DEMOCRATS AND THEIR UNION ALLIES…

While I fully understand that there are still places in this country where one must belong to a union, although fewer than there once were, at least in the private sector, there does seem to be a small percentage of union members who are now beginning to object to how those unions spend the millions of dollars acquired by way of dues members are required to pay. Now granted, I think we can all safely agree that the same cannot be said of public sector union members who, I’m quite sure, enthusiastically endorse the spending of their dues money to support big government Democrats. And I dare say that the IRS is perfectly fine with that. But I digress.

So it should, I suppose, come as a surprise to no one that the motivate factor here is the fear that Republicans will end up controlling both the House and the Senate after the November midterm elections. So labor unions, both private and public sector, are now pouring vast amounts of money into those races considered as being crucial to maintaining the unions’ very existence. Thus far in the 2013-2014 election cycle, the Center for Responsive Politics (CRP) reports that labor groups have spent a grand total $72,665,600, with nearly 90 percent going to Democrats and roughly 10 percent to Republicans. Which I’m sure is quite typiocal.

According to William Spriggs, chief economist for the AFL-CIO, which has spent $5.7 Million so far, "There's a lot of room for mischief in a Senate that's under Republican leadership."  Unions are concerned that if Republicans are successful in their attempt to take control of the Senate and are able to retain control of the House, administration rulings deemed by unions to be favorable to their ‘cause’ such as updating parameters of overtime pay, raising minimum wage for federal contractors and National Labor Relations Board rulings allowing the creation of "micro-unions" within companies could be eliminated by Republicans.

And it was Ross Eisenbrey of the Economic Policy Institute who told The Hill, "The Republicans are opposed to everything the Labor Department has announced." He went on to say, "You can imagine riders that will be written into omnibus bills to block all of them." Unions are said to be focusing their contributions in key states such as Iowa, Colorado, Michigan and Alaska, where Republican victories likely could sway control of the Senate. AFL-CIO spokesman Jeff Hauser also told The Hill, "We wish that the Republican Party were not an enemy of working people, but too often — and too much of it, currently is."

Such a claim by Mr. Hauser is nothing but pure propaganda, and he knows it. And many union members are coming to recognize it as such. Because when it comes to such issues as Barry "Almighty's" refusal to approve the Keystone pipeline project, Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) regulations which have put hundreds of thousands of coal mining jobs at risk and unhappiness with increased costs on union health insurance plans through Obamacare provisions, many former pro-Barry "Almighty" union members have now turned against the president's party. These people aren’t stupid, and many are finally beginning to wake up!

A perfect example of that is the fact that over 40,000 members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) deserted the AFL-CIO for being "in lockstep" with the administration of Barry & Co., with ILWU President Robert McElltath stating, "President Obama ran on a platform that he would not tax medical plans, yet the Federation (AFL-CIO) later lobbied affiliates to support a bill that taxed our health care plans," the Washington Free Beacon reported. More people must wake up to the fact that the true enemy of working people are the liberal Democrats who are determined to destroy our economy and the middle class with it.

The Republican National Committee (RNC) has lobbied labor interests hard on those issues, publishing statements by the United Mine Workers that proposed EPA regulations would cost 485,000 jobs and quoting Terry O'Sullivan, president of the Laborers' International Union of North America, saying of the Keystone Pipeline: "It's not the oil that's dirty, it’s the politics. Once again, the administration is making a political calculation instead of doing what is right for the country." Strange language to be heard coming from someone in a position of leadership of a union. And it’s something that we need to be hearing a lot more of.

UNIONS SUCK!!!



Every once and while there’s something that comes along that can be considered, by many, as being a bit of good news. And in this particular instance that good news stems from the fact that more than 80 percent of workers who care for the home-bound elderly and disabled in Michigan have now seen fit to ditch that much beloved organization, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). They decided to do so after the union was banned from taking mandatory dues out of assistance checks.

The "dues skim" ended in 2013, but not before the SEIU had managed to steal more than $34 Million from the Medicaid checks of the workers' patients, the Mackinac Center for Public Policy reported Wednesday. Most of these ‘workers’ were actually relatives or friends of their home-bound patients. Which to my way of thinking, makes the taking of these ‘dues’ all the more unseemly. I would argue that unions today, or very few of them, any longer serve any kind of a useful purpose.

According to the union's filing with the federal Department of Labor, 44,347 home-based caregivers have decided to reject union membership -- "virtually all of the long-term home-based caregivers affected by the dues skim," the Center reported. It then went on to say, "It also is more than 80 percent of the 55,265 members the union claimed to have at the end on 2012." Many people today have come recognize that unions for what they are, simply put they are the thug division of the Democrat Party.

Ted O'Neil, a spokesman for the Mackinac Center, said in a recent interview that plummeting SEIU membership is a sign that forced unionization of home healthcare workers wasn't what they wanted. He said, "All 44,000 of those caregivers who were originally forced into the union are free to go back and join." He went on to say, "It's very telling of what worker freedom means to people." Folks have a tendency to get very tired of handing over more and more of their hard earned money to these union crooks!

The dues-skimming ‘scheme’ was set up in 2006, after the SEIU identified home-based healthcare workers as a potential revenue source, the Center reported; the workers were mailed union election ballots. But the Center noted some workers never got the ballots and were unaware of what happened. The scheme was exposed by the Mackinac Center and abolished soon after Democrat Gov. Jennifer Granholm left office. As everyone knows very well, Democrats are big union supporters.

And also on a positive note, the Mackinac Center Legal Foundation has now filed legal action in the attempt to get back some of the dues; the case is pending, the Center said. Michigan passed right-to-work legislation in 2012, effectively bringing to an end the era of mandatory unionization. "Not only does this show that the stealth unionization that led to the SEIU dues skim was wrong, but it also calls attention to just how important right-to-work is for Michigan," O'Neil said.

I think most of us will be able to safely agree that the unions we have today bear very little resemblance to the unions of yesteryear when there was actually some benefit to be had by the worker who belonged to one. It seems that today unions have morphed into what are essentially nothing more than revenue raisers for the Democrat Party. And too, it’s these public sector unions, working in concert with Democrat politicians, that have helped to create what has become a fiscal mess in many of our cities and states.

