and destroying the union. I am very upset by people. I admit I didn't pay much attention to it. I watched Rachel the other day who put it so clearly. Showing the influence on elections and where unions are in that just opened my eyes all around. They are getting rid of the only thing fighting the right wing juggernaut!! and it scares me. I swear I am ready to move out of this country sometimes. I am sad and scared. but here is my reply to this guy. my first reply was to talk about the political nature of this attack on the public unions and how it was interesting three unions are exempt... the ones who supported the governor. steve replied that no unions support republicans. here is my reply to that....
that is not true steve. and there were three who did and are being rewarded. unions are important whatever you think. they help workers, and so do dems (many times). people out there enjoying their weekends off work? how about a little vacation time? or perhaps you are sick and are taking a sick day. thank the unions for that. and being able to take breaks and go to the bathroom at work. thank unions. we all want to bash the unions. regular people making the same wages as everyone else. stripping them of their collective bargaining will do nothing to affect the state budget. but it will help corporations and businesses who already control so much of our government now. kicking regular workers in the teeth. and in doing so kicking ourselves. I wasn't going to reply at all to this post. but i am disheartened by the selfishness of people. i've got mine fuck everyone else. but i have got kids to think about. kids who i want to have a better future than they will have if this kind of thinking continues. It's not about dems or republicans to me. for they are so much the same nowadays it's almost indistinguishable. it's about us as individuals. we don't stand a chance against big business. and so many are all too happy to piss away everything our grandparents and great grandparents fought for for US! it pisses me off. such short term thinking. people who refuse to actually THINK about what it is they are doing or applauding. You are hurting yourselves. I'd say you will get what you deserve.... but then, I will get what you deserve too. And so will my kids. As we watch the demise of the middle class who are really the working poor at this point and rally against ourselves.... just think about your own future when their are no more unions and when corporations control everything and can get back to the good old days when they could work you 12 hours a day 6 days a week and fire you for no reason and not have to pay you for vacation or sick time. we are already headed there. with each new assault on unions we have even less than we did before. but you go on and applaud the disintegration of the only thing protecting US from the corporations.
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