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Fripp
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 Posted - 03/01/2011 : 06:29:23
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I don't know why I should expect otherwise, but I've heard on two separate programs on NPR, two spokesman from conservative "think-tanks" (boy, is THAT a stretch!) have claimed that FDR was against collective bargaining for government unions. Specifically, I heard some clown from the Cato Institute spouting the talking points again on yesterday's Radio Times which struck me as wayyyy too coincidental. And, what do you know, I was right. The right-wing is lying yet again:
FDR's quote on collective bargaining
Golly, I'm so surprised 
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The Rat
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Canada
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Posted - 03/01/2011 : 20:59:51 [Permalink]
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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 Posted - 03/02/2011 : 03:48:59 [Permalink]
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As I recall, FDR was opposed to public sector unions striking; collective bargaining was just fine.
They really hate FDR because, I think, every Republican prez since Eisenhower was a scumbag and I see little hope for their future in the current crop of drooling aspirants. Roosevelt actually served the country honorably and well.
Coincidently, my mother workd at the hospital at Warm Springs, GA when FDR was in residence.
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What a surprise: the right is lying about FDR.
