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7. I am still dismayed at the Democratic Party"s

Reply to tirebiter (Reply #5)

Wed Jul 14, 2021, 08:52 PM

Jul 2021

Lack of urgency in finding ways to speak with unions members following Reagan's election in 1980. The party never really tried to win them back, and today many union members view the Republican Party as the party of working people. The same party that embraced the Arthur Laffer Curve (supply side economics (a k.a, Reaganomics)) that treats labor as a commodity: something that can be bought, sold and traded away.

Many union members have embraced a political party that advocates the exporting or offshoring of their jobs to the lowest cost labor markets.

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Not the first time, won't be the last. I'm ashamed to say. lindysalsagal Jul 2021 #1

It's safe to assume that all the cop unions do so. PSPS Jul 2021 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jul 2021 #6

I lost a $1/4 M a year job welding because Keystone got shut down tirebiter Jul 2021 #3

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Yes I do tirebiter Jul 2021 #5

I am still dismayed at the Democratic Party"s Person of Interest Jul 2021 #7