[Hoot Gibson]

Oh well. Brush your teeth. A typical Republican, I didn't expect anything else. They make you sick because without us you could pay Mexico and China style wages.

What do you think that union leadership in this country has done to protect jobs and wages of American workers? They have supported Democrats in lockstep and what do they have to show for their party loyalty?

Bill Clinton signed NAFTA into law. Both parties deserve abundant blame for the flood of illegal aliens into this country, which if left unchecked will continue to depress everybody's wages, including your union negotiated rate. The few people in Congress who strongly advocate regaining control over our borders are not Democrats and they are not supported by union leadership.

Democrats have controlled Congress for the better part of six decades. What has happened to union membership and union wages during that period? How did Republicans manage to do so much damage when they have been the minority party for so many years?

I really do not understand people who automatically vote for Democrats because Democrats claim to be the "friend of the working man." Nothing could be further from the truth. Democratic policies have devastated the American manufacturing sector and they deserve equal blame for their role at the very least.

If you want to know what has happened to good paying manufacturing jobs in this country, take a look at the ever increasing tax bite that has been taken out of union paychecks over the years, both directly and as taxes on the companies that employ union workers. Big government programs are antithetical to good paying blue collar jobs in the private sector.