Archive for Category: "Unions"

December 22, 2010 07:14

Poster child for eliminating teacher unions – cocaine addict takes four years to fire

An admitted dangerous cocaine addicted teacher was paid full salary and did nothing for four years before he could be removed. Its time to de-certify all teacher unions and end the tenure system.

December 20, 2010 07:00

Christie Says `Day of Reckoning’ Has Arrived for States Facing Budget Gaps

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said U.S. states face a “day of reckoning” as they contend with looming budget deficits in the wake of the longest recession since the 1930s.

December 17, 2010 05:58

Expose the Public Pension Mess

A recent estimate put these unfunded public employee pension liabilities at as much as $3.574 trillion. As frightening as that estimate is, it is probably unrealistically low.

December 17, 2010 05:26

Is a federal bailout California dreamin’?

Rep. Tom McClintock discusses whether the Golden State should get a government bailout. He says hell no. You have to tell the public employees to go pound sand.

December 15, 2010 05:41

European-Style Union, Socialist Protests Will Come to U.S. Soon

Public employee unions and their socialist allies will take to the streets of Washington, D.C. and state capitals as the federal and state governments finally deal with out of control spending.

December 13, 2010 15:03

Government Unions vs. Taxpayers – Tim Pawlenty

The rise of government unions has been like a silent coup, an inside job engineered by self-interested politicians and fueled by campaign contributions.

December 10, 2010 09:37

Chris Christie mocks teachers union

Gov. Chris Christie jokes about the teachers union press conference without any news.

December 9, 2010 18:56

AFL-CIO Leader Accepts Communist Party Award: ‘I Stand With Them’

Those who doubt the connection between the communist party and the unions need only to read accounts of a recent awards ceremony to see how both groups view each other.

December 8, 2010 17:35

How public union pensions really work

Thousands of retired government employees are getting pensions of over $100,00 per year, and US taxpayers have to pay for them. See how it happened. And see how they live. – A parody

December 8, 2010 05:30

Crony Car Capitalism – the mother of all union payoffs

The Obama administration rigged the bankruptcy to favor the union, rigged the IPO to favor the union, and has purchased much of the inventory unsalable in the free market, again to benefit the union (and the environmentalists). But of course, the unions (and the environmentalists) pumped many millions of dollars into Obama’s campaign. They also and pumped many millions into trying to keep Democratic candidates in office in the last election.