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Richard Trumka: Freedom Isn't Free
Richard Trumka
Freedom Isn't Free
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The "freedom" of cutting local government translates into the freedom from having the help of a cop or a firefighter or EMS tech in your time of greatest need.
Let's call this right-wing "freedom" catch phrase what it really is: a grossly political strategy to dupe the public, which holds the word "freedom" as something sacred.
This Independence Day, I say let's go back to a truer use of the word "freedom." Let's start with President Franklin Roosevelt's Four Freedoms: freedom of speech and expression, freedom of worship, freedom from want and freedom from fear. I would add the freedom to bargain collectively.
Those freedoms are under attack today. We all will pay a heavy price if we don't stand up and fight for them
the rest:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/richard-trumka/freedom-isnt-free_1_b_1645632.html
