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<blockquote data-quote="Irishman Collins" data-source="post: 1293101" data-attributes="member: 52406"><p>I was sitting here reading some of the post on here and it occurred to me.&nbsp; Why didn&#039;t our current administration explain this letter to their membership?&nbsp; Why did we have to discover this on our own? If this letter was written in the context that upschuck, stonefish and 407 would like you to believe it was.&nbsp; Then why didn&#039;t they explain all this to the membership? If it was an oversight, a mistake, or simply media sensationalism then wouldn&#039;t it of been easy to explain to the membership that there is nothing to worry about and prevent all this discussion on what &quot;unsustainable&quot; means?&nbsp; The answer is simple they couldn&#039;t say any of that.&nbsp; They did everything they could to ignore this letter and its meaning because folks &quot;unsustainable&quot; means &quot;unsustainable&quot;.&nbsp; There is no other meaning.&nbsp; We were duped and lied to plain and simple.&nbsp; It was more important to put all of these new participants in their Taft Hartley Plan than it was to attempt to explain the letter. They decided that ignorance brings yes votes and they underestimated areas where health care was changing dramatically.&nbsp; I don&#039;t care what side of this argument you are on.&nbsp; No one should agree that keeping the membership in the dark is something they want there elected officials to do. If you agree that being kept in the dark is a good thing then i suggest you apply for management. We pay dues and for that reason we were due an explanation.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Irishman Collins, post: 1293101, member: 52406"] I was sitting here reading some of the post on here and it occurred to me. Why didn't our current administration explain this letter to their membership? Why did we have to discover this on our own? If this letter was written in the context that upschuck, stonefish and 407 would like you to believe it was. Then why didn't they explain all this to the membership? If it was an oversight, a mistake, or simply media sensationalism then wouldn't it of been easy to explain to the membership that there is nothing to worry about and prevent all this discussion on what "unsustainable" means? The answer is simple they couldn't say any of that. They did everything they could to ignore this letter and its meaning because folks "unsustainable" means "unsustainable". There is no other meaning. We were duped and lied to plain and simple. It was more important to put all of these new participants in their Taft Hartley Plan than it was to attempt to explain the letter. They decided that ignorance brings yes votes and they underestimated areas where health care was changing dramatically. I don't care what side of this argument you are on. No one should agree that keeping the membership in the dark is something they want there elected officials to do. If you agree that being kept in the dark is a good thing then i suggest you apply for management. We pay dues and for that reason we were due an explanation. [/QUOTE]

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