A kind mind is hard to find...

[Hubert Flottz]

4. AND why has the GOP, their friends the "Think Tanks,"

the National Chamber of Commerce, the republican's and the blue dog's, super wealthy corporate campaign donors, been so vicious in their all-out attacks/propaganda on unions, pensions and basically, the entire working middle class.

First of all, by the end of the Clinton administration the unions and working people in general, were starting to get by a lot better than they had since Reagan and Poppy Bush ran the country into massive debt. The pension money on Wall Street was something to fear among the wealthiest 5%. The reason being, that even though that wealthy 5% love nothing more in this world than their money, your money and absolute financial power. The problem with the growing pension funds, was that the unions had reached a finical level where they were accumulating enough money/stock ownership power, to demand and get seats in some powerful corporate boardrooms.

Secondly, the GOP hated the fact that most union members and the union leadership, voted democratic and campaigned and donated funds to mostly democrats.

Thirdly, the GOP/Right Wing, the assorted Chambers of Commerce and the super wealthy have hated unionism from it's very inception in America and in the rest of the world. They don't think it's fair for people who earn by the sweat of their brow to rise above servitude or the dread of living in the street. No compassion or quarter, for the loyal aged worker who is no longer able to produce, at the pace he did in the prime of his or her life.

I think this country will reach a tipping point and demand a better shake for everybody. I hope I live long enough to see it!