Crowing, Not Solving

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My initial reaction to Larry Lockman's "Maine can head off mob action of union supporters" was one of sadness. Pitting state workers and private sector workers as adversaries is hardly a way to solve Maine's budgetary problems. His diatribe was doubly offensive to his focused targets - i.e. unions, state workers, teachers and retirees.

His first offense is to label those public sector workers as "them" and private sector workers as "us." By pitting the "us" (taxpayers) against "them" (state workers), Lockman assumes the readership will swallow this tired slogan.

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Crowing, Not Solving

We all are taxpayers. As a 76-year-old retired te...

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