<span>Recently, there are less and less unions being established; those in place today have been running for years, some even decades. Nowadays, it's easier and cheaper for companies to outsource their work or maintain cheaper workers because of greater government welfare programs. Public Works Associations are good quality jobs that maintain healthcare programs and retirement savings for their employees that not all employed individuals have the opportunity for, mostly because these high quality jobs are scarce.</span>
Majority of Southerners were opposed to Lincoln’s stance on slavery.
They saw him as a threat to their livelihood and harbinger of secession.
Figurative is something that shouldn't be taking literally. For example, when you say "I have a ton of homework" you don't really mean you have 2000 pounds of homework.
