Isn't constantly voting along party lines a form of collective bargaining in itself?
Technically the taxpayers at large then also pay for the enormous contributions that unions provide to the Democratic Party. This is why they are battling so hard because if they lose the public-sector unions, the Dems will lose a large chuck of their campaigning dollars. Currently, the only thing they have to do to increase their finances is to increase the size of government so more workers are required that will have their dues taken from their paychecks to be funneled into the Dem coffers -- wash, rinse, repeat.Just to set it straight... Every dollar a teacher earns comes from the taxpayer. So technically the taxpayer does pay for their pensions and health care.
Or is the result of manufacturing consent.more like herd instinct. The same instinct that had hundreds of Buffalo falling to their deaths off a cliff or Lemmings following each other to drown in the sea.
That crack about Poppy's administration only rings true if one considers it applies to Executive Branch Agencies ONLY. Funny how you left that out.Even though this administration has the the lowest number of government employees since the 60's.... But keep up the spin..
Highest number of government employees were during the Daddy Bush administration. So much for smaller government.
Once again.. Unions and Government employees are not the reason we're in this mess and getting rid of their bargaining rights isn't going to HELP this mess. It's only going to add to it. More lay-offs, more people unemployed. More people on unemployment insurance. Laid off people get really tight with their money. No spending. Downward spiral. Kaboom.
We have thrown a lot of money at problems and unemployment hasn't budged.
CEOs using tax payer money for bonuses ...yeah that's real dick. But in the grand scheme of things...it doesn't amount to shit.
Even though this administration has the the lowest number of government employees since the 60's.... But keep up the spin..
Highest number of government employees were during the Daddy Bush administration. So much for smaller government.
Once again.. Unions and Government employees are not the reason we're in this mess and getting rid of their bargaining rights isn't going to HELP this mess. It's only going to add to it. More lay-offs, more people unemployed. More people on unemployment insurance. Laid off people get really tight with their money. No spending. Downward spiral. Kaboom.
How much money you wanna wager that they "Revise" those numbers? They ALWAYS do, and not in the good way. Those numbers are about as reliable as Carne Seca'syou might want to take a look at the latest jobs report. you might not want to because it contradicts what you just said.
How much money you wanna wager that they "Revise" those numbers? They ALWAYS do, and not in the good way. Those numbers are about as reliable as Carne Seca's
Didn't the Gov. cut $100 million in taxes for the very wealthy and then create this problem?
So he manufactured the whole thing.
if they 'revise' the numbers so much, why didn't dubya revise the shit out of them so that we didn't see 700k jobs pissed away each month?
end point: they may be revised, but they are a decent start, and mesh pretty well with reality. more people are getting jobs, new unemployment claims are dropping, the economy is coming back...slowly.
LOL and you believe it. any "recovery" is just inflation doing what inflation does best, but in the end inflation makes us all beggars in the street.
This whole Wisconsin Conservatives vs Liberals, Government vs Public employee has pretty much dragged out into a thug vs thug scenario.
Wisconsin is another example of a state that gives generous tax cuts for corporations to lure private investment to their state. In principal it sounds great except it reduces revenue that the state collects for its budget. The governor is asking for the teachers to pay for the shortfall (which they have agreed to do). The fall of organized labor in this country is a huge reason for the destruction of the middle class. Real wages(adjusted for inflation) have been on the decline in this country since the late 70's along with health care and pension benefits. A man could go to work and support his family back then. Nowadays the husband and wife work full time with no pensions and no healthcare with lots of personal debt. Since the big companys pay such meager wages, banks have loosened lending standards so that our quality of life remains high--Until the housing market collapses and millions of people go bankrupt. The companys of the S & P 500 are sitting on up to 2 trillion dollars of cash right now. I think it would be best if they shared the wealth with their employees. We should all support teachers, their wages and benefits are mostly fair. They seem excessive because the rest of us are so used to getting screwed.
LOL and you believe it. any "recovery" is just inflation doing what inflation does best, but in the end inflation makes us all beggars in the street.