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Some of important topics Mr. Goldwater discussed are freedom for labor and taxes and spending

He says, "We have seen that unions perform their natural function when three conditions are observed: association with the union is voluntary; the union confines its activities to collective bargaining; the bargaining is conducted with the employer of the workers concerned" (Goldwater 31). With that being said, one could conclude that Goldwater is pro-union. He believes that we should restore unions to their proper role in society. Due to ignorance of politics and specifically unions, I cannot form an educated opinion about them. However, the idea of a union is mixed for me. I think it's great that people feel they should get a better pay or more rights in their labor group but even so, I feel like a lot of them don't even understand what it means to run a company or business. I certainly don't but I can infer and say that well organized business has money being spent left and right on necessities and that there is a budget that unfortunately for the workers, probably doesn't have much going toward their salaries. But even then, once a business has invested itself into something, the cost to keep it stabilized is increased. Increasing the pay rate for the workers would only cause financial problems in the long run. 

Goldwater believes that "government has a right to claim an equal percentage of each man's wealth, and no more" (Goldwater 41). I agree with that statement. I believe in a fair rate across the board for every man. I believe that's justice and anything else would cause many conflicts in the country (as if there aren't any). He also believes that "the only way to curtail spending substantially, is to eliminate the programs on which excess spending is consume" (Goldwater 44). I agree with his statement here but to completely eliminate every program they excess spend on seems extremely unrealistic. A lot of times the government doesn't acknowledge responsibility when spending that money. For example, he says, "as long as federal government acknowledges responsibility for education, for examples, the amount of federal aid is bound to increase, at the very least, in direct proportion to the cost of supporting the nation's schools" (Goldwater 44)

How can our economy continue functioning under uneven taxation without a lower class fading out?