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All those propaganda pieces sound real good to the anti union anti middleclass far right crowd....but heres the facts CPWILL.
propaganda pieces? dude - I'm citing public unions own pages. I'm quoting their own words. I'm not the only one saying they are powerful - they are
OpenSecrets.org keeps a "Heavy Hitters" List, tracking the largest overall donors from 1989-2012. You might find their Top Twenty instructive
1 ActBlue
2 AT&T Inc
3 American Fedn of State, County & Municipal Employees
4 National Assn of Realtors
5 National Education Assn
6 Goldman Sachs
7 Service Employees International Union
8 American Assn for Justice
9 Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
10 American Federation of Teachers
11 Laborers Union
12 Teamsters Union
13 Carpenters & Joiners Union
14 Communications Workers of America
15 Citigroup Inc
16 American Medical Assn
17 United Food & Commercial Workers Union
18 United Auto Workers
19 National Auto Dealers Assn
20 Machinists & Aerospace Workers Union
Well, huh, look at that. A lot of them seem to be bolded....
The rich pay half the taxs they were 20 yrs ago
Wrong. The wealthy pay a larger percentage of our revenues than they did 20 years ago. In fact, the United States leans more on upper income households than any other industrialized nation.
.theyve gotten fabulously richer the middleclass fabulously POORER
Wrong again. Income has increased for all quintiles, simply increasing faster for knowledge workers as our economy came to value them more.
the middle class has shrunk
No - the upper range of income considered "middle class" has expanded.
the number in poverty has risen dramatically
Over the last handful of years, absolutely. You can thank the worst "recovery" in post-war history for that one.
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