Uploaded February 2014 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
Fred Larson, newly elected Chautauqua County legislator, blithely explains that Chautauqua County can't cut the pensions and medical plans for its employees, but the new privately-owned operator can. Irrespective of the truth or falseness of Legislator Larson's comments about pensions and health plans, Larson goes out of his way to explain to County Home employees, and the people of north county, and to other concerned citizens, that only by privatizing can we gut the standard of living of union people. Larson knows full well that Horrigan and Edwards are blowing smoke with their screams about losses. The issue is to crush the unions, get them out of the way for the neo-con Republican privatization agenda. The bulk of the legislators are quite willing to subsidize private and so-called not-for-profit hospitals and nursing homes, but not publicly owned ones.
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Fred Larson, newly elected Chautauqua County legislator, blithely explains that Chautauqua County can't cut the pensions and medical plans for its employees, but the new privately-owned operator can. Irrespective of the truth or falseness of Legislator Larson's comments about pensions and health plans, Larson goes out of his way to explain to County Home employees, and the people of north county, and to other concerned citizens, that only by privatizing can we gut the standard of living of union people. Larson knows full well that Horrigan and Edwards are blowing smoke with their screams about losses. The issue is to crush the unions, get them out of the way for the neo-con Republican privatization agenda. The bulk of the legislators are quite willing to subsidize private and so-called not-for-profit hospitals and nursing homes, but not publicly owned ones.
yoryevrah
