[QT3.14]

Dinosaur Union Death Watch.

[Jack Hydrazine]

[wonkowasright]

Did anyone actually pay the SEIU dues for the simple act of taking care of their sick family member ?

That I cannot fathom.

[cripplecreek]

Just a look back at how this happened and who helped it happen.

GOP Senators, SEIU Taxpayer Giveaways, Campaign Cash and More, OH MY!

On Aug. 5, 2009, Sen. Jason Allen, R-Traverse City, introduced Senate Bill 731, which would give statutory cover to a scheme transferring approximately $6.6 million in taxpayer money annually to the SEIU government employee union, one of the parents of ACORN. This is accomplished by creating a shell government "employer" for some 42,000 individuals who are actually hired by elderly or disabled Medicaid recipients to provide personal care services in their homes.

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Senate Bill 731 was co-sponsored by these Republican Senators:Roger Kahn, Bruce Patterson, Valde Garcia, Tony Stamas, Judson Gilbert, Mark Jansen, Randy Richardville, and Patricia Birkholz.

It was also co-sponsored by the following Democratic Senators: Raymond Basham, Martha Scott, Dennis Olshove, Irma Clark-Coleman, Michael Switalski, Gilda Jacobs, Deborah Cherry and Gretchen Whitmer.

Sadly when Jason Allen ran for the first district US representative seat and a few of us spoke up the same old tired ass moderate FReepers screeched "YOU JUST WANT THE DEMOCRATS TO WIN!". Fortunately Jason Allen lost the primary to tea partier Dan Benishek. Benishek has been a disappointment but I doubt he's as bad as Allen would have been.