The Economy needs unions....

We need 'buying power' - in this case meaning the ability to pay the bills. The following is, just like the decline in those having health insurance, a result of the fall of unions. The big corporate folks don't understand we need the ability to buy their stuff.

“A national survey showing a soaring number of homeowners failed to make their mortgage payments in the last quarter of 2006 rattled lawmakers in Washington and the markets in New York yesterday, as the Dow Jones industrial average plummeted 2 percent, or nearly 243 points.”

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Cue from ThinkProgress in Thinkfast.