Michael Moore: Autoworkers Union Built U.S. Middle Class

"my uncle was in the sit down strike that helped to found this union. If it wasn't for the autoworkers, we wouldn't have a middle class. Because of what the autoworkers did from the 1930s on, this country was able to grow into having the strongest economy on the planet.

"And I'm sick and tired of hearing autoworkers blamed for this. The autoworkers union has given back and given back and given back for the last two decades. I just, I hate to see them give back another dime of what they need in order to be part of the middle class.

"If you're saying that the way to solve this problem is to eliminate the middle class, what kind of country do we have? What kind of country do you all want to live in if we keep this up where we allow the rich to keep getting richer and everybody else scrambling for crumbs?" -- Michael Moore on Larry King Live, Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008

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[btaylor9661]

t no choice

[Neville6000]

@btaylor9661: Boy, you sure do love to be a brainwashed ignorant anti-union moron, don't you?

[Salvysahagun]

Let me get something straight?

fact this guy is a union dodger fact

[Southernjuggalo63]

MICHAEL MOORE IS RETARDED THAT SIT IN ONLY BUILT THE MIDDLE CLASS IN MICHIGAN MAYBE BUT NOT WHERE I LIVE BACK BREAKING WORK BUILT MY STATES MIDDLE CLASS NOT STANDING IN A ASSEMBLY LINE

[chickenwretch]

Michael Moron the biggest capitalist this side of Marx. Yahoo! say what the dummies want to hear, you know, the capitalists that hate capitalism, i.e. selfloathing sophists. Come on folks, if I saw something this phoney on the right I'd slam it and figure he was so over the top that he had to be a plant from the other side. Unbelievable.

[ars62287]

@AmericanMaidUSA Hahaha, Michael Moore doesn't believe in God, and he certainly doesn't believe in unions, which he refuses to hire for his movies he makes so much money off of. He believes in capitalism, and making money off fools such as yourself, even if it means contributing to the downfall of the country that has made him so wealthy...

[ars62287]

@IslamISsick1 Shouldn't we be asking our buddy Michael why he goes so out of his way to hire NON-UNION crews for his movies he makes so much money off of? What would uncle Moore have to say about that? Yep, you nailed it, they are definitely sheep for liking this lying asshole.

[ars62287]

Once again, thanks Michael for not answering the question at all and going on some "the rich getting richer" rant that holds absolutely no economic foundation. It seems your answer is to ignore the problem and let this massive employers to go broke or continue outsourcing, while of course you continue to get wealthy off the capitalist system you claim to hate. All leftists are hypocrite assholes getting rich off the American dumbasses.

[IslamISsick1]

@AmericanMaidUSA You are a sheep!! It is the UNIONs that destroyed the automakers! You cant expect to be paid $65/hour (including benefits) for screwing a part into a vehicle for long!!! Eventually other companies are going to find cheaper ways to built parts and vehicles and you are screwed! This is what happened.. Moore is CLUELESS!!! Again, it is the UNIONS who messed up everything!!

[IslamISsick1]

LOL.. You sheep! Thef UNION destroyed the middle class! They forced the companies into $65/hour for hourly workers! Moore is completely wrong!!! The UNIONS destroyed the automotive companies.