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1StrongBlackMan

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73. Just before the election ...

Wed Nov 28, 2012, 11:47 AM

Nov 2012

I was talking with a Postal Worker that I know voted for GWB, twice, and strongly suspect voted for Reagan, too. He told me his reason for voting straight Democratic was because "a gop controlled government, with romney at the helm ... a proven privitizer ... would result in his losing his job."

I sarcastically offered, "Well, there'll be plenty of jobs at Fedex!" (

He responded, "Yeah, for half the hours and a third the pay and since I'm 50 yrs old, a virtual certainty that if I get hired, I'll be 'At-Will unemployed' within 5 years."

I think some workersare starting to get it.

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