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Politics : Right Wing Extremist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (6205)	3/12/2001 11:15:48 PM
From: Mr. Whist	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 59480

Re: "Unions lobby for power--against companies for the most part." I would argue that point. Also, companies don't lobby Congress to stick it to their workers so as to improve the bottom line? Please. Dig up some WSJ articles from about a year ago concerning IBM's move from a defined benefits pension plan to a cash-balance plan ... and the resulting hearings in Congress. Did IBM do this so as to give the employees a better pension plan? Or was it done to put several score million dollars in the company's hip pocket? (The answer is B.)