"My attitude is, if you got a corporate jet, you can probably afford to pay full freight, not get a special break for it," he said, discussing ways to reduce the federal deficit."
"You'll still be able to ride on your corporate jet. You're just going to have to pay a little more," Obama said.
Yet, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers are big donors to Obama.
Machinists Union Endorses President Obama for Second Term
Fri. February 24, 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Washington, D.C., February 24, 2012 - In a unanimous vote, the Machinists Non-Partisan Political League (MNPL) endorsed the reelection of President Barack Obama.
“Jobs are the central issue of this campaign, and only President Obama has a plan that would put millions of Americans and thousands of Machinists back to work,” said IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger. “We’re convinced the job growth we're now seeing, particularly in the critical manufacturing sector, is a direct result of President Obama's policies and leadership and we want that growth to continue.”
The endorsement follows a recommendation from members of the union’s National Planning Committee, the governing body of the Machinists Non-Partisan Political League (MNPL). Formed in 1947, the MNPL evaluates candidates for IAM members and makes recommendations at the state and national level.
“Our policy differences with the White House in the past have dealt with the pace and speed of this recovery. IAM members recognize that GOP presidential candidates and Republican Congressional leaders have placed obstacle after obstacle in President Obama’s path. We intend to work overtime to remove those obstacles,” promised Buffenbarger.
With nearly 700,000 members, the IAM is among the nation’s most politically active labor unions and the endorsement sets the stage for significant volunteer activity by IAM members on behalf of President Obama. Visit www.goiam.org for more information.
IAM Plans For Prolonged Strike At Bombardier Learjet
By Kerry Lynch kerry_lynch@aviationweek.com
Source: AWIN First
October 16, 2012
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) is preparing for a prolonged strike at Bombardier’s Learjet facility in Wichita, approving increased benefits beginning on the third week of the walkout.
http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/awx_10_16_2012_p0-507519.xml#
In other news, Bombardier Learjet Guangzhou has announced it is breaking ground on its new 1 million square foot assembly plant. :)
FIRE the Whole bunch, you could fill those machinist jobs in 2 weeks time. Thousands of Non-Union machinists are unemployed across this country thanks to the Policies put forth by Both Parties for the last 30 years. These Union members fully support Obama and Obamacare, ELIMINATE ALL EMPLOYER PAID or SUBSIDIZED HEALTH COVERAGE.
What are their wages? I’m curious because there are recruiters who have shown up at our sons’ school looking for certain skill sets among high school students. They cannot find these skill sets among the junior college/tech school students, so they have dropped down to high schools. They are looking for machinists.
“79 percent in favor of rejecting the company’s proposal of a five-year contract, which offered significant increases in health care costs and low general wage increases, and 79 percent in favor of a strike.”
I’d wager that the Union leadership supports Obama, yet are to stupid to realize that his policies are depressing wages and increasing health care costs. They most likely support Obama, but are now proving that they do not approve of his policies....
They get the added benefit of blaming the evil corporation for making such a terrible contract offer!
What is it with the machinists union? Are they still flush with success from their strike against Eastern Airlines? I guess they showed them!