GOVERNMENT UNIONS SEEM TO THINK THEY’RE…SPECIAL…

 

 

Well now, if you listen to the fella identified as being the leader of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) union, I guess we’re all supposed to, somehow, feel sorry for all of those poor, overpaid and under-worked government employees who happened to be represented by his little organization. You see, apparently the president of this fine labor organization, in what I guess was an effort to take a stand for those outstanding union members whom his union represents, now says that a one-percent increase is "absolutely unconscionable." On Saturday the head of AFGE, the largest federal employee union, said that Barry's proposal to increase pay for federal employees by 1 percent was "absolutely unconscionable" and "simply not enough." Now if it were up to me, which it’s not, federal employees wouldn’t be permitted to unionize. This joker ought to be thanking his lucky stars that Barry hasn’t the balls, as Reagan did, to start firing some of these stellar federal employees.

 

And in what was his attempt, I guess, to garner the sympathy vote for his members, David Cox Sr., the president of the previously mentioned American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), released a statement that said it part, "It is not enough to allow federal employees to make up lost ground from two-plus years of frozen pay. It is not enough to allow workers, most of whom earn very modest salaries ranging from $24,000 to $70,000, to maintain living standards. And it is not enough to send a message with any kind of clarity that the administration values the federal workforce and doesn't believe it should continue to bear an enormously disproportionate share of deficit reduction." I’m a little curious as to why this guy, Cox, seems to be of the opinion that government workers must never be required to make the same level of sacrifice demanded by those of us in the private sector. And, funny thing, you can never fire them, no matter how bad of a job they do.

 

I guess what caused this ruckus is that fact that the White House told labor leaders of the proposed increase in the 2014 fiscal year budget in a phone call late last Friday night. That raise would come on top of the half-point pay hike, scheduled to take effect in late March, which has been delayed as part of the "fiscal cliff" deal struck last month. Federal salaries have been frozen since 2011. As a counter-measure, of sorts, AFGE has now pledged in its statement to "work with friends in Congress who truly value the federal workforce," a signal that the union will likely lobby the more liberal members of Congress as being part of their effort to oppose the president's budget. Ah yes, their reliable and influential "friends in Congress who truly value the federal workforce." What he means is Democrats in Congress. Look, the only thing Democrats value is the fact that these government ‘employees’ reliably vote Democrat. No, it’s much simpler and basic than that.

Other union leaders have also voiced concern over the president's proposed pay raise, saying that the minimal increase over three years does little to compensate for the rising cost of living. "While the president’s proposal for a 1 percent pay increase for federal workers in 2014 is better than a pay freeze, I don’t feel like jumping and shouting for joy," Carl Goldman, executive director of the AFSCME Council 26 told Government Executive. "There are a number of unanswered questions concerning the proposal: Will there also be locality pay increases that reflect the higher cost of living in many areas? Will there be a raise in federal employees’ contributions to the health insurance program, which could have a net effect of a pay cut? It is difficult to know exactly how to react until these and similar questions are answered," he said. Gee, he ain’t askin for much, is he? When was the last time any of you can remember getting a raise? Or is that only considered payback because we choose to be forced into to join a union.

 

Despite Barry’s request for a raise, it’s doubtful that federal workers will end up seeing any kind of an actual increase. And rightly so, the country is broke! Congressional Republicans are unlikely to support Barry’s budget, and have voted to freeze the salaries of lawmakers and federal employees. In a statement released back in January it was House Oversight Committee Chairman, Darrell Issa who characterized Barry’s push for a pay increase as "not necessary to retain talented employees and just wastes taxpayer money." He went on to say, "Federal employee have continued to receive promotions and within-grade pay increases over the past few years of the supposed ‘pay freeze,’ and voluntary separations from the federal government are near all-time lows." And he’s right. Why can’t we all move forward together, all making the same level of sacrifice? Again, why are those who work for the government expected to sacrifice less than those of us who do not.

Why is it always only those of us in the private sector who are asked to tighten our belts while those same sacrifices are never expected to be made by those who have the luxury of working for the government. It’s pretty common knowledge that the average federal worker earns about 2 percent more than a private sector worker in a comparable profession, though the government's generous pension system means that overall compensation is significantly higher. And once pension and health benefits are factored in, the average federal worker reaps 16 percent more in total compensation than do private sector workers. The average benefits package for federal workers, including health insurance and a defined benefit pension plan, costs the government about 48 percent more than for private sector workers in comparable jobs. The federal government employs about 2.3 million civilian workers, or about 1.7 percent of the U.S. workforce. Total compensation for civilian federal workers costs roughly $200 Billion a year.



SHALL WE HAVE A PITTY-PARTY FOR THE UNIONS? NOPE!

 

You know, I wish I could say I felt sorry for them, but I just can't bring myself to do it. They are essentially the culprit behind their own demise. And of course I speak of the unions in this country. You see, this Wednesday, the Labor Department publishes 2012 data that will show that during Barry's first term the unionization rate, or the percentage of American workers belonging to unions, actually declined faster than it did during two terms of President George W. Bush. Now who would have ever guessed that that would've, or even could have, happened? Certainly not me! But it would appear that the total unionization rate declined from 11.8 percent of wage and salary workers in 2011 to 11.3 percent in 2012. Private-sector unionization fell from 6.9 percent to 6.6 percent, and the government unionization rate dropped from 37 percent to 35.9 percent.

 

Although Barry has always championed union causes, since even before becoming president, his tax and regulatory policies after becoming president have systematically discouraged business investment and therefore job creation in America for all workers, and that would be for both union and nonunion. U.S. corporate tax rates remain the highest of anywhere in the industrialized world. And an increasing number of inefficient regulations continue to add to production costs and end up turning employees into liabilities. And then of course, Barry vetoed the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, which would have provided literally thousands of unionized construction jobs. Instead, Canada is now planning to ship the oil it produces in its western provinces to China. So while it may be too bad for American members of the Laborers' International Union of North America, it means more jobs for Canadians.

 

And then we have Barry's rather rogue acting Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) whose regulations have resulted in the closure of more than 100 coal-fired power plants over just the past two years, with even more now being scheduled. That's too bad for the United Mine Workers of America and for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. In 2009, Chrysler and GM were given government bailouts, disenfranchising existing creditors and transferring assets to the United Auto Workers. Despite the bailout, if your price can be beat, you can't compete. On Jan. 15, Chrysler announced that while it would be expanding Jeep production, it will be in Guangzhou, China, rather than in Toledo, Ohio. Again, too bad for the members of the United Auto Workers (UAW). But they won't be getting any sympathy from me, they really should have seen that coming.

