February 23-24, 2011
Feb 23 00:49 DFL's Spin Emerging? Feb 23 00:07 Another Obama/Pelosi Gas Spike Feb 23 00:45 J.D. Burton's Ethical Difficulties Continue Feb 23 01:31 Dayton's Priorities Need Re-Examining Feb 23 11:32 Rep. McCollum: EPA Must Be Protected Feb 23 13:38 Unions Sending Conflicting Messages On Working Families Feb 24 07:43 Reclaiming the Vocabulary Feb 24 00:18 BREAKING NEWS: Dayton Administration Ignores Legislature's Information Requests
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DFL's Spin Emerging?
Over the weekend, I've watched Almanac, @Issue With Tom Hauser and Esme Murphy's interview of Gov. Dayton. The thing they've got in common is that the DFL spinmeisters was whether the GOP's budget would hurt poor, defenseless Granny. They can relax...sort of.
Whether it was Dee Long and Ember Reichgott-Junge or Matt Entenza on @Issue or Gov. Dayton during his interview with Esme Murphy, all worried with pained expressions. It's time the DFL stopped this whispering campaign because it isn't anchored in the truth. For example, this article shines the light of truth on the matter:
Some traditional Democratic groups do not like everything about Democrat Gov. Mark Dayton's budget proposal.
One group deals with long-term care services.
'Something is out of whack here,' said Bruce Nelson of the Association of Residential Resources in Minnesota.
Nelson said that the Dayton budget would cut at least $280 million from long-term care services, from what had been expected, which is 41 percent of all cuts from health and human services programs.
'We're disappointed that the budget makes a disproportionately large cut to core services for vulnerable Minnesotans who are disabled or elderly,' he said. 'These services that are just as important as anything else the state provides and funds. Why are the disabled and elderly being singled out?'
The DFL knows that the Dayton budget slashes long-term care reimbursement rates and nursing home reimbursement rates. The minute Gov. Dayton's budget was released, Twin Cities reporters like Rachel Stassen-Berger, Tom Scheck and Pat Kessler were all over it.
This is part of the DFL's annual script. It doesn't matter that the charges are without merit. It's that the DFL's mischaracterization of Republicans is that of heartless bastards who only care about corporate fatcats. According to the DFL's storyline, the party of corporate fatcats rob from Granny to pay for the fatcats' tax cuts.
This article, along with others, prove that the DFL's budget does what they're accusing Republicans of doing. Talk about a bunch of sick bastards. For instance, check out what MPR's article says about Gov. Dayton's budget:
Dayton's budget proposal cuts $775 million from Human Services programs. The Dayton plan does raise revenue by substantially increasing surcharges on nursing facilities, hospitals and health plans. Those surcharges amount to $877 million. The overall pain of the spending cuts is set at $383 million.
Cullen says $87 million of that comes out of long-term care programs, primarily through rate reductions. Nursing homes, for example, would have their rates cut by 2 percent across the board.
Not only that but here's another heartless cut in Gov. Dayton's budget:
Dayton's plan raises surcharges on providers, cuts rate payments and eliminates health coverage for 7,200 adults on MinnesotaCare. The DFL governor said he did what he could to protect core health services for the state's neediest residents, while also taking steps to control dramatically rising health care costs.
That's BS. He hasn't said anything about implementing Steve Gottwalt's reforms. Before submitting his budget, he should've checked to see if there were savings opportunities. Had his staff checked, they could've adopted some of these reforms.
These cuts have important people hopping mad:
Cullen says health programs that serve Minnesota seniors took a beating, while education programs escaped relatively unscathed.
"There are more seniors that are going to be served than school-aged kids," said Cullen. "Aren't we a valuable investment? Aren't seniors just as important as kids?"
Three seperate sources, three seperate articles, one central theme: that Gov. Dayton's budget will hurt long-term care facilities, nursing homes and the poorest of the poor. This isn't in dispute. PERIOD. END OF DISCUSSION.
All that's left to discuss is why Gov. Dayton chose to hurt the most vulnerable amongst us, why he left education funding relatively unscathed, why he and his spinmeisters are blaming Republicans for doing what he's askng for in his budget.
Finally, why isn't the Agenda Media not covering this emerging storyline with the same aggressiveness that they covered the budget release with?
