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Monday, July 29, 2013

Detroit, Chicago and then… YOU. | Reclaim Reform

Detroit, Chicago and then… YOU. | Reclaim Reform:

Detroit, Chicago and then… YOU.

Today’s New York Times has an article about greedy teacher, cop and firefighter pensions that presents “The Plan” for all the world to see. It begins in Detroit with its Republican appointed overseer and proceeds to cite Democratic controlled Chicago as examples.
The NYT front page photo is the standard propaganda message – a pouting, obese, somewhat healthy looking male retiree sits in his golf cart with a beautiful vista behind him. You know, he’s one of those tax leeches who is draining our homeland of its life-blood. He is just your average fat-lazy-entitlement-type socialist pigs. The type guy who deserves to have his retirement income plundered for the good of the nation.
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The NYT propaganda has framed the argument – with help from corporate spin-doctors. The comments prove the effectiveness of the propaganda at a level previously seen only in the