The problem with unions is that they support the democratic party for no other reason than kick backs. Companies have to compete on the world stage. All cost factors figure in to their ability to do this. Unions demand higher wages and benefits, this adds in. They support democrats who continually lobby for higher corporate taxes, license, fee's and regulation making costs higher, it figures in. The democrats constantly attack energy production making the cost higher, it figures in. The democrats constantly look for ways to make investing cost more........ All the while, other countries have been implementing measures to bring down a companies cost and lure that company to their shores. Some of our companies have moved out, some just could no longer compete with those who found cheaper operating costs elsewhere. Either way, our decline in the economic world is directly the fault of liberals who continue to play the class warfare game and paint those with responsible policy ideas as "being for the rich" The liberal class warfare idiots would rather be unemployed and living in third world conditions than accept that another man may have more than him. Its a sad, sad mental problem. Doing business here benefits all of us. Driving it out benefits foreigners.