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

To: Mr. Whist who wrote (6219)	3/13/2001 12:26:09 AM
From: CVJ	Respond to of 59480

flap, >> That was an idiotic post. If such were true, then why did Ford, for instance, broadcast TV ads a couple years back lauding its union workforce? << Perhaps to focus public attention on what a magnanimous company they are, as a ploy to pre-empt public sympathy in some negotiations with the union? Perhaps to let the union know how much they loved them AND their car-buying dollars. They are stuck with them and "no strike" is less expensive than any strike. "What the hell, we'll just pass the cost on to our customers." I know how much you abhor Rush, but he has a valid point when he says that we are guaranteed equal opportunity, not equal outcome. That is the essence of the lib/union vs conservative philosophies; smothering paternalistic "people as victims" vs personal initiative and responsibility. Another staple: Gov't should offer "A hand up, not a handout. Chas