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In reply to the discussion: We romanticize manufacturing jobs when what we really miss are unions. [View all]dmosh42
(2,217 posts)Then with Reagan, the country went through a lot of anti-union attitudes, allowing us to "see the management side' on issues. That started the sending jobs overseas with the government helping with writeoffs and other benefits along with slave labor. I worked in communications with the CWA and made it to retirement and a pension. This has become a rare thing anymore, with many poorly paid workers thinking they can back a Republican Congress and hope the 'rich' will help them gain some equality. I grew up in an area of Irish and other ethnic immigrants, most of whom did not have much education. But they were smart enough to know who was on their side and regularly voted Democratic. These people today, are so dumb, it's unbelievable! They wait for their pastor or some imbecile celebrity to tell them who to hate and vote for. And they hate unions too! I remember a movie called "Elmer Gantry", with Burt Lancaster playing a fire-breathing minister in the south, manipulating his flock for his purposes. I thought it couldn't be made up, but where I live now, it's very real and is a way of life.