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Brigid

(17,621 posts)
Tue Oct 30, 2012, 06:08 PM Oct 2012

"How can anyone who has ever worked for someone else vote Republican? "

Last edited Tue Oct 30, 2012, 06:41 PM - Edit history (1)

--Thomas Frank, quoting a friend in his book "What's the Matter with Kansas?" And this is only page 1. This book is going to be a live one.

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"How can anyone who has ever worked for someone else vote Republican? " (Original Post) Brigid Oct 2012 OP
Huh? DURHAM D Oct 2012 #1
So? Brigid Oct 2012 #3
I don't get it a good portion of Republics are union members. They are totally against unions doc03 Oct 2012 #2

doc03

(35,338 posts)
2. I don't get it a good portion of Republics are union members. They are totally against unions
Tue Oct 30, 2012, 06:19 PM
Oct 2012

yet work a union job and think they earned the benefits themselves. They are against public service employees and especially teachers.
I worked a union job in VA years ago, we had about 50 employees in our building and because it was a Right to Work state we had one employee that
refused to join the union. He didn't have any problem collecting his check or benefits but wouldn't pay dues. We never had a strike while I was there but
I don't figure he would have any problem crossing a picket line.

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