Posts Tagged ‘ labor unions ’

DISCLOSE Act attacks freedom of speech | Washington Examiner

July 26, 2010
By Tickler

Democrats promised to get around the Citizens United ruling. (That’s a telling statement about the current Congress and administration, that they consider the Constitution something to “get around.”) Their answer is the DISCLOSE Act, which is every bit as much an attempt to silence free speech as BCRA. Among other things, it requires that...
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The Associated Press: Govt watchdog criticizes handling of car dealers

July 19, 2010
By Tickler

The Associated Press: Govt watchdog criticizes handling of car dealers. Share on Facebook
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Obama, Dems cut deal to exempt union health care from taxes | Washington Examiner

January 15, 2010
By Tickler

The White House has agreed to concessions in its health care legislation aimed at sparing union workers the bulk of a new tax. We have seen tremendous progress over the last couple of days,” said AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, signaling an easier path for the legislation in the union-friendly House. read the rest here…...
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Investors.com – Skewed Priorities

November 2, 2009
By Ticklers Wife

Service Employees International Union boss Andy Stern, who told the Wall Street Journal that if the power of persuasion didn’t work, then the persuasion of power would have to do. The records show Stern had 22 meetings, many face-to-face with the president, more than anyone else known so far. Stern might as well borrow...
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Post Office + unions = millions for idleness OneNewsNow.com

October 2, 2009
By Tickler

Many Americans may be outraged to find out that while the United States Postal Service is facing a $7 billion deficit this year and receiving a $4 billion bailout from Congress, the government agency is spending more than a million dollars each week to pay thousands of employees to sit in empty rooms and...
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Obama’s Swing-State Blues – WSJ.com

September 25, 2009
By Tickler

Polls show the president’s popularity has dropped to nearly 40% in the state. By August, Mr. McDonnell had so successfully lashed Mr. Deeds to the White House that the Democrat was down by 15 points. If there is a saving grace for Mr. Deeds—and there may yet be—it is also a teaching moment for...
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Europe Thumps U.S., Again – WSJ.com

July 20, 2009
By Ticklers Wife

On present trends, most of Europe will soon have lower income tax rates than most of America. And now the European Union is stealing another competitive march on Washington, this time on a free trade deal with the world’s 13th largest economy, fast-growing South Korea. Last week Brussels and Seoul finished the outline of...
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U.S. Chamber of Commerce vs. Democrats

October 28, 2008
By Tickler

I think the chamber of Commerce knows a thing or two about how economies are built and destroyed. They clearly see a danger in letting the Democrats run away with the government. From the WSJ… The nation’s largest business lobby, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, has raised ire among Democratic leaders for pouring millions...
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Labor Unions Prolonged the Depression

October 28, 2008
By Tickler

WSJ Excerpt… By the mid-1930s, the U.S. economy appeared to be climbing out of the Great Depression. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), which had bottomed out at 41 in 1932, was advancing. It increased 73% from the beginning of 1935 through the end of 1936, when it hit 180. The number of unemployed,...
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