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Rebel Pundit Big Government 10/27/2011 On Tuesday, militant, Marxist, anti-war, and gay-rights activists–including some suspected of providing material support to foreign terrorist organizations–led the Occupy Chicago protesters into City Hall to stage an “in your face” protest directed at Mayor Rahm Emanuel. We caught up with one protester, Roger Fraser, a retired Palatine, Illinois school […] October 28th, 2011 | Tags: 'Arab Spring', "Occupy Chicago", Andy Thayer, Bill Whittle, Code Pink, Egypt, Gay Liberation Network, gay rights activists, Palm Springs, public sector pensions, Roger Fraser | Category: California, Education, Entitlements, Illinois, Marxism, Socialism, Video | Comments are closed
“When schoolchildren start paying union dues, that’s when I’ll start representing the interests of schoolchildren.” ~Albert Shanker United Federation of Teachers Who better to lead an educational revolution than Joel Klein, the prosecutor who took on the software giant Microsoft? But in his eight years as chancellor of New York City’s school system, […] May 26th, 2011 | Tags: "rubber rooms", American Federation of Teachers, Joel Klein, public sector pensions, Randi Weingarten, United Federation of Teachers (UFT) | Category: Education, New York, Politicians, Politics, Taxes, Unions | Comments are closed
More Americans work for the government than in manufacturing, farming, fishing, forestry, mining and utilities combined. Stephen Moore The Wall Street Journal 4/1/2011 If you want to understand better why so many states—from New York to Wisconsin to California—are teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, consider this depressing statistic: Today in America there are nearly […] April 1st, 2011 | Tags: ambition, industry, producers, public sector employment, public sector pensions, security | Category: Employment, Government | Comments are closed
William A. Jacobson Legal Insurrection 3/28/2011 Guess what? The Legislative Reference Bureau published the Wisconsin budget repair bill Friday, and as the law provides, the Governor is taking the position the law is in effect. And he’s stopped withholding union dues as of today, even though there are more court hearings tomorrow. From JSOnline: Gov. […] March 28th, 2011 | Tags: collective-bargaining, Gov. Scott Walker, public employees, public sector pensions | Category: legislation, Politics, unfunded liabilities, Unions, Wisconsin | Comments are closed
Herb Jackson The Record NorthJersey.com 3/14/2011 New Jersey’s beleaguered public worker health insurance fund got a nearly $39 million cash injection last year from a piece of the controversial federal health insurance law that Governor Christie derides as “Obamacare.” Christie’s administration aggressively pursued the funding, a Treasury Department spokesman said, and is seeking payment for […] March 14th, 2011 | Tags: Early Retiree Reinsurance Program, early retirement, Gov. Chris Christie, House Judiciary Committee, Medicare, public sector pensions, Rep. John Conyers, Sen. Bob Menendez, single payer health care | Category: Department of Health and Human Services, Health Care, New Jersey, SCOTUS, States, Taxes, Treasury Department, unfunded liabilities, Unions | Comments are closed
Meredith Jessup The Blaze 3/9/2011 Whether he meant to or not, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has secured the political high ground and left Democrats and their union supporters shaking their heads in disbelief. I was a little worried about the governor’s fortitude when he offered a collective bargaining compromise earlier this week, but after tonight’s […] March 10th, 2011 | Tags: chaos, civility, Gov. Scott Walker, Madison, Michael Moore, National Guard, public employees, public sector pensions, Sen. Mark Miller, state police | Category: Barack Obama, Economy, Marxism, unfunded liabilities, Unions, Wisconsin | Comments are closed
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