ladisy - well said ! As a business owner myself, I believe it is a responsibility to care for ones employees. This responsibility is to ensure the company is financially strong, forward thinking (looking for pot holes in the road) and thusly provide oportunity for financial growth. The problem is that, in my experience, Unions and most employees do not have an appreciation for the financial risk that business owners take in starting/running a business. If things take a turn for the worse ,financially, the employee does not recieve bonuses or raises and at worst is looking for another job while the business owner usually looses it all. The problem with most CEO's is they have no sense of ownership thusly no consequences for their actions...gee ! kind of like politicians. I think the way to help solve this problem long term is better economic education to our kids but there you again have to many administrators making money and not stepping foot in a class room...Basically, the entitlement mentality is breaking us !