Posted on 11/10/2019 6:56:04 PM PST by Libloather
My late uncle, who would have been about a hundred now, was a Budweiser drinking, card-carrying, FDR New Deal liberal and a life member of his Sheetmetal Workers Local in Baltimore. But even he would have seen through this sham.
It’s not so much the private company unions - UAW, AFL-CIO, etc - it’s the public employees, both union and non-union. That’s where the clout is. Teachers, clerks, administrators, civil service, higher education.
Those folks live for only two things, their benefits and pension. ANY threat to those two things will be met with deadly force resistance.
I can explain that. Shut up, Peasant. Math is racist.
Feh. They are unions. They are Democrats. This means that they can be bought. And they will. With OUR money.
instead of model T, a Trabant....
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Had to look it up. Said it was the failing car symbol of the collapsing Communist East Germany.
Guess I was right to invest in Yugo along with Betamax and Kmart. Had to think ahead to retirement.
Now, no worries. Communists over here are taking over the Dem Party and our health system. We can relax./s
Yep, Obamacare was supposed to tax "Cadillac" health plans, which many union workers have (as well as me, though I'm not union). The tax kept getting pushed back and pushed back, due to political pressure from the unions, and never went into affect.
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