It comes from people like yourself who want to force others to buy overpriced items and not have competition.
What do you mean I "force" people to accept prices? The unions do not set prices,
the companies do. Aside from this, the vast majority of companies going under are non-union. So there is no correlation WHATSOEVER that unions = higher prices = bankrupcy. As far as competition goes, I presume you're talking about the free market economy type, is a fallacy. There ARE sectors that have more freedom (within some preset economic parameters mind you) than others, but by and large having 4 to 5 conglomerates running the show is not "pure competition" at all, at least the way I was taugh about in school.
I do not feel it is my responsibility or that of others to subsidize high wages for inferior products and services.
Again, you keep saying "inferior products and services", which is YOUR OPINION, not fact. I happen to opine exactly the oposite. I think American products are generally good, some more than others, but compared to some of the shit that comes out the countries that YOU (a patriot for sure!) deem deserving to "subsidize" is ludicrous.
And yes, unionized assembly line workers make a lot more money that some of their counterparts in Japan, Korea or India, but I do not see the Koreans paying $500,000 for a house, $100,000 for their kid's education or $5 for a gallon of gas. Oh, wait, they have no car because they make so little money. Virtual slaves.
The overpaid slobs I was referring to are the executives who make insane money and do a terrible job.
Good, I guess we agree on something then.