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calimary

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7. Welcome to DU, Punx!
Fri May 15, 2015, 09:40 AM
May 2015

I hate to break it to all those teabaggers who whine and yowl at the town hall meetings "I Want MY AMERICA BAAACK!!!!"

Well the America you want back is probably the Beaver Cleaver-era America, of the 50s. When Dad could be the only member of the family who had to go out to work every day to support that family. When his single paycheck could support a family of four in a nice house in the suburbs and Mom could stay home and run the vacuum and make cookies in her nice housedress and pearl necklace til the kids came home from school. She didn't really need to go out and get a job because that one single paycheck was enough to cover everything they needed. That was back in the era of STRONG UNIONS. UNIONS made that single decent pay check with benefits and pension possible. UNIONS. UNIONS made it possible for one breadwinner per family to be able to support that family singlehandedly. And look forward to a fairly comfortable secure future because the UNION had a pension plan, too. UNIONS made that lifestyle possible. Made that nice neighborhood possible. Made that nice community possible.

DAMMIT!!! Nobody connects the dots anymore!!!

Gee, teabaggers, I bet you didn't realize you were such strong UNION supporters, did you!?!

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Well, it's nice that they noticed...... daleanime May 2015 #1
What did the Rude Pundit say about a week ago? calimary May 2015 #3
Yep, this is one of those joshdawg May 2015 #4
Missed that one.... daleanime May 2015 #5
Here: calimary May 2015 #8
Thanks.... daleanime May 2015 #9
Yep, Punx May 2015 #6
Welcome to DU, Punx! calimary May 2015 #7
New Mexico held steady against the onslaught, this time. Dont call me Shirley May 2015 #2
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