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Originally Posted by Buster
I dunno … if having health insurance is so great why do 40+ million Americans not have it?
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First, your figure of 40 million is very questionable.
That number includes those who choose not to have it of their own free will (young, rich, etc). It includes illegal aliens who use the emergency system instead, cost free. And it includes the poor who are ignorant of the coverage they could have if they simply used existing social support programs.
So, with that said, 40 million (of 330 million Americans) is ~12%. 12% do not have insurance, about the same as are members of Unions.
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Using your logic captain strawfish. Having health insurance must suck.
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Not in the least, nor have I said being a member of a Union "sucks". I certainly have issues with Unions, but I value the role they played in the past when the balance between labor and employer was different than today. We can agree to disagree on that balance today, and the role Unions play in it.
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If only 11.3% of working Americans are in unions why is so much credence given to the GOP argument that unions are ruining America?
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Likely because the % of Public Employees in Govt. in Unions is much higher than 11%, although I have no source at hand to give the actual number. You'll note that recent GOP activity against Unions has been almost exclusively against Public Service (i.e. Govt. Employee) Unions for whom the "employer" is often a Politician who recieves fiscal support fromt he Unions they then have power over helping come contract negotiation time.