Who advocates for workers?
Unions claim they do, but corrupt leadership pursues leftist agendas instead. The Democrat Party pretends to protect labor, but instead sells out to corporatism and globalism.
The harsh truth: no group of consequence presently promotes the prerogatives of American workers.
The new League of American Workers steps into this void.
Why?
Because American workers endure sustained, intentional degradation. The assault upon American laborers has intensified in recent years under the economic mismanagement of Joe Biden. This allegedly “progressive” president inflicts a staggering 25 straight months of declining Real Wages upon workers, meaning crashing incomes when adjusted for the soaring costs of Biden’s Inflation.
But as bad as the present scenario is for workers, the pain of the working classes pre-dates this current crisis by decades. The ruling class has created a system in America that rewards the credentialed managerial elites, at the expense of working-class strivers. Per Pew Research, in 1970, the U.S. middle class commanded fully 62% of the total personal earnings of the country. At that time, the upper class garnered 29%.
Now, a half century later, the middle class earns only 42% of all household income, while the upper income echelon climbs to 50% of total pay. Here is the massive shift in chart form:
Perhaps unsurprisingly, this ratio “crossed” just after China was admitted to the World Trade Organization in 2001, on terms that were incredibly beneficial to the Communist regime in Beijing, but brutally damaging for American workers. Permanent Washington and C-suite multinational executives thrived from the offshoring of jobs and the broad financialization of our economy.
But the hollowing out of American production and the devastation wrought upon entire industries and geographic regions produced predictable social maladies. Most alarming, longevity crashes in America. Total life expectancy has dropped like a stone in recent years, from 79 years to only 76 years overall. American longevity surrendered two decades of progress and is now 5-6 years below that of peer economic countries like the Netherlands and Austria.
This startling decline emanates from myriad factors, but the economy clearly plays a central, causal role. For example, life expectancy in the US matches longevity in the UK for the top 1% of each nation. Our wealthy live long, healthy lives, just as they do in Downton Abbey-land. But middle- and lower-income Americans live far below even the lowest life expectancy regions of England.
So, what can be done?
Americans are increasingly unhappy, unhealthy, and economically struggling. The powerbrokers of America remain far too content to simply manage the decline of America. But these overlords of formerly respected institutions lose legitimacy, and quickly, especially among working-class citizens. Few trust the chieftains of corporate media, universities, government health agencies, or public sector unions.
As these institutions rot, new ones must be created with fresh ideas and resolute purpose. We on the populist Right must form the vanguard of advocating for the prerogatives of American workers – with a nationalist agenda of sovereignty, cultural conservatism, and the diffusion of power.
For this reason, I am proud to announce the formation of the League of American Workers. A new non-profit advocacy group focused fiercely on protecting American industry and American workers.
The League will use media, research, and advocacy to institute pro-worker policies to reverse the sad trend of worker disenfranchisement and decay.
Specifically, LAW will focus on four primary issues:
Trade: LAW will end trade surrender that benefits captured American elites at the expense of masses of workers. When trade does make sense for America, we demand reciprocity and fairness across countries, especially China. Critical industries like semiconductors and medicines must be on-shored.
Immigration: The globalists and CEOs care little about America as a sovereign nation with strong borders. They share more in common with their colleagues in Davos than their fellow Americans in Dayton. Second, they want endless cheap labor! LAW sees this issue from the workers’ perspective and works to stop all illegal migration. Zero tolerance. Even legal immigration must also be reformed and reduced.
Legalized Drugs: Deaths of despair soar in America and workforce participation wanes. These problems flow, in part, from the legalization and normalization of drugs, especially marijuana. Though many politicians only see big tax revenues from legalizing pot, a diminished workforce does not serve America’s long-term interest.
Homemakers: The men and women who work primarily in their homes across America are nearly always forgotten and disrespected by the credentialed class decision makers of politics, media, and business. In contrast, LAW respects and honors these most “essential” workers. The citizens who nurture children, attend to critical domestic tasks, and care for aged relatives deserve forceful advocacy in public life in America.
Please join this new movement. Visit the website to register for updates and consider supporting the League of American Workers.
"World Trade Organization in 2001, on terms that were incredibly beneficial to the Communist regime in Beijing, but brutally damaging for American workers". I haven't thought of it in this manner. Amazing how simple this is to highlight.
I signed up, an appropriate concept.
Are you going to post anything on this Substack anymore or did I pay for a subscription that doesn't deliver any product? As an economist, I'm sure you can understand my concern on where my hard-earned money actually goes to.