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AFL-CIO’s Trumka: ‘Socialism would be a step up for me’
PJ Tatler ^
| June 2, 2011
| Bryan Preston
Posted on 06/02/2011 7:38:56 PM PDT by decimon
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Trumka said hed like to see the U.S. become more like a European nation that provides pensions and health care for all its citizens. He said he is accustomed to criticism and doesnt mind if conservatives call that socialism.
Being called a socialist is a step up for me, he said.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: aflcio; trumka
I think he meant he's called worse things. Whatever.
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posted on
06/02/2011 7:38:58 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: decimon
All the communists say that.
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posted on
06/02/2011 7:40:24 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
("...that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,..")
To: decimon
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posted on
06/02/2011 7:41:34 PM PDT
by
Jim Robinson
(Rebellion is brewing!! Impeach the corrupt Marxist bastard!!)
To: decimon
It was a step up for Hitler and Stalin also.
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posted on
06/02/2011 7:43:39 PM PDT
by
reg45
To: decimon
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posted on
06/02/2011 7:43:59 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
To: decimon
Idiots like this always think they’ll be one of the “chosen”.
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posted on
06/02/2011 7:45:22 PM PDT
by
gov_bean_ counter
(JMO and I reserve the right to be wrong...)
To: decimon
see the U.S. become more like a European nation that provides pensions and health care for all its citizensLet's pay for it with a 10,000% tax on union dues.
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posted on
06/02/2011 7:45:49 PM PDT
by
reg45
To: Jim Robinson
That what everyone being calling Turmka, Socialism would be a step up for a bunch of union thug like yourself; that what is wrong with this nation; therefore we need to make Hussein a one-term president.
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posted on
06/02/2011 7:52:29 PM PDT
by
dhuynh73
(Reagan Country)
To: Jim Robinson
Trumka of course will be one of the “chosen ones” in his Utopia, still pulling in 600K/yr with gold-plated benefits. Meanwhile, the little people will get diddly-squat.
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posted on
06/02/2011 7:57:34 PM PDT
by
boop
("Let's just say they'll be satisfied with LESS"... Ming the Merciless)
To: decimon
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posted on
06/02/2011 7:58:22 PM PDT
by
Brandonmark
(News Coverage)
To: decimon
He’s not a socialist in my mind. Rather he’s a fascist and thug.
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posted on
06/02/2011 8:04:35 PM PDT
by
jimfree
(In 2012 Sarah Palin will have more quality executive experience than Barack Obama.)
To: decimon
The poor bastard must really be down in the gutter for Socialism to be a step up.
To: decimon
FUT.
I call things by their proper terms. I know socialism when I see it.
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posted on
06/02/2011 8:12:54 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
To: decimon
Trumka said hed like to see the U.S. become more like a European nation that provides pensions and health care for all its citizens. Then who will pay for our security like we do for Europe, that allows them to divert their own resources to social programs?
-PJ
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posted on
06/02/2011 8:13:31 PM PDT
by
Political Junkie Too
(Everyone's Irish on St. Patrick's Day, Mexican on Cinco de Mayo, and American on Election Day.)
To: decimon
Dick Trumka...before he dicks you.
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posted on
06/02/2011 9:27:55 PM PDT
by
RichInOC
(Palin 2012: The Perfect Storm.)
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