The DFL's spin machine won't stop because they don't care about the facts. If the facts have to get trampled to spin things in their favor, that's what they'll do. It's about the acquisition of power and nothing else.
Posted Wednesday, February 23, 2011 12:49 AM
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Reclaiming the Vocabulary
If there's anything that the DFL is good at, it's abusing the English language. Mark Dayton is a jobs governor who voted against legislation that created jobs while he was in the U.S. Senate and who is proposing tax increases that will hurt Minnesota's economy.
Unions like the AFL-CIO are advocates for working families. Nevermind the fact that their representative on the U of M Board of Regents did nothing to prevent major tuition increases for Minnesota's middle class families.
Rep. Thissen and other DFL leaders have said that Gov. Dayton's budget takes a balanced approach even though there are $4 of tax increases for every dollar cut. (That's before talking about the spending increases included in Gov. Dayton's budget.)
This isn't a comprehensive list of times when the DFL's choice of words have been less than accurate. Still, it offers a nice glimpse into the tactics they use to persuade people who only take a casual interest in politics to voting for them.
If Republicans don't take this opportunity to reclaim the vocabulary, we will have lost our best opportunity to expose the DFL's artful choices of words as outright deception. (Outside the Beltway, that's known as lying. In DC, pundits marvel at the person's ability to spin.)
This afternoon, the AFL-CIO issued a statement after the Minnesota legislature picked Rep. Laura Brod to the at-large Regent spot instead of AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Steven Hunter. Their claim was that 'working Minnesotans will no longer have a say in how the University is run.'
Let's unpretzel that sentence. If it was spoken in plain English, it would say that "unions will no longer have a say in how the university is run." Saying that, however, wouldn't evoke the sympathy of middle class Minnesotans. That's because they don't have the positive image of unions that they have of middle class Minnesotans.
Another instance of where the DFL uses colorful verbiage is in the names of their political allies. For instance, the League of Rural Voters sounds like an organization dedicated to agricultural issues. It's true that they dabble in agricultural issues but that isn't their sole focus.
For instance, LRV is also interested in Photo ID legislation . LRV also is interested in Social Security .
The reality is that LRV isn't that interested in agricultural issues as much as they're interested in anything progressive.
Likewise, GMHCC, short for the Greater Minnesota Health Care Coalition, sounds like an organization dedicated to health care issues. Certainly, it's paid alot of attention to health care issues but GMHCC's website indicates that they've paid alot of attention to other issues, too:
The Greater Minnesota Health Care Coalition represents the interests of all citizens in Greater Minnesota on health care and other issues of economic and social justice.
We seek changes that promote the health and well-being of all citizens and correct the great economic inequalities in our society. We seek to help build a society that lives out the values of compassion, integrity, meaningful relationships, and mutual accountability.
There's no arguing that LRV and GMHCC have innocent-sounding names. With a little digging, though, there's no arguing that they're really involved with the entire list of progressive causes.
It's unfortunate that the DFL, from Gov. Dayton to Rep. Thissen to the DFL's many special interest allies, use words without being that worried about the words' definitions. It's all about creating a moderate impression without sacrificing their radical agenda.
It's imperative that thoughtful people reclaim the vocabulary before words don't mean anything.
Posted Thursday, February 24, 2011 7:43 AM
Comment 1 by eric z. at 24-Feb-11 08:41 AM
The vocabulary?
Tax The Rich.
Which word do you have trouble with?
The Draconian governor in Wisconsin, intent on union busting as the posted phone conversation with one alleging to be a Koch brother shows, is up to nothing but union busting - having noted that Reagan's savaging of the air traffic controllers was his defining moment of American History.
Yes, the vocabulary is important, and union leadership ensconced in the DFL has been negligent.
While the GOP has been playing its normal divide and conquor telling the private sector worker, look at the public sector worker next to you, his slice of the pie seems thicker; the union leadership should have been vocal - buying its own press if needed - in saying yes, each of you deserves a thicker slice -- look at that whale of a slice Helmsley at UnitedHealth has cut for himself - and at the expense of the sick and needy!
Instead, leadership was asleep at the switch, and allowed the GOP to take both houses and the executive branch in Wisconsin - good perhaps for the rest of us because it is showing the naked evil of the Republicans when they can be that way. It is a wake-up call to all others, whether they want to hear the alarm or not.
