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branford

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5. The conservative arguments were wrong then, and they are wrong now.

Reply to Bandit (Reply #4)

Sat Jan 10, 2015, 09:57 AM

Jan 2015

I'm always perplexed and saddened when purportedly pro-labor and pro-union Democrats and liberals start sounding like Ronald Reagan and Scott Walker when discussing police unions. Not only is it hypocritical, but it's a divide and conquer strategy that the right would happily embrace. Don't doubt for a minute that Republicans would abandon the few conservative unions like the police in order trample all union rights and gains.

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The conservative arguments were wrong then, and they are wrong now. branford Jan 2015 #5

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