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Latin America

Judi Lynn

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1. There's very little which drives them wilder than seeing the poor paid even a match stick more

Reply to forest444 (Original post)

Fri Feb 26, 2016, 11:19 PM

Feb 2016

than starvation wages for their desperately hard work, and lives of suffering for themselves and their loved ones.

They can only be happy if they know other people live in deepest hardship, deprived of even the most meager comforts.

"Fascism" when they try to seek a sweater against the cold, "fascism" if they dare to hope for a better day, "fascism" if they get so bold they hope to buy food for their family.

They already KNOW what fascism is, and they know that we know that they know. They also know they'd better live it up while they can.

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Argentine Teachers' Union wins major collective bargaining victory against Macri gov't: a 40% raise. [View all] forest444 Feb 2016 OP

There's very little which drives them wilder than seeing the poor paid even a match stick more Judi Lynn Feb 2016 #1

Beautifully said. It's sad, but true - and they're getting worse all the time. forest444 Feb 2016 #2

He takes his ill-gotten gains, and feeds the hired tools who work for him. What a wonderful woild! n Judi Lynn Feb 2016 #3