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February 22nd 11, 06:15 AM
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I got mine, screw the rest of ya!
On Feb 21, 5:12*pm, dxAce wrote:
Joe from Kokomo wrote: Joe from Kokomo wrote: dave wrote: "In principle, every American citizen has an equal say in our political process. In practice, of course, some of us are more equal than others. Billionaires can field armies of lobbyists; they can finance think tanks that put the desired spin on policy issues; they can funnel cash to politicians with sympathetic views (as the Koch brothers did in the case of Mr. Walker). On paper, we re a one-person-one-vote nation; in reality, we re more than a bit of an oligarchy, in which a handful of wealthy people dominate. Given this reality, it s important to have institutions that can act as counterweights to the power of big money. And unions are among the most important of these institutions. You don t have to love unions, you don t have to believe that their policy positions are always right, to recognize that they re among the few influential players in our political system representing the interests of middle- and working-class Americans, as opposed to the wealthy. Indeed, if America has become more oligarchic and less democratic over the last 30 years which it has that s to an important extent due to the decline of private-sector unions." -nyt krugman yesterday On 2/21/2011 11:19 AM, dxAce wrote: Poppycock! No 'poppycock' at all. The Wisconsin unions offered financial cuts and give-backs towards their pensions and health care, but the governor rejected their offer out of hand. In the governor's case, the finances had nothing to do with his agenda; he -does- want to get rid of collective bargaining. The guv wants to bust unions, pure and simple. Steve, from your posts here, you appear to be just a little guy, not a wealthy individual. Why are you so hell-bent on giving away the store to Big Business? On 2/21/2011 1:12 PM, dxAce wrote: Why are YOU so hell-bent on giving away the store to Big Government? Well, at least Big Government will provide a large variety of services for its citizens -- libraries, paved roads, traffic lights, fire and police departments, Social Security, Medicare, etc, etc, etc. Big Business will grab you by the ankles, turn you upside down and shake every last nickel out of your pocket. Gee, that sure sounds like Big Government! The GREED of Wall Street (Big Business) brought you the Great Recession that we are in. Nah, it was the likes of Barney (give it to me in the ass) Frank. Big Business, with a Trillion (with a 'T') dollar, all-time high, record profits, will not resume hiring. Now that they have down-sized the daylights out of the work force, they love those record profits that they are getting out of a reduced work force. I hope you have and/or can afford medical insurance with YOUR pre-existing medical condition(s). The Big Business insurance companies can, have and will again deny coverage to people with pre-existing conditions.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Reminds me of the 'Barney Song' . |
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