The machine that runs the K-12 education system isn’t designed to produce better schools. It’s designed to produce more money for unions and more donations for politicians. More ….
Post Tagged with: "public unions"
July 19, 2012 04:40
The Union Difference: A Primer On What Unions Do To The Economy
The rest of society pays for public employee benefits through higher sales, income, and property taxes.
July 11, 2012 04:58
Big Labor spends literally billions of dollars on politics
“The unions’ reports to the Labor Department capture an additional $3.3 billion that unions spent over the same period on political activity. … The top political spender … was the Service Employees International Union. … It reported spending $150 million on politics and lobbying in 2009 and 2010, up from $62 million in 2005 and 2006. … [AFSCME spent] $133 million in the 2009 and 2010 election season, nearly twice the $75 million it spent in the 2005 and 2006 cycle.” – WSJ
July 7, 2012 08:45
Tax dollars fund union lobbyists
Obama’s union jobs funds get diverted to pay for union workers to do union work including lobbying for more union pay and benefits from taxpayers. How stupid can we get?
June 25, 2012 13:51
Public unions pushing cities to bankruptcy
Public unions are suing to force bankrupt cities to honor high pension benefits. If cities file bankruptcy union contracts could be thrown out.
June 21, 2012 07:29
Pro-life group plans flash mob protest of NEA abortion agenda
The NEA’s radical leftist agenda also includes gun control, pushing the global warming myth, school based “family planning” clinics, reparations for slavery, gay indoctrination, preferences for women and minorities and the whole dirty laundry list of 60’s socialist radicalism.
April 20, 2012 04:06
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker on how his reforms have worked
Walker faces a bitter recall election funded by national unions because of his reforms which reigned in union control of the state government. Walker’s reforms have reduced property taxes and benefited schools.
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.
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?
April 19, 2011 06:29
MI unions threaten to “shut this state down”
A union spokesman says they will use their public service jobs to as a weapon and “shut this state down”. Isn’t that called extortion? More of the gimme mine mentality that is bankrupting the country.
