Results for: state of the union
AFSCME: The Big Green Dog Behind Big Government & Higher Taxes
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notably from the government union bosses at the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). … AFSCME: Big Government Bully or Ward of the State? … Wynn and the rest of the AFSCME bosses are protesting efforts to remove the collection of union dues.…
Tech at Night: Amazon Tax fight, Free Press dishonesty, FCC's mask slips
https://redstate.com/neil_stevens/2011/07/16/tech-at-night-amazon-tax-fight-free-press-dishonesty-fccs-mask-slips-n39684
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Despite being left out of the Sprint coalition, Free Press is still on the warpath, fighting both the CWA union and the free market … costs of the growing demand for bandwidth. … Spain is going the opposite direction of the US.…
NJ Cops' Union Files Internal Charges Against Lawmaker For Supporting Reform
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Monmouth County, NJ) is pressing charges within the union against one of his own union members for violating his membership loyalty … oath to the union–for doing his job as a New Jersey state legislator. … “It’s a little insulting that a member of the state PBA would try and bully a state legislator at a time when we’re trying to fix the…
The Horserace for July 14, 2011
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There is now a growing sense that Palin might have, or might be on the verge of, changing her mind.A lot of the buzz stems from the … Rick Perry
Speaking of the Governor of Texas, I hear that the machine is in motion for a Presidential run, though a decision has still … on matters of policy, which adds to the psychological air of inevitability that helps Romney.…
Morning Briefing for July 12, 2011
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3. Gov. Brown’s Office to Conservative Californians: Leave the State! … So, a member of the Riverside County Board of Supervisors – Jeff Stone, a Republican – has proposed splitting the state of California … the liberal coast and northern part of the state.…
The DNC's 2012 Union Convention: The Devil's Always in the Details
https://redstate.com/laborunionreport/2011/02/04/the-dncs-2012-union-convention-the-devils-always-in-the-details-n37839
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Un-Skilled Work
Now, realistically, unless there is an overabundance of unemployed union skilled tradesmen in Charlotte (or the state … More likely, the traditional trade work would come from out-of-state labor, if that’s the direction the unions instruct the DNCC to … The third contract replicates the first contract (cited above) as it relates to the union of union labor.…
Morning Briefing for February 3, 2011
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And the headline will now be that the GOP and Democrats in the Senate are cooperating on a “fix” instead of repeal.On top of that, … from the Department of Homeland Security.The Daily Caller has the story.Congressman Issa, now in charge of the House Oversight and … Please click here for the rest of the post.…
Did Union Feuds Cause DNC Convention Planners to go Union-Free?
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After spending hundreds of millions to ensure they owned the party, Lefties and union members have got to be feeling just a little … Unless, of course, the real reason has to do with union politics and Charlotte has been chosen precisely because it is union-free. … , there is the real impact on those union members in one of the three other “union cities” who will not be getting the work because…
Morning Briefing for February 2, 2011
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4. … However, at least the Garden State now has a governor that, instead of bedding union bosses while sticking the taxpayers payers with … that the state is…B-R-O-K-E.Please click here for the rest of the post.
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NJ's Chris Christie & the Best Presidential Campaign Ad...Evah!
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However, at least the Garden State now has a governor that, instead of bedding union bosses while sticking the taxpayers payers with … union handlers. … worker—one of New Jersey’s finest—who, even after having it explained, still doesn’t seem to want to accept the fact that the state…
Obamacare Meets Its Death Panel
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of the insurance industry.” … See, for example, Remarks of President Obama, The State of the Union, delivered Jan. 27, 2009.28 Meanwhile, the Act’s supporters in … should be struck when “the purpose of the Act is . . . defeated by the invalidation” of one of its provisions).…
Clinton's 21st Century Statecraft a Success! AFL-CIO Applauds New Egyptian Unions
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Yesterday’s post on the American Left’s role in leading regime change in the Middle East began as some research into the union role … of the Egyptian union movement announced they are forming a new labor federation, the Federation of Egyptian Trade Unions, which will … in a planned and sustainable way for the benefit of all.…
Ezra Klein Blames Wisconsin Deficit on Gov. Walker
https://redstate.com/aglanon/2011/02/19/ezra-klein-blames-wisconsin-deficit-on-gov-walker-n38017
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Of course, for Klein, any break that the private sector gets will be at the cost of the state government and to the detriment of the … Given the vapor surpluses of the past (see 1999 & 2000 surpluses), it would be no surprise to find ‘evidence‘ of this mysterious state … The overwhelming majority of Americans, regardless of union affiliation, are not responsible for the economic conditions we find ourselves…
The Problem With Dane Gelds And Why Wisconsin Went Kaboom!
