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The issue was "retiree healthcare" and not active worker healthcare. If you recall from September 2007, GM transferred to the Union (VEBA) ~$35 billion (to be paid over time) and $51 billion in burden. Your complaint is somewhat late?

GM/Ford/Chrysler did themselves in with gas guzzlers and quality issue the same as what they did to themselves in the seventies. Having too much capacity for manufacturing large dinosaurs they were forced to start closing plants. If they were building small vehicles, they would be rigt there with the Japanese and Koreans. The union didn't force them into that business plan; but, the company's greed and short term profit taking did. I seriously doubt there would have been as much as a peep from Miller is their sales were going strong.

One other point, the battle over insurance focuses on Asia not having heathcare insurance, etc. for its employees and the US having healthcare for its employees along with Social Security, Unemployment Ins., Workman's Comp., paid vacations, 401k contributions, Child Labor Laws, Minimu wage laws, OT laws, OSHA, EPA, etc. I gues we could eliminate it all and level the playing field. That would definitely work.