Comment 2 by J. Ewing at 24-Feb-11 09:28 AM
Oh, come now. "naked evil of the Republicans"? Getting a little hyperbolic, aren't we? It just so happens those Republicans actually won the election, and are supported by an even larger majority of the voters in the current battle. If the Governor was actually interested in "union-busting" he would have simply done it, canceling the executive order by a previous WI governor that permitted public sector unions to exist. And the majority of voters, again, would have applauded this great step forward in fiscal sanity and good governance.
Tax the Rich is one of those phrases that sounds good until you realize what it means, which is that government has no sense of responsibility for its own spending, and doesn't care how badly they wreck the economy to continue in their profligate ways. By what right do progressives single out one small group to rob for what THEY desire?
Comment 3 by Chad Quigley at 24-Feb-11 10:44 AM
Did the U lose its right to collectively bargain now that the AFL-CIO has been removed from the board? Nope, didn't think so. Wake up union devotees, your time has come and gone and you have been fully exposed.
Huh, when republicans win elections it's called "naked evil" but when the democrats win an election it is the "will of the people" at work and everyone should go along with their agenda with no questions asked. Grow up and take you medicine like a man. If you don't like how things are going, get your friends, neighbors, dead friends, out-stators, etc. to the polls next election and change things.
Another Obama/Pelosi Gas Spike
Thanks in part to Middle East turmoil and thanks to President Obama's policy of keeping massive amounts of domestic oil out of production, we're headed $4.00/gallon gas prices :
Some traders say $4 a gallon will be a reality in the not-too-distant future, and prices could shoot even higher. But that might be the exception rather than the average in the United States this year unless the Middle East unrest spreads to Saudi Arabia or another major oil producer, according to Thomas Kloza, chief analyst at OPIS.
"The edges of the country and the coasts will see higher prices than the interior of the country where they can use domestic and Canadian crude. I think the prices are going to top out at $3.50 to $3.75," per gallon, said Kloza.
President Obama's supporters laughed at Newt's 'Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less' slogan. They saw it as amateurish. The bad news for them was that oil prices dropped right after he said it. That's because President Bush removed the federal moratorium on oil production on the OCS.
Then-Speaker Pelosi then tried fooling the American people by holding votes that talked about increased domestic energy production. Congress rightly rejected her measures because Pelosi's legislation included many anti-production provisions that passing Pelosi's legislation would've been counterproductive.
Republicans put together a comprehensive energy plan, which was called the American Energy Act. It never got a hearing, much less a vote. Had it gotten passed, today's difficulties would've been largely averted. Unfortunately, then-Speaker Pelosi was too tied to playing legislative games rather than doing what's right for American to consider doing what was right.
If we don't dramatically increase domestic production of oil, coal and natural gas, we'll be facing $5.00/gallon gas prices. If that happens, the economy will tank to the point where we won't recover for another decade.
This is both an economic issue and a national security issue. Getting this policy wrong, which the Obama administration has consistently done, will cripple this nation. This administration has gotten things wrong because they're too compliant with militant environmentalist organizations' campaign contributions, organizations like MCEA, the Izaak Walton League and the Sierra Club.
If you want another decade of economic stagnation, high inflation and a further erosion of America's economic base, just keep President Obama in office. If, however, you'd prefer prosperity based on solid fundamentals and infrastructure, then it's imperative that we dump this administration and elect pro-growth legislators.
The choice is that clear.
Posted Wednesday, February 23, 2011 12:07 AM
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J.D. Burton's Ethical Difficulties Continue
When lobbyist J.D. Burton told his clients to not tell the whole truth when they testified, he created a lot of problems for himself. Here's what he allegedly told Redwood Falls Mayor Gary Revier:
"Please do not tell him the cuts in (sic) OK because you planned for it, even if you did. This will only lead to another massive round of cuts later this session because legislators will believe the first round of cuts caused no harm, and therefore cities should do more to "feel the pain" or "live within their means."
A day later, Burton issued this strained apology :
While the council considers the issue, Burton today delivered letters to all 201 legislators apologizing for what he called a 'poorly worded' message. 'I regret that sentence was crafted in haste and not more carefully examined...' he wrote.
Burton's boss tried spinning things this way:
'It was easily misunderstood, or misinterpreted,' Flaherty said. 'It was ambiguous.'
