At one time there was a need for unions, but the time has come to say goodbye. Businesses cannot compete in the world economy when the unions demand outrageous pay and benefits for people who are no smarter, work no harder and have no more skills than nonunion workers. (I worked for a union for five years; what a joke.)

Union members are making money on taxpayers’ backs, and are not about to let that drop, no matter what they claim.

There are enough labor laws on the books to protect any situation that may come up in the work force today.

How can U.S. businesses compete with businesses in other countries that pay their workers $4 per hour or less and offer few, if any, benefits when some union workers are getting many times that amount and benefits that most people only dream about.

Enough — it’s time for America to say that unions need to go, and for the American people to come together as one and show what they really can do.

Why don’t union workers understand there is no money left in the pot? If people have no money in their personal budgets to buy something for themselves or  family members, they don’t. Why would anyone think the government would?

Oh, wait — more taxes.

Bert Laplante, Lewiston