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Old 09-17-2021, 09:48 PM   #1
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Ahh
The evil unions
Screw those nasty middle class workers
Why should American workers have health insurance or vacations
Socialism that’s what it is
Just be glad you have a job and thank your employer
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Old 09-18-2021, 02:08 AM   #2
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Ahh
The evil unions
Screw those nasty middle class workers
Why should American workers have health insurance or vacations
Socialism that’s what it is
Just be glad you have a job and thank your employer
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not sure where i said anything remotely close to “they aren’t entitled to health insurance”, you’re hearing voices again. Psychiatrists are doing wonderful things these days with the treatment of paranoid schizophrenia. Check it out.

Why are union members entitled to more federal funds, than their non union counterparts? Why does the worker at Ford deserve more federal money than his fellow citizen who works at Honda or Tesla?

Is it just a coincidence that labor unions give huge money to democrats, in return for exactly these kind of quid pro quo’s? Are tax breaks for sale to the highest bidder now?
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Old 09-18-2021, 06:42 AM   #3
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not sure where i said anything remotely close to “they aren’t entitled to health insurance”, you’re hearing voices again. Psychiatrists are doing wonderful things these days with the treatment of paranoid schizophrenia. Check it out.

Why are union members entitled to more federal funds, than their non union counterparts? Why does the worker at Ford deserve more federal money than his fellow citizen who works at Honda or Tesla?

Is it just a coincidence that labor unions give huge money to democrats, in return for exactly these kind of quid pro quo’s? Are tax breaks for sale to the highest bidder now?
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I’m not the one typing at 3am

Perhaps I should have just said benefits
Ask the superpacs how much congressmen cost

The unions were a big part of ensuring middle class economic gains in the post-World War II era. Union power was broken during the 1980s as the Reagan Administration encouraged union busting. Republicans drummed up the image of corrupt union bosses along with mediocre product quality and high wages making America uncompetitive. It worked - unions were busted up and unions in private enterprise have nearly disappeared aside from the United Auto Workers.

The funny thing is, today’s Republicans are apoplectic about illegal immigration - because illegal immigrants have taken a great many jobs that were once filled with union workers. Now, however, Americans have no interest in farm labor, maid/janitorial service, restaurant kitchens, nanny service, slaughterhouse work, and landscaping. Americans seem to want work inside temperature controlled office buildings.

30 years ago, they bitched about how unions cost too much money in wages. Now, with undocumented immigrants taking jobs, they’re saying “well if employers would pay more, Americans would take those jobs.”
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Old 09-18-2021, 06:48 AM   #4
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I’m not the one typing at 3am

Perhaps I should have just said benefits
Ask the superpacs how much congressmen cost

The unions were a big part of ensuring middle class economic gains in the post-World War II era. Union power was broken during the 1980s as the Reagan Administration encouraged union busting. Republicans drummed up the image of corrupt union bosses along with mediocre product quality and high wages making America uncompetitive. It worked - unions were busted up and unions in private enterprise have nearly disappeared aside from the United Auto Workers.

The funny thing is, today’s Republicans are apoplectic about illegal immigration - because illegal immigrants have taken a great many jobs that were once filled with union workers. Now, however, Americans have no interest in farm labor, maid/janitorial service, restaurant kitchens, nanny service, slaughterhouse work, and landscaping. Americans seem to want work inside temperature controlled office buildings.

30 years ago, they bitched about how unions cost too much money in wages. Now, with undocumented immigrants taking jobs, they’re saying “well if employers would pay more, Americans would take those jobs.”
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sorry, i pulled an all nighter at work. we have a lot of complicated insurance policies coming up for renewal on 10/1, it’s a busy time. is that a character flaw?

you have a habit of ignoring what i actually said, and responding to something I never said. that’s what one does when they’re on the losing side of an argument.

By what logic does a union worker at Ford have a right to a larger federal tax credit, than a non union worker at Tesla? Any chance you can respond to that very simple, and very pertinent, question?




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