Making nice to the Washington establishment just doesn't work, especially since WE are the people who are paying their bills and NOT the welfare recipients.
The tables have been turned.
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Durbin, Senator IL, commented on this yesterday. When there is a protest in Chicago, paid union people and government workers show up and are given their printed signs to wave at the cameras. He must have never seen protests by regular people who show up to voice their concerns because they actually believe in something-—not because they are getting paid to.