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appmanga

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9. My father was a union worker...

Reply to multigraincracker (Reply #5)

Thu Dec 25, 2025, 09:00 PM

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...who retired at 50 in 1985, has fantastic healthcare benefits in addition to Medicare, and has a pension with a cost-of-living adjustment.

Any working-class/middle-class person who's anti-union is an idiot.

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