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Elect Equality

Ray has apparently been asking the local democrat population to cast their votes for Paul and Carol and I say knock yourself out, as long as you are OK with taking more out of state money from major unions that use intimidation to stifle free speech (wow that sounds familiar), and beat up innocnet black men who disagree with them. I think that makes the SEIU a bunch of hate mongering racists, but I’ll have to check my Race Pimps and Grievance-Mongers to American English Dictionary (Fifth Column….I mean edition) to be certain.

Hassan’s Special Interests

Skip has done a great job piling on this Hassan HB1459-political speech issue, and I’m not sure how much more we can add today, but this quote caught my eye, Skip didn’t take it in the direction I expected. (So I will) Maggie Hassan is quoted as saying… “Millions of Americans invest retirement money in …

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One Thought In Passing

Are the people running the unions stupid?  Not the rank and file, but the leadership.  These people are selling salt as flour to the due payers while pushing the cities and states into a corner.  What do I mean?  Look at the pension problem.  In New Jersey Chris Cristie has to fight tooth and nail …

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Another factoid about who is doing well during this Recession

From RedState:    Compensation A. State and Local B. Private Sector Ratio A/B Total Compensation $39.66 $27.42 1.45 Wages and salaries $26.01 $19.39 1.34 Benefits $13.65 $8.02 1.7 Paid Leave $3.27 $1.85 1.77 Supplemental Pay $0.34 $0.83 0.41 Health insurance $4.34 $1.99 2.18 Defined benefit pension $2.85 $0.41 6.95 Defined contribution pension $0.31 $0.53 0.58 …

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NEA-NH loves the ARRA

NEA New Hampshire is a-gush over the anniversary of the Stimu-less bill and they are not afraid to show it.  According to NEA-NH Insider the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)… …represents a huge win for education thanks to unprecedented funding increases targeted to local districts.  ARRA also included increases for Title I, stabilization funding, …

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Why do we need unions in Goverment?

Government employee unionization should be outlawed. Unlike all other employers, government at every level is a monopoly. Accordingly, people have no choice on whether to patronize the "business" of local, state, or federal government. There is no competition. Government employee unions can thus directly attack the public interest with impunity: Their employer cannot go out …

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Obamacare: How The Unions Are “Getting Well”

Guest post by By Howard Rich It’s already being called the "Second Louisiana Purchase," but the sad truth is that a controversial payoff to U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu’s home state of Louisiana is among the smallest of the thinly-disguised bribes and kickbacks that are being offered in Washington D.C. to secure passage of President Barack …

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SEIU – Great job of representing Government guys…swell job!

Update and bumped: (H/T: RedState) Boy Scouts win! Looks the utter arrogance of the local SEIU President, Nick Balzano, has done him in: Allentown union official Nick Balzano has been a political punching bag all week because he threatened to file a grievance against the city for allowing a Boy Scout to clear a walking …

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