Where Would General Motors Be Without the United Automobile Workers Union? - Mises Institute

Is the UAW to Blame for the GM Mess?

George Reisman of the Ludwig Von Mises Instutite, a Libertarian or "classically liberal" institution, has written an essay that places the UAW at the core of everything that is wrong with General Motors.

I never really cared for "wussy" writing (even though I've been guilty of it myself), and nobody can accuse George Reisman of "wussy" writing in this essay/editorial. For example, Reisman writes:

Few things are more obvious than that the role of the UAW in relation to General Motors has been that of a swarm of bloodsucking leeches, a swarm that will not stop until its prey exists no more.

As a lawyer writing for a group of lawyers, I resent Reisman's use of the term "bloodsucking leeches." The UAW workers have not passed the bar. They are not attorneys; therefore, it is inappropriate to call autoworkers "bloodsucking leeches". If we give up ground on the the term "leeches", are we that much closer to losing the battle for "weasel"?

Where Would General Motors Be Without the United Automobile Workers Union? - Mises Institute