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A crisis then undermined the equilibrium state of the thesis, rendering it untenable as a way forward. … A large, empowered class of state employees has unionized, allied itself with the State Democratic Party and has run the show in Madison … These people wanted smaller government, lower state taxes, fewer perquisites for state employees, and the attenuation of the Public…
Counter Rally In Madison, WI Tomorrow
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Heck, even the godfather of the union movement, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, is flying into Madison today address the union protestors … As the union thugs and clueless students run around the capitol shouting, “Tax the rich, fix the deficit!” … on the state capitol grounds in Madison.…
Democrat Unions Protest in Wisconsin
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the labor protests in Wisconsin, unemployment and the Anna Nicole Smith opera in London. … We hope you enjoy the show. … out-of-state protesters
After all those efforts to paint Tea Partiers as using violent images and rhetoric, these pictures from Madison…
Democrat Legislators Go On Strike in Wisconsin, Phone in Demands to CNN
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The first day of protests was sort of a shrug. The second day produced some interest. … a list of demands.Via The Daily Caller:
State Senator Mark Miller, a member of the missing band of Wisconsin Democratic lawmakers … On Thursday, Wisconsin unions (with the mobilization support of the Democrats’ OFA) demonstrated the same tactics as the State Department-inspired…
Morning Briefing for February 18, 2011
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Hundreds of union protesters also packed Ohio’s statehouse on Tuesday to condemn Governor Kasich’s efforts to stem the union bosses … days.Please click here for the rest of the post.
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As Wisconsin Implodes, White House Plans Meeting With AFL-CIO War Council
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Today is the third straight day of protests in Madison, Wisconsin as Barack Obama’s shock troops storm the state capitol to fight … As Democrats fled the statehouse (to an apparently non-union hotel in Illinois) to avoid doing the duties they were elected for and … capitol staffers were told to lock their doors, the impression that the rest of America may have is that this is a “spontaneous” uprising…
Bring It: The Debt Deniers Will Lose
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Does it seem unseemly to you that the President is choosing the unions over the out-of work taxpayers? … increasing the tax burden on the private sector, private sector employees are out of work. … Worse than sucking tax dollars out of the system is their sense of entitlement to tax dollars they take.…
Washington Post Pans High Speed Rail
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“China is building faster trains and newer airports,” the president warned in his State of the Union address. … But of all the reasons to build high-speed rail in the United States, keeping up with the international Joneses may be one of the worst … Taiwan have two natural advantages over every region of the United States, with the possible exception of the Northeast Corridor –…
The Republican Study Committee - Keeping the Pledge
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Jordan, the Chairman of the RSC, is pushing for more cuts to the federal budget. … On Tuesday, the House began consideration of a 7-month continuing resolution, which would fund the government for the rest of fiscal … House Republicans are not freezing spending over the next five years like the President promised in his State of the Union. …
Unions fuel the hate in Wisconsin.
https://redstate.com/moe_lane/2011/02/17/unions-fuel-the-hate-in-wisconsin-n37984
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(Via @keder) The Wisconsin GOP has put together a quick video of union attacks on Governor Scott Walker, which include: signs calling … course a lie, but a lot of these people haven’t internalized yet the notion that it’s harder to lie about this sort of thing these … ’s frankly out-of-control collective bargaining system for public sector union employees has caused a good deal of controversy, and…
The Battle is in Front of You: What are YOU going to do about it?
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It is a battle that, if lost, will likely have catastrophic consequences on the fiscal well being of many of the states and, as a result … Hundreds of union protesters also packed Ohio’s statehouse on Tuesday to condemn Governor Kasich’s efforts to stem the union bosses … bosses, or whether some sort of fiscal sanity can be restored before the system collapses due to the weight from years of cronyism…
New Hampshire House Passes Right-to-Work Measure, Governor Promises Veto
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On Tuesday afternoon, the GOP-led House in New Hampshire voted 221-131 to make the Granite State the 23rd state in the nation to outlaw … The bill to make New Hampshire a Right-to-Work state now moves to the New Hampshire Senate where Republicans enjoy a 19-5 majority. … Right To Work bill (“relative to freedom of choice on whether to join a labor union”), will pass the New Hampshire House overwhelmingly…