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Teamsters Win!

I told ya so. It's my favorite thing to say.

Yes, an Obama/Biden win is a Teamster win.

First, Oprah backed Obama. Closely second, it was the Teamsters.

Biden was 'put up', was borne if you will, in 2004 by the Teamsters.

The question for me now is "what's best for the Teamsters."

I think about farmers. From Jefferson's Agrarian world until now they have been fought for by the left and the right. The Farm Bill is a gravy train that everyone wants on. Farmers are of the utmost importance providing the basic necessities of life.

As an interest group in an interest group world, it is best if both parties fight for you. Look at the Farmers. If I were a Republican, I want to watch for my ideals. How can the GOP reform itself to win enough to watch for those ideals? Include labor! You don't even have a labor tab on your website! Include labor. Half the time the minimum wage has been raised it raised employment because people thought it worth it to work. Yes, people can have a higher standard than simply making money. People can decide to do other things. Yes it can create a market that is able to provide at least the payments for what it buys. I've written a paper on why unions are better than the minimum wage (the answer is Republicans). Get it straight, reform your party, and win. I hope you don't. I love telling you, "I told you so."

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