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In reply to the discussion: President Obama Offered More Cuts To Social Security Benefits Than To The Pentagon [View all]byeya
(2,842 posts)36. The real Democratic Party was the party of John L Lewis, W&V Reuther and their union members and Big
Money works 24 hours a day, every day, while union members lost the spirit of solidarity.
The % of unionization among retail workers has dropped to 4.9% and real wages for these workers has fallen 30%(in real terms) since 1973.
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President Obama Offered More Cuts To Social Security Benefits Than To The Pentagon [View all]
Report1212
Dec 2012
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My members of Congress are ethical, honest people. The problem is the President.
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2012
#9
Yes. It does. And the money has already been given to the rich in the form of the Bush
JDPriestly
Dec 2012
#19
Almost all of our politicians are bought! The fix is in either way. Lets hope the Senate will
Dustlawyer
Dec 2012
#14
Obama just LOWERED, yes, lowered the FICA taxes -- also known as payroll taxes.
JDPriestly
Dec 2012
#20
And, the tradition among Democratic presidents has been to not get involved in primaries.
byeya
Dec 2012
#35
Clinton was something of a fraud as well....It really has little to do with Chicago. n/t
whathehell
Dec 2012
#42
He said that "in the 1980's" he would have been a moderate republican. I think he's one now.
whathehell
Dec 2012
#25