That's nonsense. Here's Dictionary.com's definition of ambiguous:
open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations; equivocal
It's pretty straightforward, really. J.D. Burton told Gary Revier to exclude parts of the truth about Redwood Falls' budgeting because it would've undermined the case they were trying to make for keeping LGA untouched.
Based on this article , it appears that he'll pay a price for his corruption:
GOP Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch is asking the Minnesota Government Relations Council (MGRC) to investigate Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities lobbyist J.D. Burton, saying he asked Redwood Falls city officials to give false information to legislators.
Koch said Burton sent an e-mail to Redwood Falls Mayor Gary Revier, urging him to not tell lawmakers that they planned for cuts to local government aid, a program that was cut in GOP leadership's vetoed budget bill but spared in Gov. Mark Dayton's budget proposal.
I don't know what the disciplinary options are but telling a city official to be less than truthful should carry with it a stiff penalty, possibly even a suspension from his current duties. Corruption of that magnitude can't be tolerated.
Originally posted Wednesday, February 23, 2011, revised 15-Dec 7:40 PM
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Dayton's Priorities Need Re-Examining
Tuesday, Gov. Dayton wasted a good portion of his day showing his solidarity with Wisconsin's public union workers. Gov. Dayton thinks that they need protecting. Actually, I think it's because public unions are major contributors to his campaign.
Senate Assistant Majority Leader Dave Thompson issued this statement questioning Gov. Dayton's prioritization and time management:
I'm disappointed that Gov. Mark Dayton decided to attend a rally focused on the budget battles in Wisconsin. Gov. Dayton said in his State of the State Address that Minnesota is in a 'fiscal crisis,' yet rather than spending his time working with legislative leaders on solutions to Minnesota's 'crisis,' he's involving himself in the budget battle in Wisconsin. He has chosen to support Wisconsin teachers who are feigning illness and deserting their students in order to attend partisan political rallies.
Governor Dayton's budget proposal, which has yet to earn the public support of DFL leadership in the Minnesota House or Senate, calls for $3.35 billion in new taxes, an increase in General Fund spending of 22.3 percent and the highest income tax rate in the nation. Instead of focusing on budget battles over 200 miles away in another state, Governor Dayton should be re-working his budget plan to ensure Minnesota's 'fiscal crisis' is solved.
After releasing his budget, Gov. Dayton admitted that his budget was a starting point rather than a serious, well-thought out plan. It's such an awful budget that Rep. Thissen and Sen. Bakk, the minority leaders in the House and Senate respectively, refuse to say whether they'll support Gov. Dayton's budget.
Gov. Dayton's unserious budget was his impersonation of then-State Sen. Obama casting a vote of present. He was obligated to submit a budget. Technically, he's now passed that hurdle. As a leader, though, he's falling far short of meeting his obligation.
Instead of actually putting a real budget together and working hard to create jobs that don't need an annual infusion of debt cash, Gov. Dayton has spent his time playing up to his political base.
Nothing he's done suggests that Gov. Dayton is a leader. Instead, his actions suggest that he's more interested in being a pandering politician.
The other thing that's obvious is that Dayton's budget isn't an economic document. There's nothing in the document that says he understands that the 1980s paradigm he's using doesn't work anymore. There's nothing in his budget that says he understands capitalism.
In that light, it's easy to understand why he'd rather focus on things other than his official responsibilities. That's why he'd rather express his support for unions.
Considering his history of abandoning his DC office in October, 2004, I wouldn't be surprised if he feels a solidarity with the 14 Senate Democrats who fled to Illinois. It's as if they're kindred spirits.
It won't take long before Minnesotans start experiencing buyers remorse. Gov. Dayton's economic priorities are screwed up. His time management is almost as bad as his economic priorities. Dayton's alliance with special interest groups is troubling, too.
That's because Minnesotans can't be certain he'll have their best interests at heart.
Posted Wednesday, February 23, 2011 1:31 AM
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BREAKING NEWS: Dayton Administration Ignores Legislature's Information Requests
I got a call this am from a dedicated reader of LFR who works near the Capitol. This contact said that he's heard alot of grumbling about the Dayton administration's secrecy and their playing hardball with information requests.
For instance, one request that didn't get filled was for specific budget details from the Minnesota Public Facilities Authority in terms of the operational costs. Executive Director Kuhlman admitted to Chairman Morrie Lanning that they'd received the committee's letter requesting these specific details.
