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Re: Wisconsin Republicans vote to strip public worker collective bargaining rights wi
I strongly disagree. The Gramm-Bliley Act, which got rid of the Glass Steagal law, passed during the Great Depression, and removed the safeguards against another Great Depression, and which created the conditions we have now, was signed by Bill Clinton himself.
1. It's no coincidence that the economy thrived under Clinton and tanked gradually throughout Bush's terms and that rich, greedy types tend to flock to the Republican Party. Democrats are not innocent in pandering to corporate interests, but Republicans have the policies that attract them the most. What does a greedy corporation want more than a party the targets unions - see notorious employer Walmart's contribution to Walker's campaign.
2. It was unnecessary for the United States to get involved. We went in based on false information, it did nothing to help us, we are not the world's police and we wasted money that we could have used right about now.
3. When I say capable, I meant with the concessions that unions said they would make. There was no need to take away any aspect of collective bargaining. And as far as that $14 trillion - it's funny how conservatives are so quick to demand middle class workers to sacrifice pay, but they don't even consider the idea that the richest of this country who are still making millions of dollars could pay some extra taxes.
I strongly disagree. The Gramm-Bliley Act, which got rid of the Glass Steagal law, passed during the Great Depression, and removed the safeguards against another Great Depression, and which created the conditions we have now, was signed by Bill Clinton himself.