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People need to learn the difference between succouring and suckering.<br>
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Obviously Obamacare was written for the benefit of the 1%.<br>
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The problem with the "health care" system in the US is that the number<br>
of doctorers is deliberately and systematically kept small to keep the <br>
system in a constant state of crisis and undersupply.<br>
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This maximizes income and wealth accretion for the few. Fuck the many.<br>
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Until the many wake up and realize what a red raw deal they are getting,<br>
and decide to do something about it, there is no hope at all.<br>
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A hint: (well, 2 hints)<br>
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Voting is futile.<br>
<br>
You might as well write to Santa Claus as to write to your fucking<br>
congresscritter or senator. <br>
In fact, it would make a lot more sense to write to Santa Claus.<br>
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The only thing that the 1% can understand is the equivalent<br>
of a 2x4 applied appropriately. I am not suggesting violence,<br>
but any meaningful resistance will be met with violence by the 1%.<br>
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Maybe it would be good to watch "A Bug's Life" until the light comes on.<br>
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href="http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/09/16/labor-leaders-obamacare-and-the-fate-of-the-unions/">http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/09/16/labor-leaders-obamacare-and-the-fate-of-the-unions/</a><br>
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<font style="font-size: 16pt;" size="4">Democrats Fail Labor Again</font><br>
<font style="font-size: 20pt;" size="5"><b>Labor Leaders, Obamacare,
and the Fate of the Union</b></font>s<br>
by SHAMUS COOKE<br>
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<font size="4"><strong>A funny thing happened a couple of months ago:
labor leaders finally awoke from their coma and realized that Obamacare
was not only bad for unions, but for working families in general.<br>
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Once the biggest salespeople of the bill’s passage, union leaders are
suddenly full of rage and "shock" at the realities of Obamacare.<br>
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The first sign of brain activity happened in July, when a trio of
national labor leaders sent a letter to President Obama, saying that
"[Obamacare] will shatter not only our [unions] hard-earned health
benefits, but destroy the foundation of the 40 hour work week that is
the backbone of the American middle class."<br>
<br>
Perhaps they should have read the bill first? Instead of trying to
convince their members and the rest of the country how great it was.<br>
<br>
But labor leaders aren’t accepting blame for their role in selling
snake oil to the American public. Instead they are blaming the
"implementation" of Obamacare, not its essence. For example, the recent
AFL-CIO conventionended with a resolution that critiqued Obamacare’s
implementation, saying that the bill "doesn’t live up to its promises."<br>
<br>
But the AFL-CIO knows better. Many writers — including this one —
sounded the alarm bells about Obamacare four years ago, but as the
bill’s passage seemed precarious — since many working people hated it —
organized labor doubled down for Obamacare, since they had "their"
President to re-elect in 2012. Obamacare eventually passed — thanks to
organized labor — and unions vigorously celebrated their own undoing.<br>
<br>
Unions pressed ahead with Obamacare even after the Congressional Budget
Office predicted that as many as 20 million people could be victimized
by having their employer-based health care dropped, since these people
would now be "mandated" to buy health care as individuals.<br>
<br>
Of course, if companies were incentivized by Obamacare to save money on
labor costs, they were going to do it.<br>
<br>
"But now!", shriek labor leaders, "Obamacare is incentivizing employers
to switch to part time employment! This is an unintended consequence!"<br>
<br>
Not true. In 2009 mainstream media outlets were talking about this
openly too.<br>
<br>
Labor leaders are faking outrage now because their members are being
directly affected, as are millions of others, all of whom have every
right to blame labor leaders for this "nightmare scenario."<br>
<br>
Obamacare is perhaps the most blatant example of the complete
incompetency of many U.S. labor leaders, who’ve tied the fate of
organized labor to the Democratic Party, with disastrous results.<br>
<br>
As the jobs crisis grinds on and wages and benefits are being attacked
across the board, this "strategy" of labor leaders has proven be an
utter failure. Union leaders have remained silent as the Democrats have
attacked teachers, public employees, and implemented austerity measures
on a state and federal level that shift the cost of the recession on
working people.<br>
<br>
The corporate and government assault on working people is quickly
shifting the landscape under the feet of working people in the U.S.,
and instead of devising a strategy to fight back labor leaders are
focused on "helping" Democrats in the incredibly naive hope that the
Democrats will eventually do "something" for organized labor.<br>
<br>
Any organization with leaders that have no vision and zero strategy
should consider selecting a new leadership. Organized labor is in the
fight of its life, and the Obamacare disaster will be repeated unless
union members elect new leaders willing to wage a serious, massive,
nationwide independent fightback. <br>
<br>
Shamus Cooke is a social service worker and an elected officer of SEIU
503. He can be reached at <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:shamuscooke@gmail.com">shamuscooke@gmail.com</a><br>
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