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11.23.2008 ||> Replying because I can't comment
On my last post some brilliant anonymous commenter (and they always seem to get more and more brilliant when they are anonymous!) opined that I wanted to protect unions because I didn't know about the "dark underbelly" beneath. As if I am just some starry-eyed innocent hippie dancing around the cornfield or something and said anonymous commenter knows man, because he's been in the shit.
People, I lived right outside Philadelphia for god's sake! Of course I know all about union corruption! And I still, to my last breath will defend the rights of workers to organize for better benefits.
Unions are the reason we have two day weekends, eight hour workdays, a large middle class and all the other "rights" you enjoy. And they are pushing the envelope as far as universal health care goes. Do they have a bad side? Sure! Should Congress destroy one of the largest unions in one fell swoop? Hell no! I am all for reforming unions, getting the bad apples out of power and restoring rights to the actual workers. I am not for destroying a centuries-old institution.
And don't imply that I am saying something because I'm freaking stupid.
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