Krauthammer telling it like it is.
Post Tagged with: "public sector unions"
April 9, 2012 04:38
Illinois Admits $83 Billion in Pension Liabilities, $54 Billion in Retiree Health Liabilities, $9 Billion in Current Unpaid Bills; Who is to Blame?
Illinois has combined $137 billion in pension and healthcare liabilities on top of $9 billion in current unpaid bills. Yet, Illinois legislators will not even ask 6-figure pensioners to pick up a portion of their health premiums.
April 4, 2012 06:41
Gov. Walker’s labor reforms saving millions – desperate unions fight back
The unions aren’t done yet: they’re now trying to recall Walker from office. To do so, they will try to convince Wisconsin voters that Walker’s reforms have rendered the state ungovernable. But the evidence, so far, contradicts that claim—and Wisconsinites seem to realize it. – City Journal
March 17, 2012 10:04
Union threats succeed in making Wisconsin state senator resign
State Sen. Pam Galloway abruptly announced her resignation after a cyber-stalking campaign by Wisconsin union boss John Spiegelhoff. Ms. Gallowy cited family health issues as the reason for her resignation which leaves the Wisconsin senate evenly split between Democrats and Republicans. It appears union tyranny is having its effect. God help us all.
February 27, 2012 08:13
Wisconsin Gov. expects to run against “big union bosses from Washington”
Walker pointed out to us that the chief bankrollers of the movement to recall him “are the National Education Association, the AFL-CIO, the American Federation of State County, and Municipal Employees [AFSCME] and all the public employee unions. – Human Events
January 31, 2012 05:47
Why unions are growing government
“Public unions depend entirely on tax revenues to fund their pay and benefits. They thus have every incentive to elect politicians who favor higher taxes and more government spending. The great expansion of state and local spending followed the rise of public unions.” – WSJ
December 28, 2011 13:40
Unions Are the Political Dinosaur in the Room
Unions discourage productivity; they are “anti-individualist movements and the epitome of socialism.” Marginal union employees receive tenure and cannot be fired without a lengthy and expensive termination process.
December 12, 2011 10:58
Lawmakers call for investigation into NLRB union collaboration
Obama has proudly proclaimed that the union agenda is his agenda and his radical pro-union appointments to the NLRB demonstrate it. He also cost taxpayers billions in his union payback to the auto unions in bailing out GM and Chrysler.
November 28, 2011 03:45
The War on Police
The effort to discredit the police is an old Marxist tactic, designed to lay the groundwork for larger mob actions. Congressional investigations were held in the 1960s into how communists foment riots and disturbances. The aim is to demonize and then paralyze the police.
November 23, 2011 07:12
Union War on Wisconsin Governor Walker
Out-of-state Big Money will pour into Wisconsin to dump Gov. Walker and his lieutenant governor, Rebecca Kleefisch, plus four GOP state senators the unions don’t like much, either. (No pushovers, those four legislators.) Massive funds will come from dues collected in other states (in the spirit of solidarity) to be dispensed in far-off Wisconsin. Why?