 

And then it's because of Barry's Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, under which firms with more than 49 workers face a $2,000-per-worker tax if they don't offer the right kind of health insurance. So these firms react the only way they can with the natural result being fewer full-time jobs, but more part-time jobs, because there's no tax on part-time employees. Barry did everything he could in his first term to help unions. His stimulus package was directed at public-sector unionized workers. His executive order on project labor agreements required large construction projects to hire unionized workers. Barry supported the misnamed Employee Free Choice Act, which would have taken away workers' right to a secret ballot in elections for union representation and would have imposed mandatory binding arbitration on employers and workers who could not agree on a contract.

 

Barry even went to far as to push the "recess-appointment" privilege to the absolute limit as he appointed three union friends members of the National Labor Relations Board when the Senate was not even in recess. One member, a rather sleazy character by the name of Richard Griffin, has been accused in a lawsuit of using threats and extortion to cover up an embezzlement scandal when he served as general counsel for Local 501 of the International Union of Operating Engineers. And then we've been saddled with his patently idiotic, and totally inept Labor Secretary, Hilda Solis, who's also the daughter of union activists, and who rolled back union financial transparency rules put in place by Bush Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao. Rules, by the way, that were designed to show union members what their union was doing with their dues. Hell's bell's, we can't have that now can we?

 

But it seems to have all been for naught, because Barry's efforts to help unions have not stemmed the tide, and in what brings a tear to my one good eye, union membership continues to accelerate its decline. Right-to-work states, where workers don't have to pay dues to a union as a condition of working, have created more jobs than in forced unionization states. Over the past 25 years, the 22 right-to-work states (not including new right-to-work states Indiana and Michigan) created 1.5 times as many jobs as the forced unionization states. The lesson is quite clear, and it's that whether you like unions or you hate them, anti-business policies drive jobs offshore. That's why union membership has fared worse under Barry than under Bush. So, is it a lesson that unions will end up learning, albeit the hard way, or will they continue in supporting those whose policies are doing nothing more than to accelerate their demise?



ARE UNIONS ON THE DOWNHILL SLIDE?

 

Apparently the numbers are in, and it’s bad news for unions and good news for the rest of us. What they show is that the nation's unions lost 400,000 members in 2012 as the percentage of U.S. workers represented by a labor union fell to 11.3 percent, lowest level since the 1930's. Michigan alone accounted for about 10 percent of the nation's loss of unionized workers as the Wolverine State fell to the seventh most-unionized state, from fifth in 2011. The Bureau of Labor Statistics said the biggest hit was in public sector unions, where many states and cities have cut back on their unionized workforce. Among public sector workers, 35.9 percent are in a union - down from 37.0 percent in 2011, as the public sector shed nearly 250,000 union workers.

 

The public sector union rate is more than five times higher than that of private-sector workers. In the private sector, only 6.6 percent are unionized and that's down from 6.9 percent in 2011. In all union membership fell in 34 states. In Michigan, union membership fell more sharply than the national average; It was down to 16.6 percent in 2012, compared with 17.5 percent in 2011. Michigan lost 42,000 union workers, falling to 629,000 in 2012. The number of workers in Michigan represented by a union — but who were not members of that union — fell from 18.3 percent to 17.1 percent, or by 55,000 workers. By contrast, in 1970 Michigan had 1.2 million union workers representing 40 percent of the state's workforce.

 

AFL-CIO President 'Dick' Trumka said the new figures were sobering. "Working women and men urgently need a voice on the job today, but the sad truth is that it has become more difficult for them to have one, as today's figures on union membership demonstrate," Trumka said. "Union membership impacts every other economic outcome that matters to all workers — falling wages, rising health care costs, home foreclosures, the loss of manufacturing jobs and disappearing retirement benefits." Trumka said "our still-struggling economy, weak laws and political as well as ideological assaults have taken a toll on union membership, and in the process have also imperiled economic security and good, middle class jobs."

 

Sounding like the eternal optimist, Teamsters President James P. Hoffa, who heads the 1.4 million member union, made the claim that unions still have a future. "It was collective bargaining that helped bring back the auto industry. It was unions that led the effort on the ground to re-elect President Obama. The labor movement has had its ups and downs over the past 150 years, but I'm seeing a new energy in our union," he said. "Low-wage workers in the retail, restaurant and fast-food industries are using exciting new tactics to organize…. Working people realize now more than ever that they need to form unions to protect their families and their communities from powerful corporations. From my perspective, labor is on the way back in a powerful way."

 

Last month, Michigan's state legislature approved right-to-work legislation that was then signed into law by Gov. Rick Snyder. It takes effect in late March and will allow nearly all union members to opt out of paying union dues when new contracts are ratified. The measure was bitterly opposed by unions that had spent millions on a failed ballot initiative to enshrine collective bargaining rights in the constitution. Michigan labor leaders have denounced many actions taken by Snyder and the Republican legislature as anti-union. Unions note that unionized employees make more on average than non-union employees. In 2012, union members had median weekly earnings of $943, while those who were not union members had median weekly earnings of $742.

 

Union membership is down sharply from 1983, when 20 percent of all Americans belonged to a union, and is one-third of it what is was at its height back in 1953, when 32.5 percent of all workers belonged to a union. Nationally, labor unions unsuccessfully fought in the first year of the Barry "Almighty" administration to win approval of legislation called the "Employee Free Choice Act" that would have made it much easier to organize new members. Nationally, U.S. unions combined added about 50,000 members in 2011, reaching the 14.8 million mark after losing about 1.4 million since 2009. But nationwide membership, at 11.8 percent, was at its lowest percentage in more than 70 years, during the Great Depression. Let’s hope the trend continues!



MORE UNION THUGS IN ACTION IN MICHIGAN...

UNION THUGS DESCEND ON MICHIGAN...

 

 

 



HONESTLY, WHAT USEFUL PURPOSE DO UNIONS REALLY SERVE ANYMORE?



BLACK FRIDAY PROTESTS AGAINST WALMART ARE A BUST...

 

 

 

Too bad, so sad, for the union thugs who thought that they could put Walmart over a barrel on this Black Friday. Because despite their best efforts to target large retailers like Walmart, businesses are reporting record Black Friday traffic, the biggest sign yet that the union continue to be out of touch with the American people. Starting at 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving, Walmart put its products on Black Friday sale, sparking a run to the stores and earning the stores record sales. They’ve already sold nearly 2 million towels, 1.3 million televisions, and 250,000 bicycles. According to Walmart Chief Executive Bill Simon, over 1.3 million Walmart staffers are on duty. There have been picket lines around the country, but the movement has been far less effective than many expected and unions had hoped for.



