Labor Day used to be a big deal four our party.....
Why?
Because blue-collar union workers used to be the backbone of our party....it was a big part of "who were are".
Thanks to Reagan...Bush I and Bush II (with no help from Clinton)...labor unions have been diminished in power and prestige....
Worse yet...the manufacturing base that gave us a solid Middle-Class in America and spawned workers who could send their kids to college, buy houses and cars, and generally keep the economy humming is
Why?
Because blue-collar union workers used to be the backbone of our party....it was a big part of "who were are".
Thanks to Reagan...Bush I and Bush II (with no help from Clinton)...labor unions have been diminished in power and prestige....
Worse yet...the manufacturing base that gave us a solid Middle-Class in America and spawned workers who could send their kids to college, buy houses and cars, and generally keep the economy humming is
GONE
The Neocon wet-dream of "pure capitalism" is slowly strangling what is left of the middle class and nobody seems to give a damn.
I still do...
And that's why on this labor day, I'll thank the working men and women of America for making us great....
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