You know this has been heard before, that we've got to make sure that the unions are helped and protected again those that are against the unions. That if we don't help them, then the rich and the Republicans are going to get rid of them for good.
Well that's all well and good, however there is a slightly problem too all of this and that is that unions tend to vote Republican against their own interests. Doesn't matter if it happens to be blue collar workers or those that are public servants, they vote against their own each time. From the police to the fire fighters they all tend to vote Republican, which in my mind makes no sense at all. After all, the rich and the Republicans want to get rid of the unions so that the people of this country can't rally up against the rich and demand more money for the work that they're doing in the first place.
This is something that seriously needs to be addressed in this country, the fact that the unions themselves are shooting themselves in the foot by voting for Republican interests goes beyond anything that I could even begin to think about in the first place.
The photo above is a prime example, I took that here in my home town where we're having elections for the mayor and two council members. Now the current mayor is supposed to be a former Republican, and yet everything that he does is Republican in nature, not doing anything till it's an election year to score those much needed voter points. After all, we recently had an Earthquake here in the Bay Area that originated up North near Napa Valley in American Canyon. After that quake hit, suddenly our mayor is asking building and home owners to make sure that their places are up to quake code. Well considering that this was brought up years ago and he did nothing to make sure that everyone was doing what was needed and is only just now doing it, just goes to show what he's really trying to do and that's make sure that he gets to keep his job. Well considering that he's doing such an extremely less than amazing job, that people are seriously starting to notice that things are extremely bad.
About 90% of the buildings in the city that I live in are not retro fitted for Earthquakes and it's something that's never been dealt with, and then there are the roads in town, something that's been an issue here for years, and both our current mayor and the former one that is now serving on the council have not done a damned thing about it. Both of them happen to have this good 'ol boy club going on, and that's something that both Republicans and the rich happen to do to make sure that things go their way each and every single time. I know personally that something greatly needs to be done, and it's long past time that something was done and taken care of it yesterday. I know that I'm not going to be voting for our current mayor, and the one thing that I do know is that his slogan this year "Getting things done" yeah, that's a no right there, you're not getting anything done.
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