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OneAngryDemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-07-11 09:52 PM
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A Parable for Our Time


A Parable for Our Time

A young man with a microphone was ranting about unions to anyone who would listen, and managed to gather around him a small crowd.

When an opportunity arose to reply to all the young man had to say, an elderly gentleman of about 60 stepped up and, addressing the crowd, said, "I joined a union 30 years ago at a job earning $2 an hour. I stayed at that union job for 30 years so I wouldn't have to retire making $2 an hour."

With that said, the man handed the microphone back to the young fellow, and walked away.

As did everyone else in the crowd.


Del Wasso,
Rockford Coffee Party

NOTE: Please feel free to tweek this article as you see fit, and submit it, under your own name if you like, to your local newspaper.
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