wf3h wrote:
On Aug 13, 9:54 pm, wrote:
On Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:43:42 -0400, H the K
wrote:





wf3h wrote:
On Aug 13, 5:18 pm, jps wrote:
He is happy to see his dad who is now retired. His dad lives on Social
Security and his union pension because some liberal made sure he could
take care of himself so Joe wouldn’t have to. After his visit with dad
he gets back in his car for the ride home.
He turns on a radio talk show, the host’s keeps saying that liberals
are bad and conservatives are good. (He doesn’t tell Joe that his
beloved Republicans have fought against every protection and benefit
Joe enjoys throughout his day) Joe agrees, "We don’t need those big
government liberals ruining our lives; after all, I’m a self made man
who believes everyone should take care of themselves, just like I
have".
nice summary!
I paid full working dues to my union for 25 years. I was always happy to
write the check each quarter.
I never felt more like a statistic when I worked in the union when I
was young. I was nothing more than a drone, as were the others.
Having had some encounters with the Soviet Bloc when in my life time,
I have appreciated the fact that working under union duress was a
microcosmic experience of communism.

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and i never felt more like a drone watching plant closings, lay offs
of engineers, etc, with no union protection at all, courtesy of
'management watching out for stockholders' when they were really
protecting themselves.

How can a union stop a plant closing? I can see how they can cause a
plant closing.