UNIONS, A VERY SERIOUS THREAT...



I think anyone who has been paying even the slightest bit of attention over the years or who has actually taken the necessary steps to educate themselves on such matters, can tell you that the basic difference between a progressive and a communist is their attitude toward social change. Progressives believe that society can be guided to evolve into their preferred system; communists, on the otherr hand, believe that a violent revolution is actually necessary in order to uproot the existing social order. And as such, I think it's fairly safe to say that if nothing else, the increasingly tense exchanges between the radical malcontents of the Occupy movement and the less so supporters of Barry's, administration, demonstrate that this distinction is far more than purely academic. Those who so very proudly profess their support for the communist system are now beginning to come out of the woodwork with what can only be described as an increasing regularity.  And I think it fair to ask, might that be happening because they feel they have a fellow traveler, of sorts, currently 'occupying' the White House?

ANOTHER RABID UNION BOSS...



So. Here we have yet another stellar example of just what it must take, these days, to be leader of a public sector union. This little exercise in stupidity demonstrates, and very clearly, the rather warped mentality that has become so pervasive amongst the ranks of today's public sector unions. It also makes quite clear the minimal intelligence required to be a member of such an organization. This type of toxic behavior serves as being emblematic of today's union membership and of the type of crap that we, who out here in the real world, are now simply fed up with. I mean, just where does this asshole get off, anyway? I mean, I'd love to sit around and have someone else pick up the tab for my existence. And I'd be willing to bet that this fat slob has never actually had to work a day in his life and yet he fully expects, even feels entitled, to be able to sit back, and like a parasite, live off those of us who are forced to work everyday to cover not only our own costs, but his as well. He very likely sees nothing wrong in any of the demands being made for us to pick up the tab for not only what is mostly likely his generous pay but also the cost of his what are sure to be some rather exorbitant benefits. And I'm tired of it. And apparently the folks in Wisconsin are tired of it too

UNIONS MAY BE DOWN, BUT THEY'RE FAR FROM OUT...

While it may be a pleasant thought for many of us, and the failed attempt to recall Scott Walker notwithstanding, I think it may be more than a bit premature, even foolish, to start sounding the death knell for public sector unions. While it is being trumpeted by many that they have finally reached their high water mark, I think we might want to let the dust settle and look toward the national election before making any such claims. Because one victory in one battle does not equate to a victory in a much bigger, and very important, war. And you can take it to the bank that while the unions may be wounded, they are very far from being dead. And like a wounded animal, this latest episode may have only served to make them all the more dangerous when it come to the very crucial election that now looms just over the horizon. We must now be all the more wary as the next election draws closer. These people are never to be underestimated.

Because of how long this thing went on, I'm sure most of us got to be pretty familiar with what seemed to be a what can only be described as being a disgusting smear campaign that was waged, nearly nonstop, against Gov. Scott Walker. He was accused of all manner of idiotic claim imaginable including, apparently, of even fathering an illegitimate love child. None of which had much of an impact in the end. The governor’s recall victory, I think, now sends a very clear message that should resonate all across the nation: The fiscal cancer devouring state budgets can now be said to have a cure, and it is he who has found it. The costly defeat for the entrenched union interests that tried to oust Walker in retribution for challenging their power was marked by Barry’s refusal to lend his weight to the campaign out of a fear of being stained by defeat. We’ll see how well this strategy of opportunistic detachment plays out in the fall as Barry reaches out to unions for support.

Ironically enough, it was Wisconsin, back in 1959, that became the first state to allow collective bargaining by government employees. The projected cost of supporting Baby Boomer union retirees now threatens to bankrupt the state, as it does many others. This time around, as he did back in 2010 when he initially ran for governor, Scott Walker ran for office promising change. He promised to make the tough decisions that were needed to fix Wisconsin. The fiscal medicine he is administering since may have been bitter, but it looks like it is now actually starting to work. The state budget has been balanced without raising taxes. The unemployment rate has been dropping and is now below the national average. Property taxes are down. Fraudulent sick leave policies—which allowed employees to call in sick and then work the next shift for overtime pay, have been ended. The government has stopped forcibly collecting union dues from workers’ paychecks.

But best of all, the myth that, somehow, unions are to be considered as being invincible and that union bosses represent their members’ interests has now been exposed as the lie we always knew that it was. Now that union dues are voluntary, tens of thousands of union members have already stopped paying them. Membership in the Wisconsin chapter of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees union (AFSCME) has plummeted, having now dropped by over half. Membership in the state’s American Federation of Teachers (AFT) is also down by over a third. Given unions’ influential role in most elections, the national implications of this trend could be said to be, at least potentially, pretty devastating. If we are to ever have any hope of digging our way out of the fiscal mess that we are now in, these unions are going to have to be curbed. They can no longer be allowed to run roughshod over their members.

Walker’s message is as simple as it is clear: The key to bringing balance back to public sector labor relations and balance state budgets is to break the iron triangle of closed-shop mandatory unionization, compulsory dues collection, and oversized campaign donations to politicians that promise to do the unions’ bidding. If other governors take his cue and take up the cause, that giant sucking sound you hear will be the air coming out of union bosses’ bloated political action budgets. The work in Wisconsin is far from being complete. The controversial law exempted police and firefighters, a political concession to get the legislation passed. Federal courts have zeroed in on this anomaly, striking down certain sections of the law because they do not treat workers equally. This needs to be repaired— by rescinding the exemption for public safety workers. With the recall election behind him, Walker may be sufficiently emboldened to do just that.

The power of private sector unions was long ago broken by many heavily unionized companies going bankrupt. While this was painful for both workers and shareholders, the economy motored on as nimbler non-union competitors picked up the slack. This approach is problematic for the public sector because bankrupt state and local governments cannot be replaced by competitors waiting in the wings. Yes, citizens can always vote with their feet, emptying out cities like Detroit, leaving the blighted wreckage behind. But isn’t Walker’s targeted fiscal retrenchment less painful than scorched-earth abandonment? Chicago machine candidate Barry "Almighty" rode into office to the tune of 'Hail to the Chief', promising the unions that backed him the gift of card check elections, ending the secret ballot that shields employees from union intimidation. He may well ride into retirement to the tune of On Wisconsin as the era of closed shop unionism may finally be coming to an end.

HOW UNIONS DEFINE 'LEADERSHIP'?



