Posted on 09/17/2009 6:53:37 PM PDT by Shellybenoit
It is no secret that the President of the United States is a supporter of Big Labor. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics only 12.4% of American Workers belong to a union. Yet wherever he gets the opportunity, the President Gives unfair favorable treatment to the 12.4% at the expense of the 87.6%.
Like his bailout of the UAW, I mean GM and Chrysler. Remember the Chrysler "hedge fund investors" that President Obama berated on national TV? Among these people labeled as "no goodniks" by the President were organizations such as the the Indiana State Teachers’ Retirement Fund, and the Police retirement fund. The President of the United States was trying to intimidate retired teaches from exercising their rights as primary investors. That's the politics of change, he screwed a bunch of retired teachers out of their fair share of the automaker's bankruptcy and gave it to secondary investors, the UAW.
Those "shovel-ready" construction jobs funded by the porkulous bill you have to be a Union Contractor to get those, even though Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, only 15.6 percent of America’s private construction workforce chooses to belong to a union.
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so are his left wing pals...
I am sad to say it, but that is precisely his plan to rebuild AmeriKa in his image.
Some peoplle would say that it’s demand to increased profit margins by shareholders and offshoring...
-The Health Care Bill (I know, what bill?) is nothing more than an SEIU/Government Employee boom! The SEIU stands to gain enormous growth in dues-paying members who will fill the "prescribed" positions defined in the health bill (ex. translators to accompany anyone who feels the need for one when going to the doctor). There is the $10 BILLION "reinsurance" fund that will go directly to unions to pay for the health care of early retirees.
-I don't know what to say about the buyout of Chrysler and GM! The UAW now has a direct stream of taxpayers money to pay for their bloated promises.
-Cap and Trade - again, union jobs take the place of centuries-old, private sector jobs, all in the name of compassion for a dieing planet!
-Government takes over the student loan program. Voila! 35000 private sector jobs disappear and, of course they have to be replaced with public sector, union jobs.
-Every one of the above examples is designed to grow the number of government employees, most of whom belong to the union and most of whom vote Democrat! No one has broached the subject of how much it will cost taxpayers each year to administer a new Health Care agency or Cap and Trade Commission. That cost is not included in the trillion dollar price tag we are being told about! The legacy cost of hiring thousands (maybe hundreds of thousands) of new gov't workers could triple/quadruple the cost estimates. The bills currently in Congress include hundreds of new "job descriptions" creating jobs that, of course, must be filled by union employees.
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