"Beyond Wisconsin" Letter From Dems

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  • navarre1095

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    As a Democrat, I got this in my E-mail today. It kinda chaps my backside.



    Brothers and Sisters,

    A year and a half ago, Gov. Scott Walker and his friends in the Senate forced through an extremist anti-worker agenda that divided the state.
    Last night, Wisconsin took back its Senate. While Gov. Walker remains in office after being only the third governor in American history subjected to the humiliation of a recall, his divisive agenda has been stopped cold.

    Though Walker was shielded with a flood of secret corporate cash, Wisconsin made its voice heard. While we came closer to recalling Walker than many expected, we ended up coming just short.

    The work we did together was about much more than just this one election.

    We laid the groundwork for a powerful movement to push back against Walker-style anti-working family policies everywhere. The energy and momentum in Wisconsin have inspired working people from all walks of life to stand together in solidarity in unprecedented ways.

    We cannot stop now. Click here to sign our solidarity pledge to commit to building on the momentum working people created in Wisconsin and beyond to protect good jobs, working families and workplace rights.

    Wisconsin is a small piece of a broader global movement of people pushing back on the corporate-driven policies that have favored the super-rich at the expense of good jobs, education and the health of our communities.

    And we are winning. We’ve seen it in Tunisia, Yemen and other countries where the Arab Spring has taken hold; in Greece and France, where voters rejected the failed, Draconian policies of austerity; and here in the United States, where members of the Occupy movement continue to shine a much-needed light on Wall Street greed and ballooning economic inequality.

    Working people are making history every day through their courage and resolve to work together for a better world. For you, it may have begun with Wisconsin, but it should not stop there.

    Click here to sign our pledge of solidarity to say you will continue to stand with other working people to protect good jobs, working families and workplace rights.

    Thank you for everything you have done and will continue to do for working families.

    In Solidarity,

    Richard Trumka
    President, AFL-CIO


    Flame on.
     

    eldirector

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    Whoa.... Yemen and Tunisia are GOOD things? THAT is winning? Greece is a disaster, too.

    If this guy wasn't so dead serious, I'd think he was crazy. Instead, he is a mite bit scary.
     

    spec4

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    And there are people that actually but this trash. Enough of them to elect the likes of Obama, Clinton, Schumer, Feinstein, Reid,Boxer, etc. The fight against socialism will never end.
     

    parsimonious

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    I find it astounding, that the president of the afl-cio, a one time power
    against mistreatment, is now encouraging the workers/people to rise up.

    Without a link to a website that shows this same letter, this post is just hearsay.

    I don't doubt it, trumka says some seriously screwed up stuff on a regular
    basis, but still hearsay.
     

    hooky

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    I haven't seen this discussed anywhere, but I'm curious about the 18 million that Barret raised. He only spent 4 million. Where'd the other $14,000,000 go?
     

    John Galt

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    Stuff you cannot make up .... Tunisia, Temen, Arab Spring, Greece ....
    Draconian policies of austerity? That's what happens when you run out of money and the taxPAYING population wakes up to the fact that they are being plundered. TaxPAYERS get pi&&ed when they find out that they are funding salaries, benefits and pensions for government workers that are much greater than they themselves will see in their lifetimes. I pray that I am able to contribute in the upcoming sh##storm and leave America a better place for my children than what they are going to get from the current group of thieves and tyrants! :patriot:
     

    backfire

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    As a Democrat, I got this in my E-mail today. It kinda chaps my backside.



    Brothers and Sisters,

    A year and a half ago, Gov. Scott Walker and his friends in the Senate forced through an extremist anti-worker agenda that divided the state.
    Last night, Wisconsin took back its Senate. While Gov. Walker remains in office after being only the third governor in American history subjected to the humiliation of a recall, his divisive agenda has been stopped cold.

    Though Walker was shielded with a flood of secret corporate cash, Wisconsin made its voice heard. While we came closer to recalling Walker than many expected, we ended up coming just short.

    The work we did together was about much more than just this one election.

    We laid the groundwork for a powerful movement to push back against Walker-style anti-working family policies everywhere. The energy and momentum in Wisconsin have inspired working people from all walks of life to stand together in solidarity in unprecedented ways.

    We cannot stop now. Click here to sign our solidarity pledge to commit to building on the momentum working people created in Wisconsin and beyond to protect good jobs, working families and workplace rights.

    Wisconsin is a small piece of a broader global movement of people pushing back on the corporate-driven policies that have favored the super-rich at the expense of good jobs, education and the health of our communities.

