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Old 07-16-2014, 03:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Ike Bana View Post
I don't get the beef with public unions...
In a nutshell, public employee unions have a symbiotic relationship with Democratic politicians. Union employees work to elect Democrats who shower (mostly deferred) benefits upon them, thus bankrupting the system when the bill comes due.

Even FDR was against public sector unions for their ability to their unnatural unnaturally influence the political process, not to mention the expense to the taxpayer.
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