony to congress put it rather bluntly. American wages are not rising because workers feel their jobs are insecure. Even in times of low unemployment when workers would push for higher wages, they feel insecure so don't do so.

They have a "something for nothing" complex. What do kids call that now, entitlement?

American workers are sick of the unions is the real deal. The unions have shown workers that they are just grabbing money for the Democrats. The employees at VW got it RIGHT. They want their independence rather than the codepencence that VW fosters in Germany where the union is a part of the company. That is a POWERFUL conflict of interest.

Cars in the US are cheap... if they want to keep it that way, surely they need to keep the labour (relatively) cheap. I'm all for workers rights and stuff.. but unions are bad. Perhaps if more US products were exported there would be more money in the pot to pay out to workers.

A lot of things are actually pretty cheap in the United States. And that is one of great things about America.

When you stay alive by sucking the blood of your host, and your host has already died once and was resuscitated only by getting a blood transfusion ("bailout"), you might be a wee bit cautious for a while. Rest assured, they’ll demand more blood when the hosts appears to be healthier.