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1. Unions Shut Down Portugal Over Planned Cuts, Der Spiegel, 11/24/10
Is this what we are to look forward to--unions closing government? Actually that is not a bad idea. As they fail to show up for work, we consider that a resignation and hire people who want to work--and not make them pay a bribe to work. As governments go broke, unions will scream--as they should--we are taking away their ability to control government--we can no longer afford special interest unions."Strikes have shut down public services across Portugal on Wednesday, as unions express growing public dissatisfaction about Portugal's tough austerity measures. Meanwhile, borrowing costs for Portugal are rising sharply amid market fears that the country could be next in line for a bailout. Portugal's biggest unions are staging the country's biggest strike in over 20 years on Wednesday in protest over the tough austerity measures about to be imposed to tackle the country's debt crisis"
2. New "ACORN" Names--- Same Old Jail Terms, Yid With a Lid, 11/26/10
The corruption of ACORN is still with us. As long as Obama, Holder and the rest of the Bill Ayres crew run the country, the country will be facing crime and corruption from ACORN--regardless of the new name.
"The proof of the pudding is that even though ACORN renamed many of its state and local offices they kept the same employees and Tax Identification Numbers. For example, Affordable Housing Centers of America was formerly ACORN Housing. The new corporation has the same Tax Identification Number and Employee Identification Number as ACORN Housing, which received millions of dollars in funding from HUD.
No matter what they are calling themselves these days, ACORN has developed quite the "rap sheet." So far this year, at least 18 former workers have admitted guilt or been convicted on varying charges of election fraud."
3. GM's union recovering after stock sale, Taxpayers and investors not as fortunate as UAW, Washington Times, 11/25/10
Only in America could an organization that caused the downfall of a corporation be the only organization to make money off the demise of the firm.
"General Motors Co.'s recent stock offering was staged to start paying back the government for its $50 billion bailout, but one group made out much better than the taxpayers or other investors: the company's union.
Thanks to a generous share of GM stock obtained in the company's 2009 bankruptcy settlement, the United Auto Workers is well on its way to recouping the billions of dollars GM owed it — putting it far ahead of taxpayers who have recouped only about 30 percent of their investment and further still ahead of investors in the old GM who have received nothing."
4. Will The Light Bulb Ban Inspire A Conversion?, By Luminus Maximus, American Thinker, 11/29/10
The mercury in the government mandated light bulb is toxic--yet Bush and Obama want it in your childs' bedroom.
"Why is the incandescent light bulb ban such a lightning rod for Tea Party-inspired remorse from big government Republicans? Simple: it's a liberty-stealing assault on our privacy and common sense, outrageously expensive, and doesn't solve any of the problems it's intended to fix. That's only for starters. The most egregious feature is that the ban makes fools of the American people who willingly succumb to such nonsense from Washington, DC."
5. Raising the Social Security Retirement Age Might Shift Older Workers Onto Disability Rolls, Report Says, By Susan Jones, CNSNEWS.COM, 11/29/10
The unintended consequence of raising the Social Security retirement age is that more elderly people will end up on disability rolls. The unintended consequence of that is, those who are ruled disabled get half of their pension money as tax free--lowering the tax liability for them and lowering tax revenues for government. Looks to me like this is another policy that was not thought out by the economic illiterate who run our government.
"Raising the retirement age could create an incentive for workers to delay retirement, thus earning more income and possibly saving more for retirement, the GAO reported on Nov. 18, 2010. But it probably would result in more disability applications and beneficiaries, reducing some of the financial savings for the Social Security and Disability trust funds.
It also would increase the Social Security Administration’s disability caseload, which already faces a serious backlog, the GAO reported.
Specifically, the GAO found that raising the EEA (earliest eligibility age) would delay workers’ eligibility for retirement and might cause workers to apply for Social Security Disability Insurance benefits instead of working longer."
6. At Cancun, 'Climate Change Experts' Call for End to Developed World Growth for 'The Next 20 Years', Newsbusters, 11/29/10
Here is the latest idea from the Al Gore wing of the nut house. "
... Prof Anderson insisted that halting growth in the rich world does not necessarily mean a recession or a worse lifestyle, [2] it just means making adjustments in everyday life such as using public transport and wearing a sweater rather than turning on the heating....
