Miami-Dade mayor Carlos Alvarez and Commissioner Natacha Seijas were ousted in recall votes. Both voted for huge tax hikes that will saddle county taxpayers for years to come. This should serve as a warning shot to union sympathizers that taxpayers have had enough.
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Miami-Dade Mayor Recalled; Union Concessions in Canada; Annapolis Ends Binding Arbitration; San Jose Targets Pensions; Mentality of Union Fools
Obama Unions a Microcosm of Liberalism: Parasites Devouring Their Host
The pestilential and pernicious effects of unions cannot be ignored, but must be exposed and shouted down as much as the neighborhood molester.
Why I’m Fighting in Wisconsin – by Scott Walker
We can avoid mass teacher layoffs and reward our best performers. But we have to act now.
Six-Figure Bus Drivers & Other Working-Class Heroes
Yes, we understand that public sector employees got themselves terrific overtime, holiday, pension and health care deals through buying politicians with their votes and campaign money. But now, responsible elected officials in Wisconsin are trying to balance the budget.
Judge Napolitano hosts a great show on NPR, inflation, Obamacare and more
Guests include Allen West, Connie Mack, Doug Schoen, Jenny Beth Martin, Eric Bolling, Steve Moore, Yaron Brook, and Rep. Michele Bachmann.
County Democrats losing in recall over union supporting tax increase
County mayor Carlos Alvarez and county commissioner Natasha Seijas are being recalled for a vote they took last year to raise property taxes, in some cases by 10% or more to support public employee unions.
Malkin on the angry union mob
Union protesters shouted profanity and surrounded a Wisconsin GOP senator as he tried to get in to the capitol building. A Democrat Representative who had been supporting the protests rescued the senator. Malkin and Hannity discuss.
State of the unions in Wisconsin
This is video from the gallery of the WI Assembly past 1 AM in the morning on 2/25/2011. The Democrats have just been told by the speaker pro tempore there will be no more debate before the vote, even though there were more than a dozen Democrats in the queue to speak. They shout “Shame! Shame! Shame!” The majority voted to end debate and vote.
Wisconsin passes bill to protect the people from unions
Collective bargaining is extortion and the Wisconsin Republicans have taken the first step in freeing the people from the criminal theft by the joint efforts of Democrats and public unions. The bill now goes to the senate where the Democrats who receive the unions bribes have fled the state to obstruct the will of the people.
Obama will ‘walk the line’ for unions
Reiterating his staunch advocacy for unions, Obama said he would ‘walk on that picket line with you as President of the United States of America.’ Unions make up about 12% of the work force. What about the other 78%?