Donna Dewitt, the outgoing president of the South Carolina AFL-CIO, is seen in this video bashing a piñata of South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley's face while Dewitt and her colleagues were at a retreat in Columbia, S.C. Saturday afternoon.

YOU CAN FILE THIS ONE UNDER, ‘TOO BAD, SO SAD!’…

It would now seem that the Democrats’ hopes for ousting Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker in June’s recall election, seem to be pretty much slipping out of reach, as the state’s biggest newspaper recently gave the incumbent a huge boost late on Saturday. The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel formally endorsed Walker in his battle to keep his job when he faces off against the city’s own mayor, Tom Barrett. It came by way of an editorial posted on its website Saturday night. In the editorial, the Journal-Sentinel said that although the governor is a controversial figure, “we see no reason to remove Walker from office. We recommend him in the June 5 recall election. “Walker's rematch with Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett was prompted by one issue: Walker's tough stance with the state's public-employee unions,” said the editorial. “It's inconceivable that the recall election would be occurring absent that. And a disagreement over a single policy is simply not enough to justify a vote against the governor.” EXACTLY!!

The paper also said it had no doubt that Barrett “like Walker, is a capable and honorable public servant, adding, “But this election isn't about Tom Barrett. It's about Scott Walker. “Even if you disagree with Walker's policies,” the editorial added, “does that justify cutting short his term as governor? And if so, where does such logic lead? To more recall elections? More turmoil?” Adding, “It's time to end the bickering and get back to the business of the state. We've had our differences with the governor, but he deserves a chance to complete his term. We recommended him in 2010. We see no reason to change that recommendation. We urge voters to support Walker in the June 5 recall election.” The endorsement came in the week that three separate polls showed Walker opening up a significant lead against Barrett. The surveys gave Walker a margin of between 5 and 9 percentage points. And to add to Barrett’s woes, the polls are showing his personal favorability figures are plummeting.

The Washington Post blog, something called ‘The Fix’, says at this point the Democrats' best chance is to go even more negative on Walker than they have already, as if that would be possible. Thanks to plenty of union money, they’ve already thrown everything at him but the kitchen sink. And something else that brings a tear to my one good eye is the fact that in recent days a rift seems to now have developed between the state’s Democratic Party and the Democratic National Committee over the amount of support Barrett is getting from outside the state. “Regardless of who’s right, these kinds of fights don’t happen on the winning side of the ledger,” says The Fix. “And they should be seen as further evidence that the Wisconsin recall is getting away from Democrats.” In an interview with the Associated Press, Walker said he is not afraid to lose to do the right thing and he still thinks people will elect him again because they want him to fix things. “They want me to keep the focus and attention on fixing things. We're just going to make sure we've got a more comprehensive and inclusive process to get there."

Look, I think from the outset of this thing unions were more than a little overconfident regarding their chances of success at being able to unseat Walker. I just don’t think they realized the extent to which people are simply fed up with being asked to subsidize pay and outrageous benefits packages for overpaid and under-worked public employees. Packages to the tune of twice that of those being asked, no make the forced into, covering the growing and rather exorbitant costs involved. Every day people are working harder and seeing less of their paychecks left over after paying for gas, food, their home, their own retirement, their own healthcare as well as all manner escalating taxes from sales taxes to property taxes to income taxes. And to watch these ‘spoiled brat’ union types actually rioting for being asked to do nothing more than to cough up a little more to cover the cost of their benefits, I think has had a rather adverse effect regarding the level of enthusiasm many people have for unions. And it is, I think, why Walker will win!

OBAMA, WORKING TO RALLY HIS UNION STORM TROOPERS...

Seeking to shore-up of his more important core constituencies, organized labor, for his 2012 reelection, our "Dear Beloved Leader", Barry "Almighty", came out swinging on Monday as he accused Republicans of seeking to dismantle unions and of being willing to let America “fall further behind” other countries by rejecting his brilliantly conceived infrastructure-spending proposals. “Up on Capitol Hill right now they (Republicans) seem to have exactly the opposite view,” said Obama in a speech before the AFL-CIO's Building and Construction Trades Department in Washington, D.C. “They voted to cut spending on transportation infrastructure by almost 30 percent. That means instead of putting more construction workers back on the job, they want to lay more off.” He went on, “Instead of breaking ground on new projects, they want to let existing projects grind to a halt,” he said. “Instead of making the investments we need to get ahead, they’re willing to let us all fall further behind.” Who else but those to whom he was speaking would be buying any of this ridiculous election year crap? Probably not very many. At least I'd like to think that's the case. We can no longer afford to fall for such idiotic nonsense.

But our buddy Barry was far from being finished as he went on to say that the GOP wants to maintain tax cuts for the wealthy instead of spend more on infrastructure. “Republicans in Congress would rather put fewer of you to work building fewer things than ask millionaires and billionaires to live without massive new tax cuts,” Barry said. Adding, “They’ve also set their sights on dismantling unions like yours.” And he actually went so far as to say, “After all you’ve done to build and protect the middle class, they make the argument you’re responsible for the problems facing the middle class. Somehow that makes sense to them.” Republicans have opposed Democratic measures in Congress to eliminate the secret ballot in union elections through the proposed “card check,” arguing the lack of a secret ballot would most assuredly allow intimidation of workers by corrupt union bosses desperate to increase union membership. Furthermore, Republicans have supported legislation that would eliminate compulsory union membership as a condition of employment, better known as “right to work” laws. Both are measures that make sense if we are to have any hope of getting this country back on sound economic footing.

“I believe our economy is stronger when workers are getting paid good wages and good benefits,” Barry said. “I believe the economy is stronger when collective bargaining rights are protected. I believe all of us are better off when we have broad-based prosperity that grows outward from a strong middle class, I believe when folks try and take collective bargaining rights away by passing so-called ‘right to work’ laws that might also be called ‘right to work for less laws,’ that’s not about economics – it’s about politics.” So-called 'right to work' laws? What's so-called about such laws? Barry also took the opportunity to boast that he has taken action in lieu of Congress backing his proposal for more infrastructure spending. “But we can’t wait for Congress to do its job. You can’t afford to wait,” Barry said. “And where Congress won’t act, I will. That’s why I’ve taken steps on my own to speed up loans and competitive grants for projects across the country that will support thousands of jobs. And that’s why we’re cutting through red tape and launching several existing projects faster and more efficiently." I'm sure this all serves as being music to the ears of those in attendance, but it's the death knell to the rest of us.

