Comments for Charles Murray, Trade Unionist at http://www.cepr.net , comment 1 to 3 out of 3 comments http://www.cepr.net Sat, 18 May 2013 11:18:27 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/cepr-blog/charles-murray-trade-unionist#comment-15050 How do you and Murray explain the current poverty levels given that we still have those social programs you cite? Do we need more social programs? Perhaps we can just keep adding social programs until we go bust like the Soviet Union...everything and everyone is covered, but the country itself is in an incontroverticle, uncompetitive rut. - Sledgehammer Mon, 27 Feb 2012 06:05:28 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/cepr-blog/charles-murray-trade-unionist#comment-15018 Many workers in the 1950's never got into unions, including whole states in the South and West. But they had a decent standard of living due to low prices. Gas was cheap, houses were cheap, rents were low, and having a baby in a hospital might cost $200. I realize that this is anecdotal evidence, and therefore of limited use. Still one can read Stephanie Coonts and other social scientists for validation of the above. This is relevant for the present. Turning around the union decline will take decades, but expanding Medicaid and giving housing vouchers and similar steps can be done right now. Bob Hertz, The Health Care Crusade - bob hertz Sun, 26 Feb 2012 04:34:23 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/cepr-blog/charles-murray-trade-unionist#comment-14937 Overall, echoes of Elizabeth Warren. More particularly, Murray concerns himself with lower income whites, in his mind, the last bastions of what his America stands to lose. Dinosaurs are still amongst us. Ask not what American can do for you, ask what you can do for ALL Americans. - Fernando Centeno Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:57:54 +0100