Public Employee Labor Union Sues Government
The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents 500,000 federal employees. making it the largest union federal employee union, has sued the federal government, seeking more disclosure about which federal employees and positions will be declared non-essential in the event government shuts down at midnight Friday night.
Read MoreWisconsin Update Last Best Hope Of The Left Crushed By Voters
Despite the picture which has been painted by unions, progressives, the Democratic Party and the mainstream media of an electorate which overwhelmingly supports the unions in their epic battle with Governor Scott Walker over collective bargaining privileges, the election upon which the left has hung the last of their hopes has been a crushing defeat. In one explosive stroke Thursday,
Read MoreTea Party Frustrated With Budget Deals
As congress continues to seek a compromise on how much federal spending to cut in order to avoid a government shutdown, Tea Party activists who helped propel Republicans back into power are growing impatient with the debate.
When Republicans captured the House in November, vowing to slash $100 billion in federal spending
Read MoreContinuing Battle Of Unions Against The Taxpayers
As union thugs protested in the street to drumbeats chanting ‘Tell me what Democracy looks like,’ Judge Maryann Sumi became the poster child for the Left when she blocked publication of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s new law which limits the collective bargaining of Wisconsin’s public employee unions.
Read MoreCollective Bargaining Is Not A Right
The New York Times ran a story in early March purporting to show (according to their headline) that “Majority in Poll Back Employees in Public Sector Unions.” But this poll is completely worthless. To understand why just look at the question they used to justify their headline. “Collective bargaining refers to negotiations between an employer and a labor union’s members to determine the conditions of employment.
Read MoreFunding Deal Or Will Government Shut Down?
With voters growing weary of the continuing games from Washington and yet another threat of a government shut down looming, Democrats and Republicans spent Thursday alternately declaring they had, or hadn’t, reached a deal on funding the federal government through the current fiscal year.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Democrat, Nevada) repeated Vice President Joe Biden’s assertion that the two sides had at least agreed to a number, if not yet the details about what may be cut and what won’t.
Read MoreObama Budget Understates Deficit By $2.3 Trillion
A new, nonpartisan analysis of Barack Obama’s proposed 10-year budget reveals that the Obama administration has underestimated budget deficits by more than $2.3 trillion.
In their preliminary report, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) stated, “In all, deficits would total $9.5 trillion between 2012 and 2021 under the president’s budget.” The Obama budget projected $7.2 trillion deficits over the same period, understating deficits by $2.3 trillion dollars.
Read MoreSenator Rand Paul Introduces Balanced Budget
Politicians typically break campaign promises more often than not. When an elected official instead chooses to keep their word, he or she deserves recognition for their consistency. With the rise of the Tea Party movement, many lawmakers are talking about cutting government spending. Few politicians, however, are willing to truly walk their talk. Some of those exceptions include new senators such as Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT).
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