So once again Barry very clearly demonstrated that he is not only willing, but eager, to throw hard working Americans under the bus if it will help get the unions behind him in the coming election. I think that many Americans recognize the fact that today's unions have now pretty much outlived their usefulness. They've morphed beyond what their initial charters once mandated to become, today, nothing more than the official goon squad of the Democrat Party. Union membership in the private sector is now at an all time low and still shrinking, while in the public sector union membership has continued to remains steady or to grow. In 2011, the union membership rate--the percent of wage and salary workers who were members of a union--was 11.8 percent, essentially unchanged from 11.9 percent in 2010, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. The number of wage and salary workers belonging to unions, at 14.8 million, also showed little movement over the year. In 1983, the first year for which comparable union data are available, the union membership rate was 20.1 percent and there were 17.7 million union workers. So we can see the incentive here for gaining such things as "card check".

According to the labor bureau, 7.2 percent of private-sector workers were union members last year, and that's down from 7.6 percent the previous year. That, labor historians said, was the lowest percentage of private-sector workers in unions since 1900. So hence the rationale for union leadership's current full court press to boost the union ranks, and Barry is only too happy to assist in any way he can. But at what expense to our already struggling economy? I know Barry is wanting us all to now be focused "Forward", but what we need to be doing is looking back, so that we can understand how it is that we got here. And unions have played a very big role in our now essentially drowning under the weight of having to cover the costs of what are exorbitant pay and benefits packages for unionized public sector employees. When those in the public sector are already making more than double that of those picking up the tab, I think it very safe to say that the time has now arrived for a course correction. And part of that course correction is ridding ourselves of Barry "Almighty", attaining a Republican majority in the Senate while maintaining or building upon the current majority in the House.

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OBAMA, UNIONS ARE NOT TO BE CONSIDERED A “SPECIAL INTEREST”…



Ya know, this guy, Barry "Almighty", our "Dear Beloved Leader", must think most of us are pretty damn stupid. Now granted, I suppose it's a pretty safe bet that there is a substantial number of people in this country who are more than a little mentally challenged, after all this guy did manage to get himself elected. So it only stands to reason that there must be a significant moron segment to our general population. And the truly scary thing about that is that it may very well out number those of us in the non-moron segment. Which, as you can imagine, doesn't really bode too well regarding the next election having anything that would be anywhere near a positive outcome. Now the reason why I bring this up in the first place is because Barry “Almighty” was recently heard making a pretty idiotic claim that even he has to know is pure bullshit. What he said was that unions such as the United Auto Workers (UAW) aren't really something that should be considered as being a “special interest”, going on to say that being in a union was not a “bad thing.” Now I'll tell ya what, if you’re stupid enough to believe that, well then, you're gonna be stupid enough to vote for Barry come this November. Because the truth of the matter is, that, yes Virginia, unions are one of the largest “special interests” in the country. Also they are among some of the most, if not 'the' most, corrupt ‘special interests’ as well.

It was in a recent campaign speech that really wasn’t campaign speech that had him spewing his typical brand of rhetoric while standing in front of a gathering of union hacks attending the UAW’s National Community Action Program Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C. So anyway, in attempting to make his case for this little premise of his, that unions are not a "special interest", Barry set about telling the assembled crowd exactly what it was that they were there to hear. Barry attempted to portray these workin folks as being misunderstood and purposely maligned by those evil Republicans who are so blatantly anti-worker and pro-business. “They’re out there. They’re out there talking about you like your some special interest that needs to be beaten down,” Barry said. Well as much as Barry and the many corrupt union leaders may otherwise claim, that’s what they are, and nothing that Barry, or they, say, is gonna alter that fact! And for him to actually think that he can convince a majority of Americans that they are not, to me, seems to border on being delusionary at best and at worst, patently dishonest. “Since when are hard-working men and women who are putting in a hard day’s work every day, since when are they special interests?” Yep, all these "hard workin folks looking for an honest day's pay for and honest day's pay" are just pure as the wind driven snow. Until their contract expires or there is any mention of altering benefits and then these hard workin folks turn loose their inner demon and proceed to cause all manner of chaos.


There are plenty of us out there who do know better and are able to see all of this hypocrisy for what it is. It is nothing more than Barry showering these groups with what can only be described as favoritism of the highest order in exchange for both money and votes. And since we're not all mind-numbed little robots incapable of thinking for ourselves many of us see this for what it is and are therefore much less unsusceptible for falling for the nonsense that he insists upon continuing to peddle. We also have the means at our disposal to go about the proving of Barry's claim as being nothing more than one more lie, on a very long, and growing, list of many. You see, if you’re so inclined, by spending only a short amount of time on line, you can very quickly discover the fallacy of Barry's idiotic claim. And it’s according to one of my favorite sources of information, the Center for Responsive Politics’ Open Secrets website, which tracks lobbying and campaign spending data, that organized labor is one of the all-time largest lobbying groups, spending $492 Million in union member dues on lobbying from 1998 to 2011. In fact, labor unions spent more on lobbying in 2011 than they ever had before, spending $50 Million according to Open Secrets. And unions spread their influence through more than just lobbying, however, ranking among some of the largest independent campaign spenders in the country. The UAW itself is listed among the Open Secrets ‘Heavy Hitters’ – a group of the largest political donation spenders since 1989.


It really takes very little time to identify the fact that, contrary what our "Dear Beloved Leader" would love to have us all believe, unions in this country account for roughly 12 of the top 20 Heavy Hitters listed. The UAW is ranked number 18 on the list. The fact is that the AFL-CIO, that little union umbrella under which the UAW fall as a member, is the third largest independent election spender since 1989, at least according to Federal Election Commission data compiled by Open Secrets. And that has it beating out other major leftist interest groups such as the pro-choice group EMILY’s List, gay-rights group the Human Rights Campaign, and dozens of industry groups such as the American Medical Association. Since 1989, the AFL-CIO has spent $40.3 Million in independent campaign spending, with the overwhelming majority of it, $36.7 Million, going towards political advertisements and direct mailers. And I might add, all of it, or nearly all of it, going in support of Democrat candidates. The only three interest groups who have spent more money than the AFL-CIO since 1989 are the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) – the government workers’ union – with $54.4 Million, the National Rifle Association with $58.6 million, and the number one all-time interest group is none other than the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) with $70.6 Million.


