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Yo_Mama

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17. I agree

Reply to secondvariety (Reply #2)

Fri Feb 22, 2013, 02:13 PM

Feb 2013

Unions can only do so much - we have to stop this sort of thing before we can meaningfully improve the lives of millions of Americans. Or residents.

These programs are just used to drive wages down.

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