    And we are winning. We’ve seen it in Tunisia, Yemen and other countries where the Arab Spring has taken hold; in Greece and France, where voters rejected the failed, Draconian policies of austerity; and here in the United States, where members of the Occupy movement continue to shine a much-needed light on Wall Street greed and ballooning economic inequality.

    Working people are making history every day through their courage and resolve to work together for a better world. For you, it may have begun with Wisconsin, but it should not stop there.

    Click here to sign our pledge of solidarity to say you will continue to stand with other working people to protect good jobs, working families and workplace rights.

    Thank you for everything you have done and will continue to do for working families.

    In Solidarity,

    Richard Trumka
    President, AFL-CIO


    Flame on.
    Stating that you're a Democrat, I'm curious as to how you feel about the letter as a whole?

    Please know- I'm not loading my question, trying to start something or being judgemental in any fashion; but I'm genuinely interested in what your thoughts are on it since it seems to upset you??

    I find that reasonable conversation (or even debate) with a person of different idealogy w/out agenda, goes a long way to understanding one's entitled viewpoint, hence my curiosity.

    Thank you. :patriot:
     

    navarre1095

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    Meth Vernon
    I find it astounding, that the president of the afl-cio, a one time power
    against mistreatment, is now encouraging the workers/people to rise up.

    Without a link to a website that shows this same letter, this post is just hearsay.

    I don't doubt it, trumka says some seriously screwed up stuff on a regular
    basis, but still hearsay.

    We got this from the County Chairman.

    My issues with this letter are in bold.
     
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    ghuns

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    Whoa, whoa, whoa, a Democrat, with guns? That's it I'm headin for the bunker.:D
     

    Kagnew

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    As a Democrat, I got this in my E-mail today. It kinda chaps my backside.



    Brothers and Sisters,

    A year and a half ago, Gov. Scott Walker and his friends in the Senate forced through an extremist anti-worker agenda that divided the state.
    Last night, Wisconsin took back its Senate. While Gov. Walker remains in office after being only the third governor in American history subjected to the humiliation of a recall, his divisive agenda has been stopped cold.

    Though Walker was shielded with a flood of secret corporate cash, Wisconsin made its voice heard. While we came closer to recalling Walker than many expected, we ended up coming just short.

    The work we did together was about much more than just this one election.

    We laid the groundwork for a powerful movement to push back against Walker-style anti-working family policies everywhere. The energy and momentum in Wisconsin have inspired working people from all walks of life to stand together in solidarity in unprecedented ways.

    We cannot stop now. Click here to sign our solidarity pledge to commit to building on the momentum working people created in Wisconsin and beyond to protect good jobs, working families and workplace rights.

    Wisconsin is a small piece of a broader global movement of people pushing back on the corporate-driven policies that have favored the super-rich at the expense of good jobs, education and the health of our communities.

    And we are winning. We’ve seen it in Tunisia, Yemen and other countries where the Arab Spring has taken hold; in Greece and France, where voters rejected the failed, Draconian policies of austerity; and here in the United States, where members of the Occupy movement continue to shine a much-needed light on Wall Street greed and ballooning economic inequality.

    Working people are making history every day through their courage and resolve to work together for a better world. For you, it may have begun with Wisconsin, but it should not stop there.

    Click here to sign our pledge of solidarity to say you will continue to stand with other working people to protect good jobs, working families and workplace rights.

    Thank you for everything you have done and will continue to do for working families.

    In Solidarity,

    Richard Trumka
    President, AFL-CIO


    Flame on.

    "Brothers and Sisters" "In Solidarity" Creeping socialism my a$$. That's a full gallop!
     
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    in Greece and France, where voters rejected the failed, Draconian policies of austerity

    I believe he meant to say,

    In Greece and France, where voters continued to fund their economies that are so wholly given over to socialism that they cannot be run without government money.
     

    blamecharles

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    mrjarrell

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    I hate when folks dis "austerity". All they have to do is look at Estonia to see what happens when you impose austerity on government. The economy takes off when the vampires aren't sucking the life out of you, (despite what Krugman and his dem allies would have people believe). We could use some Estonian policies here.
     

    SEIndSAM

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    I like how he thinks it's a victory that they won a seat in the Senate. What he is not telling you is the Senate is out of session until next January and the Dems are expected to lose 2 to 3 seats in November. Sooooo, they will most likely be the minority party again when the Senate reconvenes.
     
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