Let's be honest here, I think we can all pretty much agree here that for Barry to, in any way, attempt to portray these obviously very corrupt union organizations as being anything other than what they are is more than just a little disingenuous. I think most of us recognize the fact that these unions hold a considerable amount of sway over this president and because of that are in a position to do far more damage to this country than they do in providing anything even remotely beneficial. And it’s because of the pure insidious nature of these unions that has them as being responsible, to a large degree, for the percentage of lost jobs as well as in why it is that our unemployment rate remains so high. With only 6.9 percent of private sector workers belong to a union, which is noteworthy because in the middle of the 20th century that number stood at 35 percent, unions today are constantly looking for ways to boost their numbers. And Democrats, Barry included, are only to happy to assist in that endeavor in any way they can and in exchange for campaign cash and other certain, how shall I say, election “assistance.” To my way of thinking that the perfect definition of a “special interest.” Democrats also work to increase the number of government workers of which today over 37 percent belong to a union. So for anyone, even our “Dear Beloved Leader” to say, and with a straight face no less, that these unions do not rate being called a “special interest” is nothing more than dishonest. And at that, he excels.

DEMOCRATS + UNIONS = COMPLETE ECONOMIC COLLAPSE

As a man whom you would think would very capable of very easily recognizing “Lucifer” if he were to ever actually bump into, we have that maggot extraodinaire, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, saying that his union coalition would participate in any planned recall campaign targeting Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R), the man whom Mr. Trumka referred to as being “Lucifer.” “Would I support going after Lucifer?” Trumka said, after being asked if he would support a recall of Walker. “Let me think about that. That's a tough one. Of course we’re gonna' be there.” Well it’s nice to see that Mr. Trumka is for putting the needs of country ahead of his own personal needs. NOT!

Trumka, taking questions after delivering a speech that was supposed to be about jobs at the Brookings Institution, is in Washington, D.C. Brookings is one of the nation’s oldest “think tanks” and one that maintains a rather left-of-center reputation. Mr. Trumka accused Gov. Walker of “overreaching,” having done so by using a “contrived deficit” to try to strip public-sector unions of their collective bargaining rights. “I mean, the guy has overreached, he’s been a bad governor,” said astute Mr. Trumka. “He tried to use a contrived deficit to take people out.” A contrived deficit? What planet is this moron from?


Of course what Trumka was referring to was the months-long budget battle in Wisconsin that saw Gov. Walker try to close a budget deficit in part by daring to ask that public sector union employees contribute some of their salaries to their own pension and health care benefits. What many of us in the private sector saw as a very reasonable request, these public union spoiled brats saw as some kind of blatant attack upon their “hard fought” contracts and promptly said no. So, when the unions balked, Walker and Republicans in the state legislature moved to strip the unions of their collective bargaining ability.


And we all remember how the crybaby Democrats in the state Senate demonstrated their legislative skill by fleeing across the state line all in an effort to prevent the Republican majority from passing Walker’s budget bill containing the removal of the unions’ collective bargaining powers. What followed was that unions from across the country descended on the Wisconsin State House, camping out inside for weeks in protest. Walker’s budget ultimately passed. In retaliation, a brain trust consisting of union goons and their crooked Democratic allies launched recall petitions against six Republican state senators, managing to defeat only two of them.


Now, this same cadre of malcontents is preparing for a possible recall of Walker himself, an effort Trumka has now said that he would enthusiastically support. So I guess according to Mr. Trumka, with the country rapidly coming unglued, the only ones who need to “sacrifice,” to use liberal Democrat jargon, are to be we who work in the private sector. These public sector employees are to be considered immune from having to ante up even the slightest amount to help the country get through this Democrat inspired mess in which we currently find ourselves. But once Barry has successfully achieved his much sought after complete economic and financial collapse in this country, just who do these imbecilic union morons think will be able to cover the escalating costs their luxurious pay and benefits packages?

$35 MILLION SPENT AND IT WAS ALL FOR NAUGHT...I LOVE IT!

With Republicans having now triumphed in the Wisconsin recall elections on Tuesday, it has been described as nothing short of “astonishing,” that after spending literally millions of dollars in their effort to battle Gov. Scott Walker and his labor reforms, Democrats and unions, in the end, came away bloody and beaten with them with having very little to show for all of the money they spent. Mr. John Fund, senior editor of American Spectator, says unions never talked about the core issue of labor law reforms in their anti-Republican ads because they were afraid of opening up a “whole can of worms” about the privileges of public employee unions. So all that was essentially accomplished was the throwing of a substantial amount of money down a hole. Mr. Fund also asserts that the election results are a very clear vote of confidence for Gov. Walker, and he predicts that unions will now bring their “road show” to Ohio where a similar union battle looms. And hopefully the same outcome will result there in Ohio, with these punks further depleting their vaults and ending up with same result that they got in Wisconsin. Wisconsin Republicans retained control of the state Senate with victories in four out of six recall elections on Tuesday. The results represent a victory for Walker, who used his legislative majorities to place collective-bargaining curbs on most public employee unions in February and March, sparking weeks of protests that I'm sure everyone remembers.

In what was an exclusive interview with Newsmax.TV, Mr. Fund stated his view of the election results. “It was astonishing to see labor unions spend $35 million of their members’ dues money to beat back Scott Walker’s labor reforms. But the astonishing thing is that for all the money they spent, mostly unsuccessfully, their ads against the Republican incumbents they were trying to recall never talked about the labor law reforms,” he says. “They talked about ending Medicare, which is a federal issue, not a state issue. They talked about Paul Ryan. They talked about cutting budgets for education. They talked about everything except the issue of whether or not labor unions should have the right to withhold dues from their members if they didn’t want them to go to politics. That was the core of the issue that brought 75,000 people to the Madison state capital in February and March. And that was the one issue the labor unions didn’t want to bring up because I suspect that would have opened up a whole can of worms about union privileges and how much better public employee unions were paid, and how much better their benefits were than people in the private sector.” It should be painfully obvious that when these unions refuse to even bring up anything regarding the basis for their rationale for essentially forcing these elections, it shows the complete baselessness of their agrument. When they can't even be upfront out of fear of weakening their cause, what does it say about their cause?