He then said that he "was hesitant to give" the committee a document with his name on it after his boss had told him not to supply the committee with this information.
This isn't an isolated incident, either. Another St. Paul contact that I spoke with sent me video of a hearing yesterday in Frank Cornish's committee. While I can't embed the video, I was able to transcribe the 30-second video instead. Here's the transcript:
Chairman Tony Cornish: Rep. Liebling, If you and the governor want to keep your head in the sand about illegal immigration and illegal aliens, that's fine with me. One case in point: I asked the state patrol to show up today and testify on my illegal documents bill . I had an officer who's assigned to ICE.
I told him he didn't have to take a stance on the bill. All I wanted was factual information. The governor's office took back the state patrol officer and would not let him testify on the illegal documents bill even though all I wanted was factual information.
Who named Gov. Dayton emperor? When did he acquire the authority to ignore legitimate requests from the legislature and to withhold information from standing committees?
Why wouldn't Gov. Dayton let this patrol officer testify? Why would Gov. Dayton think he doesn't have to comply with committees' legitimate requests for information relating to their legislation? Why aren't DFL legislators on these committees speaking up about Gov. Dayton's stonewalling?
It's rather serious that Gov. Dayton wouldn't let this patrol officer testify on a public safety issue. If there's anything more important than protecting the public, I can't think of what it is. Obstructing the efforts of committees to protect the public is unconscienable and it can't be tolerated.
This is utterly shameful. It's like he thinks he's above accountability.
By rejecting the legislature's requests, Gov. Dayton is being an obstructionist to the legislative process. That's unacceptable, especially at a time when there's much work to be done to straighten out the mess Minnesota is in.
Conducting oversight into how bonds are dealt with might save the state money that can be used elsewhere. Without the reports that Gov. Dayton's administration is withholding, legislators can't look for cost-savings and efficiencies.
When Minnesotans voted last November, I'm confident they weren't voting for a governor that would prevent legislators from doing their job.
This is the second indication that Gov. Dayton is interested in jamming everything into the last couple of days of the session. First, he vetoed a bill that would've saved Minnesota's taxpayers $900,000,000. Obviously, that isn't enough to eliminate the deficit but it's a nice start early in the session.
Unfortunately, this isn't new for the DFL. For the last 4 years, I've accurately called the DFL majorities obstructionist majorities. They've earned that title because they've ignored legislation that would've saved Minnesota's taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars. That's unacceptable.
Minnesotans need elected official that work towards positive solutions. Thus far, the Dayton administration falls far short of that benchmark.
Posted Thursday, February 24, 2011 12:18 AM
Comment 1 by eric z. at 24-Feb-11 08:49 AM
The party of NO is shouting, "Unfair?"
Pawlenty was unfair.
Where were you then? Cheering on the pom-pom squad?
Comment 2 by Chad Quigley at 24-Feb-11 10:51 AM
Pawlenty was unfair? How? Did he prevent anyone from testifying like Gov. Goofy is doing?
This should not surprise anyone since this Gov. has holed himself up in a closet. Can we please get an adult in the seat so some work can get accomplished?
Rep. McCollum: EPA Must Be Protected
This post on MEP's blog records most of Rep. Betty McCollum's rant against the Republicans' budget cuts. Here's what she said:
'I rise today to let the American people and all Minnesotans know that this Continuing Resolution is an unprecedented assault on our public health and environment. We know the federal budget is in crisis and we know we must make tough choices. But those choices must be prudent, wise and invest in our future. It should not put the basic health of Americans at risk.
'The Republicans' plan before us proposes to cut $3 billion from the EPA's budget, the largest percentage cut to this critical agency in 30 years.
'The bill also proposes radical policy language to keep the EPA from carrying out its historic mission, a mission to protect the health of the American people by limiting the EPA's ability to enforce the Clean Air and Clean Water Act.
'The EPA needs to be allowed to do its job and it needs the resources to do this job. This bill would cause the EPA to lay off 80 percent of its employees who are responsible for protecting public health.
'State clean water programs are gutted by $2 billion in the Republicans' budget. Our local communities are struggling with their own budgets, and these vital funds allow for communities to hire engineers and construction workers to upgrade water plant and drinking water projects.
