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On Labor Day, Celebrate Capitalism · Check with Chip

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Check with Chip, brought to you by Operation
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  Speaker 1: at a time. Quick take for Labor Day. True working
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  Speaker 1: people love capitalism. Socialists and communists are out there blathering
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  Speaker 1: about being champions of the working class. Study history. Socialist
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  Speaker 1: and communist nations are totalitarian work camps where workers are
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  Speaker 1: terrorized and oppressed by their overlords. The revolt that turned
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  Speaker 1: the tide against communism in Poland and eventually led to
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  Speaker 1: the eradication of the Berlin Wall and the end of
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  Speaker 1: the Soviet Union was led by Lech Walesa and his
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  Speaker 1: fellow shipyard workers in Gdansk. They knew from first-hand experience
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  Speaker 1: what a fraud socialism and communism are for working people.
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  Speaker 1: The best formula for working people is capitalism with unions
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  Speaker 1: in the private sector. Only the private sector, not the
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  Speaker 1: public or government sector. FDR was right. No unions in
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  Speaker 1: the public sector because there is no healthy bargaining relationship
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  Speaker 1: between worker and employer. In the public sector, unions negotiate
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  Speaker 1: with politicians, people who do not have a personal financial
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  Speaker 1: stake in the bargain. We've seen how politicians are willing
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  Speaker 1: to give away taxpayer dollars in the form of exorbitant
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  Speaker 1: pay and benefits, and bankrupt cities and states in return
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  Speaker 1: for union financial and grassroots campaign support in elections. But
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  Speaker 1: that's not my focus today. I'm a middle-class guy working
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  Speaker 1: for a living. I'm out there hustling as a public
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  Speaker 1: relations person for a thriving small business, Retire Smart. But
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  Speaker 1: I'm enjoying this holiday with a couple gatherings with family
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  Speaker 1: and friends. Work is part of the divine plan. Today
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  Speaker 1: and every day, I thank God that I live in
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  Speaker 1: the greatest society ever for working people, the United States
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  Speaker 1: of America. Have a great holiday. That's Check with Chip.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Chip Maxwell. Thank you for listening.