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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (577701)	7/24/2010 8:34:21 AM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571764

You get union people resisting change. This has nothing to do with unions...the GOP used cuts in Medicare as a political fear mongering tool during the health care debate...imagine that...the GOP complaining about cuts in Medicare they hate so much. Unions my a$$... Al

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (577701)	7/24/2010 9:43:06 AM
From: SilentZ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571764

>Yet guess what happens when you try to fix or reform it? You get union people resisting change. They always spread the fear that the opposition wants to do away with pensions. What exactly needs to be fixed or reformed? You can throw out examples of city councils voting themselves huge pensions, but how often does that actually happen? The reality is that the vast, vast majority of government pensions are reasonable. -Z