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Major Hogwash

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4. A fish rots from the head down.

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Wed Jun 6, 2012, 07:21 PM

Jun 2012

It doesn't have anything to do with unions, bro.
That's just their latest strawman -- "it's all the fault of the unions."
Except it wasn't unions that had to have their asses pulled back from the abyss by a bailout bill by the federal government, was it?

There are 26 states that already have "right to work" laws on the books.
The unions are only 1/4th of what they were just 30 years ago.
Membership is down, while corporate profits are up.

It's not the unions that caused the mortgage crisis in the United States.
It's not the unions that caused America to lose their 4-star credit rating last year.
It's not the unions that beat on the war drums after 9/11.

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All empires fall because they rot from within... [View all] MrScorpio Jun 2012 OP

A modernized version of feudalism hifiguy Jun 2012 #1

where "all" equals "some". Warren Stupidity Jun 2012 #2

Maybe the Military Empire would collapse but the country wouldn't lunatica Jun 2012 #3

A fish rots from the head down. Major Hogwash Jun 2012 #4

I'm a little confused here MrScorpio Jun 2012 #5

That was what the rightwing meme on the radio was all day long -- unions are bad. Major Hogwash Jun 2012 #6

Ah! - OK, thanks for clarifying that nt MrScorpio Jun 2012 #7