AFL-CIO President Trumka Denouces Proposed Cuts to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid

[cal04]

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AFL-CIO Opposes Cuts to Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare, Calls on Congress to Follow Suit
http://crooksandliars.com/kenneth-quinnell/afl-cio-opposes-cuts-social-secur

[provis99]

1. how come union leaders never run for president?

I'm so damn sick of businessmen and lawyers running the country. Why can't we have a union leader as president for once?

[Better Believe It]

4. Because we don't have a political party based on the working class majority

[Omaha Steve]

2. Trumka came up through the coal mining ranks

He was a diamond in the rough.

K&R!

[Douglas Carpenter]

3. knr

[swilton]

5. Big K&R

While attention is deservedly turned to OWS our political 'leaders' have missed the message and are stabbing us in the back...There are leaders out there - I hope more of them rise to the occasion.

A mechanisms needs to be crafted to incorporate leadership of middle class interests into the political process.

[kimsarah]

6. How about

Increases in funding to Social Security and Medicare, and deeper cuts to defense and higher taxes on the wealthy.
Sound too unfair?