My Rant on Clinton

[jl1966]

Andy L, actually I don't come from a line of Dems, I haven't even always voted that way. I voted for Reagan in his second term, and for Bush senior. That was all back when the only issue I looked at was the gun thing. I was working a minimum wage job and Reagan raised the minimum wage .25 cents or so, and the NRA said he was a great man, so I believed it. Then I got a union job that paid decently. Contract time came around and the company was demanding big wage and benefit cuts, said we were about to break them. This is a Fortune 500 company, a major railroad, record profits every year. Negotiations drug on and finally we went on strike, for about a day. Then Bush senior ordered us back to work. After what Reagan did with the air traffic controllers, we had little option. we were assured that a presidential emergency board would be appointed to see that all were given a fair shake. Long story short we were handed the railroad deal verbatim, no changes, not one of our issues adressed. Job cuts, wage cuts, benefit reductions, the whole deal. That was the last time I voted Republican. I assure you. No mean intent here, and as I said I am not trying to start an argument. Just explaining my view.