The only thing that the president and congress proved by forcing the rail labor contract down workers throats was that America is not a democracy, but an oligarchy. The rich always get what they want no matter the cost to working class people. All it takes is a few phone calls and a few campaign donations to leverage on. The thing is this has been going on for a while. And there’s even research to back it up. Years ago a Princeton study concluded the same thing. Below is the link if you’re curious to read it. Basically you aren’t crazy and even science has shown America is an oligarchy.