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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 he’d 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 doesn’t 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.
1 posted on 06/02/2011 7:38:58 PM PDT by decimon
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To: decimon

All the communists say that.


2 posted on 06/02/2011 7:40:24 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer ("...that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,..")
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To: decimon

Freaking Marxist pig!


3 posted on 06/02/2011 7:41:34 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Rebellion is brewing!! Impeach the corrupt Marxist bastard!!)
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To: decimon

It was a step up for Hitler and Stalin also.


4 posted on 06/02/2011 7:43:39 PM PDT by reg45
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To: decimon
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5 posted on 06/02/2011 7:43:59 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: decimon

Idiots like this always think they’ll be one of the “chosen”.


6 posted on 06/02/2011 7:45:22 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (JMO and I reserve the right to be wrong...)
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To: decimon
see the U.S. become more like a European nation that provides pensions and health care for all its citizens

Let's pay for it with a 10,000% tax on union dues.

7 posted on 06/02/2011 7:45:49 PM PDT by reg45
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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.
8 posted on 06/02/2011 7:52:29 PM PDT by dhuynh73 (Reagan Country)
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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.


9 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)
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10 posted on 06/02/2011 7:58:22 PM PDT by Brandonmark (News Coverage)
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To: decimon

He’s not a socialist in my mind. Rather he’s a fascist and thug.


11 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.)
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To: decimon

The poor bastard must really be down in the gutter for Socialism to be a step up.


12 posted on 06/02/2011 8:11:15 PM PDT by fish hawk
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To: decimon

FUT.

I call things by their proper terms. I know socialism when I see it.


13 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.)
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To: decimon
Trumka said he’d 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

14 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.)
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To: decimon

Dick Trumka...before he dicks you.


15 posted on 06/02/2011 9:27:55 PM PDT by RichInOC (Palin 2012: The Perfect Storm.)
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