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	Name:	MartiniMan -
	Subject:	I don't get it either
	Date:	2/26/2011 8:52:02 AM

I agree that it doesn't make sense that she likes and approves of what Christie is doing and but not the others. The only difference as far as I can tell is the response of the unions and the media coverage. If Christie does start to explore running for President the government media will turn on him with a vengeance and then maybe her persepctive will change. Who knows....

As for your recollections about the unions and SW Pennsylvania you are spot on. Happened at the same time with the coal mines, the only diffference is they could not move offshore. I was never a fan of unions before then but I detested them after that experience as I saw so many men lose their jobs when they didn't have to. I also remember these guys were making $18 per hour and would laugh about working 30 minutes, sleeping for 3 hours, working 30 minutes, sleeping for 3 hours and then they went home. I asked them once how they got away with it and they said they were in a union and that was their assigned job and the company could not make them do anything else. At the time I wondered how any company could make it with those kinds of rules. Answer....they can't.

What is probably even sadder is how many of the guys blamed the company entirely and did not see how their greed and the union's intractability played a large role in them losing their jobs. These companies were losing tens of millions of dollars a year and the unions had these guys convinced it was an accoundting sham and the companies were bluffing. Now we know why private sector unions are dying away and where they are still strong the economy is in a shambles.......