Union protesters fill Ohio Statehouse
Now for some union squealing in Ohio: Union protesters fill Ohio statehouse.
Tag: politics
The historical illiteracy of the Wisconsin union protesters
The historical illiteracy of the Wisconsin union protesters. The best is the photo of the protester with the sign “Impeach Bush.”
Democrat congresswoman seeking to defund Army sponsorship of NASCAR
Now for some squeals from the right! A Democrat congresswoman is seeking to defund the Army sponsorship of NASCAR.
more voters view cutting spending rather than investing as the best way to do so
Pollster tells Senate Democrats that they better cut the budget or face defeat from voters.
Showdown in Wisconsin
Showdown in Wisconsin. Key quote:
Government school teachers, among others, are not happy and have shut down entire school districts across the state for two days so they can protest.
I have two thoughts on this…
1. Hell yes.
2. About time.
Public employees should not be allowed to unionize or if they are, they should be forbidden to contribute to political campaigns. The current system essentially allows the employees to buy off the managers (politicians) in order to rip off the owners (the public). It’s a system that is corrupt by it’s very existence. The proof of this is the public pension and benefits schemes that threatens to crush the fiscal solvency of many states.
Update and bumped. This New York Times article summarizes the situation nicely. To me, however, the key quote is this:
Scott Fitzgerald, the Republican leader in the State Senate, slipped out of the Capitol Wednesday morning with his sunglasses on, head down. Protesters had gone to his home earlier in the week, forcing his family (including his wife, a school guidance counselor) to go elsewhere for a bit.
You can see some video of the protests here: Union hate rally in Wisconsin: Protests rife with Hitler, gun targets, death threats.
So, another demonstration of how the left tones down the rhetoric: threatening the family of a lawmaker.
Dick Durbin Is Stealing Your Free Checking!
Dick Durbin is stealing your free checking!
Another damn bill that should be repealed.
Obama’s energy secretary squeals.
Steven Chu, Obama’s energy secretary, gave us his own version of a pig’s squeal yesterday.
He should get rid of as many of them as possible.
Democrats campaign to save funding for public television
The squealing of puppets! The Muppets (and Democrats) lobbied today in DC to save funding for public television.
House votes to move money from NASA to local law enforcement
The House votes to shift $298 million from NASA to local law enforcement.
What idiocy. I can accept the idea of cutting NASA considering the state of the deficit. However, for Congress to instead spend the money for local police work, something that is definitely not the responsibility of the federal government, is plain foolishness. The need now is to cut, cut, cut, until the budget is under control. Only then can we reasonably consider spending money on these programs.
The federal government shuts down 83,990 websites by mistake
Freedom of speech alert: The federal government shut down 83,990 innocent websites this past weekend, mistakenly labeling them as child porn traffickers.
It was a mistake, I know, but think about how this power can so easily be misused.
Why more railroad subsidies make no sense
Why high-speed rail makes no sense. Key quote:
High-speed rail would transform Amtrak’s small drain [on the government] into a much larger drain. Once built, high-speed rail systems would face a dilemma. To recoup initial capital costs — construction and train purchases — ticket prices would have to be set so high that few people would choose rail. But lower prices, even with favorable passenger loads, might not cover costs. Government would be stuck with huge subsidies. Even without recovering capital costs, high-speed rail systems would probably run in the red. Most mass-transit systems, despite high ridership, routinely have deficits.