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MajJohn1 year, 8 months ago
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Smart enough to go with the Democrats, It has been my experience going back to when I worked in the steel mills that these hard workers became Democrats because of the unions. Their blue collar mentality helped to make America great, but they got greedy like the auto workers. As jobs went overseas and plants closed these same workers were not willing to adapt to new economic realities. They remained Democrats and pro-union. Neither the unions or the Democrats have done anything for them. The rust belts are ignored because the residents will always vote Democratic out of a sense of false loyalty. The Republicans & the Democrats have no incentive to do anything for them. Without an active, competitive 2 party system these economically depressed areas will remain poor. So the disenfranchised are bitter and hold on to the non economic issues. Sure, why not? Obama is correct to some degree. These Americans are the forgotten ones. Are they smart? No, abandoned, yes.
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ETproductions1 year, 8 months ago
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You are actually quite right about that. Obama has been running a campaign on changing that longstanding formula. That's why the entrenched moguls on both sides are out to destroy him.
Do we want to keep right on with the politics of fear and smear and spin mastering and grabbing quotes out of context to distort their meaning. If so, you can choose McCain for the Republican version of this or Clinton for the Democratic version.
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Lurch1 year, 8 months ago
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You`re partially right. Many of the unions have been quite stubborn. They learned that well from management, the same management who gave themselves six-figure bonuses for negotiating money out of the union`s pay.
Look up NUMI for a real-life story of how the union that served the most costly, least productive, lowest quality factory in GM became the most efficient and highest quality factory in America. The union stayed the same. Even the union leaders were brought back. Only thing that changed was the new Japanese mgt bought the factory out and brought in new mgt.
Makes you go, `hmm, I`ve been blaming the wrong people all along`.
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