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<blockquote data-quote="804brown" data-source="post: 807800" data-attributes="member: 29553">Fox, For years, even decades, public unions did right by their members.&nbsp; People were able to raise a family and live a good, middle class life.&nbsp;&nbsp; Nothing wrong with that.&nbsp; Now, governement at every level is running short of money to run the government.&nbsp; Do they decide to cut the biggest waste of $$ out there - the &quot;defense&quot; budget- ?? No.&nbsp; Do they end the tax breaks for profittable corporations ??&nbsp; NO. Do they undo those huge tax breaks for the wealthy??&nbsp; No.&nbsp; &nbsp;The republicans take over Congress and who do they aim for:&nbsp; the Unions.&nbsp; What a surprise.&nbsp; They would like to see those unions weakened.&nbsp; Their aim is to make everyone else feel like: &quot;Hey, Im out of a job, why is THAT guy making so much or getting that much in his pension.&quot;&nbsp; They want a race to the bottom for wages and now pensions and benefits.&nbsp; We as union members, hard working members of the working class, have to fight to preserve what we have earned over the years.&nbsp; Those who agreed to those pensions MADE A CONTRACT and they must keep it.&nbsp; We must not allow them to renege on those promises. &nbsp;Yes , we pay the bills for them.&nbsp; Governement services have a price.&nbsp; That price is taxes.&nbsp; But before you cut services or cut pensions, lets cut wasteful military spending and stop giving corporations and rich individuals tax breaks!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="804brown, post: 807800, member: 29553"] Fox, For years, even decades, public unions did right by their members. People were able to raise a family and live a good, middle class life. Nothing wrong with that. Now, governement at every level is running short of money to run the government. Do they decide to cut the biggest waste of $$ out there - the "defense" budget- ?? No. Do they end the tax breaks for profittable corporations ?? NO. Do they undo those huge tax breaks for the wealthy?? No. The republicans take over Congress and who do they aim for: the Unions. What a surprise. They would like to see those unions weakened. Their aim is to make everyone else feel like: "Hey, Im out of a job, why is THAT guy making so much or getting that much in his pension." They want a race to the bottom for wages and now pensions and benefits. We as union members, hard working members of the working class, have to fight to preserve what we have earned over the years. Those who agreed to those pensions MADE A CONTRACT and they must keep it. We must not allow them to renege on those promises. Yes , we pay the bills for them. Governement services have a price. That price is taxes. But before you cut services or cut pensions, lets cut wasteful military spending and stop giving corporations and rich individuals tax breaks! [/QUOTE]

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