'It is the EPA's investment in clean water that allows parents to know that if their child walks up to a drinking fountain anywhere in america, they can have the peace of mind that that water is safe for their child to drink. These irresponsible cuts jeopardize that peace of mind.
'The EPA does important work and the work that the EPA does saves lives. I strongly oppose these reckless Republican cuts and radical deregulation proposals that endanger our communities.
'Congress needs to make difficult choices. Mr. Chair, I believe that these are full, hearty choices to shortchange clean air, clean water and the health of our families.
'Yesterday I received over a thousand Valentines from Minnesotans. Those Valentines were dedicated to the EPA. My constituents understand the important work that the EPA has done to protect our water, our land and their health for the past 40 years and it's work that they feel must continue.
'This Continuing Resolution would turn back all the progress we have made in cleaning up our environment. I firmly reject it and urge my colleagues to do so as well.'
I actually partially agree with Rep. McCollum when she said that "We know the federal budget is in crisis and we know we must make tough choices. But those choices must be prudent, wise and invest in our future."
The budget shouldn't include anything that's counterproductive. For that matter, government agencies shouldn't be involved in things that cripple the American economy. Cap and Trade is one of those counterproductive things that our government is involved in.
Besides being something that'd cripple our economy (not that it'd take much right now), doing through regulatory fiat what it couldn't accomplish through the legislative process is despicable.
Anything that the GOP House can do to stop the EPA's extraconstitutional government-by-fiat meddling would be welcome.
Of course, Rep. McCollum didn't mention that President Obama is using the EPA to turn already high gas prices into stratospheric high gas prices.
Rep. McCollum's hyperbolic rants aside, the reality is that she's bought the global warming alarmists' agenda hook, line and sinker. There's little proof that she's got serious critical thinking skills. I mean, it's insulting to hear her say this type of BS:
"It is the EPA's investment in clean water that allows parents to know that if their child walks up to a drinking fountain anywhere in America, they can have the peace of mind that that water is safe for their child to drink. These irresponsible cuts jeopardize that peace of mind."
I thought it was the city's responsibility to build water treatment facilities that keeps our water clean. Will cutting the EPA's budget do anything to stop these facilities from working? If cutting the EPA's budget won't affect the facilities' day-to-day operations, why should parents worry one iota about drinking fountain water?
This is what I called Rep. McCollum's hyperbole. I stand by that opinion, mostly because her statements aren't rooted in logic.
The EPA has stood in the way of economic growth, not because of legitimate environmental concerns but because of their cowtowing to the environmental extremists' agenda. That must stop ASAP.
We don't just need to cut the EPA's budget. We need to replace the EPA with an organization that's interested in solutions rather than this confrontational organization?
Posted Wednesday, February 23, 2011 11:32 AM
Comment 1 by Chad Quigley at 23-Feb-11 12:42 PM
She is one of the dumbest people to ever have been "elected" to office yet she keeps getting "elected" because the DFL in CD4 will vote for dog crap as long as it has a D behind the name.
Unions Sending Conflicting Messages On Working Families
When the legislature elected Rep. Laura Brod to a 6-year term on the U of M Board of Regents, the MN AFL-CIO expressed their outrage, saying that working families wouldn't be represented .
That outrage was missing yesterday when Gov. Dayton and his union allies gathered for a rally in the Capitol Rotunda . Here's the unions' focus yesterday:
Walker wants to end most public union bargaining rights and raise what state workers pay for health insurance and pensions as he faces a budget deficit similar to that in Minnesota. In Minnesota, public workers already pay about the same for insurance and retirement plans as Walker seeks in his state.
Who's looking out for middle class families? The unions fight for the unions' outrageous benefits that middle class families subsidize. How is that looking out for Main Street families?
For that matter, what was the purpose of the rally? This is informative:
'We are all in this fight together,' Stillwater teacher Josiah Hill said. 'Today, we are all Badgers.'
Who pays the public unions' salaries? Isn't that We The People? So Josiah Hill says that the unions are in a fight against We The People? Didn't Rep. Rukavina and Sen. Pappas say that a union representative on the U of M would look out for the little guy?
Doesn't it sound like the unions are mostly looking out for the unions? Whatever happened to looking out for the little guy?
Posted Wednesday, February 23, 2011 1:38 PM
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