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yes quite well actually.
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During the health care battle, Republicans banked heavily on the fact that those who aspired to get health insurance would not be as well organized or as vocal as those who feared that the law might cause them to lose the health coverage they already had. Their entire strategy was based on building fear among the vast majority who had insurance or Medicare. That is one of the reasons why it was s
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U.S. adds 192K new jobs; unemployment rate dips to 8.9% Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, March 4, 2011; 10:13 AM Job growth soared ahead and the unemployment rate fell in February, as the economy gained momentum and people who had been stuck at home because of January snow returned to work. Employers added 192,000 jobs in February, the Labor Department said Friday. The number closely mat
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This is the strangest concept thread Ive ever seen but I think I like it.
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mcsmack Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Big difference in private sector labor unions and > public employee "rights" to collective bargaining. > #1 private sector employees are trying to go after > what they believe is their fair share of profit > generated. Public sector unions are dealing with a > 0 profit margin.They create no wealth. They hav
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Funny thing…teachers are asked to do more and more parenting, feed kids, check for illnesses, gang issues, drug issues, depression, bullying…and yes, teach subject area. Of course, you are all experts because….why? My tax dollars go to the oil, coal, interests….why not write to them and ask them to take a pay cut: they can donate it to school programs. top of the pay scale for teachers is $65,
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it's clear for all to see that Gov. Scott Walker's true aim is to bust the public employee unions, thus permanently reshaping the political landscape in the Republican Party's favor.
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Historically, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting has received 15% to 20% of its annual operating revenue from Federal sources and 25% to 29% from State and local taxes Since 53% to 60% of public television's revenues come from private membership donations and grants most stations solicit individual donations by methods including pledge drives or telethons which can disrupt regularly schedul
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pas'ionless Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Firefighters and police risk their lives. Teachers > DO NOT RISK THEIR LIVES or perform physically > challenging work. > > Many firemen and police are supporters of Democrat > candidates, you do not know what the fuck you are > talking about. Teachers teach all the children the basic fundamental k
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mcsmack Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > This demonstrates why Governor Walker is insistent > on defeating the unions lock on collective > bargaining. Ass holes like this don't deserve to > be negotiated with. They must be defeated and > their power destroyed to protect the tax paying > public at large. really? then why isnt walker attacking th
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I am not nor have I ever been a Union member. I do not hold a government job nor do I work for the AFL CIO.
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If you want to live in a country where we retrain our workforce for new economic opportunities, protect our environmental resources, monitor our food and water for safety, and invest in health and science research, then the bill must be paid. It's time to raise taxes - starting by repealing the Bush tax cuts - so that we can afford the country that we want.
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WingNut Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > mcsmack Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > And ain't she a cutie? Is that pas'ion's ol' > lady? > > > Looks like a shrill old battle axe, the kind of > busybody bitch that goes into teaching to > indoctrinate and punish the young. > > If I had kid
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We cut taxes of the wealthiest of America's wealthy for the next two years, and we're partially paying for it by slashing funds that help struggling mothers feed their children? We're telling the nation's best and brightest: Don't go to teach in America's lowest-performing districts - we can't afford it. We're going to give oil companies $4 billion in subsidies instead (on top of profits that ap
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WASHINGTON -- House Speaker John Boehner says he will not agree to a short-term government spending bill without budget cuts. He made his comment at a news conference where he was asked if the House would pass even a stopgap measure at current levels. The House is working on a package of $61 billion in spending cuts as it debates legislation to keep the government operating normally after curre
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House Republicans are pretending we can cut our way out of this mess and would demagogue any general tax increases.
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The government never goes out of business? Oh really? Paying attention lately to the March 4th deadline showdown with budget for government? The Fed is about to grin to a halt because neither side can come up with a working budget!!!!
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Which would yield what? Our unions have already been decimated in the private sector; the results are plain. Corporate profits are soaring, while domestic investment, wages and benefits (particularly at nonunion companies) are flat-lining at best. With nobody to bargain for workers, America increasingly is an economically stagnant, plutocratic utopia. Is everybody happy?
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there are other options. Democratic governors such as California's Jerry Brown and New York's Andrew Cuomo have proposed scaling back public services, pay and benefits without going after workers' fundamental rights to bargain. The right to bargain is clearly a separate question. Newly elected Republican governors, however, may reach the same conclusion Walker did and use the recession-induced fi
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The only disgusting self serving losers are the three people cheering on the busting of this Union in this thread. You are all TROLLS.
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The only self serving Horse shit being shoveled is by conservative commentators. Who really believes that a teachers are overpaid? Seriously? That's delusional on the part of the governer and all the Anti Union people who have commented in this thread. Registered Voter () Date: February 17, 2011 01:13PM As opposed to the State government filing bankruptcy or laying off 6000 workers So in
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Minnesota Governor Scott WalkerScott Walker has proposed pay cuts for teachers and local government workers of up to 9%. Additionally, Walker wants to strip unions of their collective bargaining power, which would effectively bust the unions. "Unionized workers in Minnesota are opposing a measure that would strip most Wisconsin public employees of their collective bargaining rights," according t
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Registered Voter Wrote: > > Yeah, as your signature implies - enforcing the > kind of world P-brain seems to believe in would be > next to impossible. Everyone would have to be > under criminal penalty if they didn't have their > insurance - funny, "why are you in jail?" "Oh, I > forgot to pay my insurance". Or having the IRS > seize your money directly when you file you
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WingNut Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > But unlike the fraud be floated by Obama, the > federal judges who have tackled the constituional > question have ruled it is not. > > You lose, thanks! because they have a conflict of interest. They are ruling not through impartial judgements and the law. But because it suits their own well being and busi
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The view is that while every aspect of the bill is similar to something constitutional that has come before it, it has never been put forward in this combination, and the combination somehow makes it unconstitutional. It is hard to imagine the principle of constitutional interpretation that justifies such a thing. Obviously it is not strict interpretation which does not get that putting constitu
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Registered Voter Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > WingNut Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > You can't seem to grasp what kind of pandoras > box > > this law will open and what type of precedent > it > > will set. > > Yeah, as your signature implies - enforcing the > kind of world P-bra
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There are precedents as far back as George Washington forcing citizens to purchase things the federal government deemed necessary. Car insurance for example. you cant just drive a car around uninsured. You have to at least purchase a bare minimum insurance.
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Cable news host Tucker Carlson on Tuesday took issue with President Obama's support of quarterback Michael Vick's stunning turnaround, saying that he thought Vick "should have been executed" for his crimes. Carlson, who is guest-hosting the Fox News program "Hannity" this week, made the remark during a discussion about Obama's call to Eagles' owner Jeffrey Lurie in which the President said he wa
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how is extracting a penalty different than extracting taxes? really? if you opt out then you are still paying FICA in all paychecks. Its not a "mind fuck police state" Its the government governing.
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