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Union Pensions Getting BIG Payoff From Obamacare
Publius Forum ^
| 08/14/09
| Warner Todd Huston
Posted on 08/14/2009 9:39:51 AM PDT by Mobile Vulgus
It isn’t just out of the goodness of their hearts that Big Labor is gearing up to spend millions to help President Obama to jam Obamacare down the throats of the American people. The unions stand to get a big payoff of $10 billion to supplement their failing pension plans.
The President of the AFL-CIO recently announced that the union would jump into the healthcare fight to help out “working people.” John Sweeney also said that the healthcare fight is “the next big step in our march to turn around America.”
But unions already have their own healthcare plans and Obama promised -- for whatever an Obama promise is worth -- that union plans would be untouched by Obamacare. So, what are the unions in the fight for if it doesn’t really touch them?
The answer to that question appears in the House bill on page 65, section 164 where unions are to receive a $10 billion dollar infusion of taxpayer’s money to supplement their failing plans through a program called the “reinsurance plan.”
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Health/Medicine; Politics
KEYWORDS: aflcio; agenda; bho44; bhohealthcare; biglabor; bustunions; communism; corruption; democrats; healthcare; healthcarebill; healthcarereform; johnsweeney; killthebill; liberalfascism; obama; obamacare; pensions; reinsuranceplan; seiu; socialism; socializedmedicine; unioncorruption; unions; unionthugs
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To: Timeout
sounds good, can i be president? or does that darn Jim Thompson get first dibs? ;)
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08/14/2009 4:47:22 PM PDT
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machogirl
(If Obama's handing out Pie, I like Lemon Meringue.)
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posted on
08/15/2009 7:29:10 AM PDT
by
socialismisinsidious
( The socialist income tax system turns US citizens into beggars or quitters!)
To: machogirl
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posted on
08/15/2009 7:47:30 AM PDT
by
444Flyer
(FReepers and freedom lovers, we are in a gigantic TUG-OF-WAR for our nation and our Constitution.)
To: Mobile Vulgus
I’d like to know all the folks who will be getting their “payoffs” if ObamaCare passes. Unions will get more - but who else in on the list?
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posted on
08/19/2009 11:04:24 AM PDT
by
GOPJ
("Fishy rumors posters" Check 'em out:http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2311664/posts)
To: Mobile Vulgus
American labor unions have become their European counterparts: fronts for socialist agendas.
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posted on
08/19/2009 12:26:20 PM PDT
by
Ebenezer
(Strength and Honor!)
To: rrstar96
American labor unions have become their European counterparts: fronts for socialist agendas. I think you're right about this... sad.
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08/19/2009 2:54:30 PM PDT
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GOPJ
("Fishy rumors posters" Check 'em out:http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2311664/posts)
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