Two more recall elections, these involving Democratic incumbents, will be held next week, with one of those races considered as being very competitive, Fund notes, adding: “So it is possible when all the dust settles Democrats will have spent $35 million to gain one senate seat in one state.” Not a very good return on there investment, but then, it couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of folks. Mr. Fund added that, “Republicans retained control of the state Senate. His reforms are working. You’re seeing school districts all over the state being able to avoid layoffs. In fact they’re adding teachers and reducing class size. They’re saving lots of money because the health insurance monopoly that used to be controlled by the teachers’ union has been broken." He went on, "All over the state, you’re seeing the reforms starting to work. I think when parents send their kids back to school in September they’re going to see the schools are still there and in some cases are probably performing better because of the flexibility now that schools boards have in negotiating labor contracts.” It would be nice to think that people are finally starting to wake up and realize that all of the patently idiotic claims made by Democrats and their union thug allies are nothing but propaganda that has no basis in fact and designed to do nothing more than to fool them.


The election results are a very good sign for Republicans as well as for other GOP governors who might now be considering seeking some manner of reform measures regarding public employee unions in their own states. Fund says, “The next round in this battle will be in Ohio because Ohio allows voters to put on the ballot a referendum challenging any act of the legislature. Gov. [John] Kasich has legislation similar to what Gov. Walker did, and that will be decided in a September referendum. “So the unions will now move their road show on to Ohio. But I think they should be a little chastened because in the end these reforms often do bring more popular support when people understand them and they kick in. “And I think with the expenditure of all that money to very little effect, the unions are going to have to wonder, should we save our money for a more pressing fight in 2012, like Barack Obama’s re-election, or should we spend it on these state level contests that may or may not pan out?” It nice to see these sleazy characters with such a dilemma on their hands. And after what Barry has successfully inflicted on this country, they have to be wondering, as well, if they're going to be able to have any impact in trying to convince people that Barry truly is on their side. Let's face it, Barry has nearly single-handedly wiped out over 2 million private sector jobs since coming into office.


Tuesday election results are the latest in a string of victories for Gov. Walker, Mr. Fund says. “In addition to winning last November and carrying the state legislature to Republican control with him, he passed all those changes in the labor law. Then in April they had a titanic battle over the state’s Supreme Court, which has a narrow 4-to-3 conservative majority. The left spent millions and millions of dollars to try to oust an incumbent justice and they failed." He went on, “So now with Democrats having failed to take over the state senate, it seems there’s a narrow, consistent majority that is willing to back Scott Walker’s agenda and not back that of the unions.” And as for the state controlled media’s attempts to portray Walker as a sort of “rogue governor,” Fund observes: “Walker did make some missteps in how he presented his labor reform law, and allowed himself to be caricatured. But it’s not Governor Walker that’s the issue. It’s the fact that the states are broke, and they’re broke because they’ve given away far too much in pensions and healthcare benefits." Adding that, “In New Jersey, Gov. Chris Christie, who has pushed through dramatic pension reform with the help of Democratic legislators, told me teachers are getting a much better deal than anyone else in the state. If we’re going to have shared sacrifice, you need to have shared sacrifice with everyone." Here, here!


People in the private sector are continuing to lose their jobs. So the burden of paying the bills for a unionized public sector is placed on a shrinking number of folks who remain employed. For example, we can have better, more efficient education if we take away layers of bureaucracy, if we have fewer administrators and more teachers in the classroom. But none of these changes are possible because of the archaic and hidebound union rule books. But education is but one area where these idiotic unions rules hamstring how we are able to maintain some semblance of a reasonable level of spending in this country. Outrageous public sector union contracts are literally bankrupting states, cities and towns all across the country. And we've now managed to go way beyond simply being able to put the brakes on. The time has now come for some very substantial rollbacks. That is now the only viable option left to prevent a complete financial meltdown of epic proportions. So I suppose the question that remains to be answered is, do the American people have the stomach for what is really needed? I suppose that that is yet one more question that we will not know the answer to until the victor of the 2012 election has been identified.

WELL LOOKEE AT WHAT'S HAPPENING UP IN TAXACHUSETTS!

They say that truth is stranger than fiction. And they also say that there's no honor among thieves. Which brings me to the current goings on up there in that bastion of liberal lunacy, Massachusetts, a place well known for various forms of collusion between corrupt unions and even more corrupt Democrat politicians that have been going on, I think it safe to say, for centuries. But change may now be in the wind. Things may now be starting to change, very slowly to be sure, but changing none the less. And definitely change for the better. Change that has been encouraged, in a manner of speaking, by a crisis scenario brought about by the need to control spending that simply cannot be maintained at current levels. A scenario that now has Democrats apparently much more willing to throw the greedy unions, at least there in Massachusetts, under the proverbial bus. Because Democrats in that state apparent have decided to now get in on the act of moving to curb excessive union power.

So it was then that the Democratic-controlled Massachusetts House of Representatives voted by 111-42 to strip health care bargaining rights from municipal workers. Can you believe it? As expected, throughout the run up to the vote, Unions had fought very hard in an effort to kill the bill. They carried out their battle through the use of radio ads and warnings to legislators that they were risking the loss of union backing in the next election, at least according to the Boston Globe. But I guess at least in this instance, the threats were all for naught. At least for the time being. To be honest, Massachusetts was the last place that I would have ever thought something like this would have taken place. And if it can happen there, then I'm sure union leaders every where have become very mindful that just such an occurrence is now possible anywhere and could very soon be visited upon them as this ripple effect continues.


“It’s pretty stunning,’’ Robert J. Haynes, president of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO said after the vote. “These are the same Democrats that all these labor unions elected; the same Democrats who we contributed to in their campaigns; the same Democrats who tell us over and over again that they’re with us, that they believe in collective bargaining, that they believe in unions. “It’s a done deal for our relationship with the people inside that chamber,” he added. Have you ever heard a bigger freakin crybaby than this loser? Did he really think that this highway robbery at the hands of union hacks would last forever? These unionized bloodsuckers have been screwing over the taxpayers for decades, and it never seems to be enough for them! More and more people, apparently even some Democrats, are now of the opinion that these parasites need to be responsible for covering a little bit more of their own expenses.


Democratic House Speaker Robert DeLeo said the move would save $100 million a year across the state. “By spending less on the health care costs of municipal employees, our cities and towns will be able to retain jobs and allot more funding to necessary services like education and public safety,’’ he said. Well, well, well. I never thought I would see the day when a Liberal Democrat, especially in Taxachusetts, would actually choose to take the side of the people instead of siding with the unions. Maybe there's hope for us after all. Things simply cannot be allowed to continue the way they have been if there is to be any hope of ever being able to salvage what's left of our country. People need to be convinced that we all need to be more accountable. And it is going to require much effort, and yes sacrifice, from each and every one of us if there is to be any hope of being able to pull this country up before it slams full speed into the deck. Like it or not we all have to be on the same team.