[Wayne Maybury]

Wes

Interesting analogy. I would like to add a comment however. While not all of the guys steering the boat are doing a great job, some of the guys rowing are not pulling very hard and some are actually drilling holes in the bottom of the boat. By the way, there are a lot less unionized boats to row now and if the trend keeps going there will not be any unionized boats at all left to row in a few more years.

Just look at the fact that the UAW has lost 2/3 of their membership in the past 28 years and they are going on strike for job security. If the UAW is so good, why have they not been able to unionize one single "none big three" auto plant in the US? Honda, Toyota and all the rest pay their workers about the same as the GM, Ford, and Chrysler but they can throw out the bad apples and keep the workers that want to put in a good day's work. Not all unionized workers are bad, but unfortunately, the bad ones are protected by the union. It doesn't take too many to poison the entire work environment.

Wayne