This would mean a drastic change in lifestyles [2] for many people in countries like Britain as everyone will have to buy less ‘carbon intensive’ goods and services such as long haul flights and fuel hungry cars."
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1. Unions Shut Down Portugal Over Planned Cuts, Der Spiegel, 11/24/10
Is this what we are to look forward to--unions closing government? Actually that is not a bad idea. As they fail to show up for work, we consider that a resignation and hire people who want to work--and not make them pay a bribe to work. As governments go broke, unions will scream--as they should--we are taking away their ability to control government--we can no longer afford special interest unions."Strikes have shut down public services across Portugal on Wednesday, as unions express growing public dissatisfaction about Portugal's tough austerity measures. Meanwhile, borrowing costs for Portugal are rising sharply amid market fears that the country could be next in line for a bailout. Portugal's biggest unions are staging the country's biggest strike in over 20 years on Wednesday in protest over the tough austerity measures about to be imposed to tackle the country's debt crisis"
2. New "ACORN" Names--- Same Old Jail Terms, Yid With a Lid, 11/26/10
The corruption of ACORN is still with us. As long as Obama, Holder and the rest of the Bill Ayres crew run the country, the country will be facing crime and corruption from ACORN--regardless of the new name.
"The proof of the pudding is that even though ACORN renamed many of its state and local offices they kept the same employees and Tax Identification Numbers. For example, Affordable Housing Centers of America was formerly ACORN Housing. The new corporation has the same Tax Identification Number and Employee Identification Number as ACORN Housing, which received millions of dollars in funding from HUD.
No matter what they are calling themselves these days, ACORN has developed quite the "rap sheet." So far this year, at least 18 former workers have admitted guilt or been convicted on varying charges of election fraud."
3. GM's union recovering after stock sale, Taxpayers and investors not as fortunate as UAW, Washington Times, 11/25/10
Only in America could an organization that caused the downfall of a corporation be the only organization to make money off the demise of the firm.
"General Motors Co.'s recent stock offering was staged to start paying back the government for its $50 billion bailout, but one group made out much better than the taxpayers or other investors: the company's union.
Thanks to a generous share of GM stock obtained in the company's 2009 bankruptcy settlement, the United Auto Workers is well on its way to recouping the billions of dollars GM owed it — putting it far ahead of taxpayers who have recouped only about 30 percent of their investment and further still ahead of investors in the old GM who have received nothing."
4. Will The Light Bulb Ban Inspire A Conversion?, By Luminus Maximus, American Thinker, 11/29/10
The mercury in the government mandated light bulb is toxic--yet Bush and Obama want it in your childs' bedroom.
"Why is the incandescent light bulb ban such a lightning rod for Tea Party-inspired remorse from big government Republicans? Simple: it's a liberty-stealing assault on our privacy and common sense, outrageously expensive, and doesn't solve any of the problems it's intended to fix. That's only for starters. The most egregious feature is that the ban makes fools of the American people who willingly succumb to such nonsense from Washington, DC."
5. Raising the Social Security Retirement Age Might Shift Older Workers Onto Disability Rolls, Report Says, By Susan Jones, CNSNEWS.COM, 11/29/10
The unintended consequence of raising the Social Security retirement age is that more elderly people will end up on disability rolls. The unintended consequence of that is, those who are ruled disabled get half of their pension money as tax free--lowering the tax liability for them and lowering tax revenues for government. Looks to me like this is another policy that was not thought out by the economic illiterate who run our government.
"Raising the retirement age could create an incentive for workers to delay retirement, thus earning more income and possibly saving more for retirement, the GAO reported on Nov. 18, 2010. But it probably would result in more disability applications and beneficiaries, reducing some of the financial savings for the Social Security and Disability trust funds.
It also would increase the Social Security Administration’s disability caseload, which already faces a serious backlog, the GAO reported.
Specifically, the GAO found that raising the EEA (earliest eligibility age) would delay workers’ eligibility for retirement and might cause workers to apply for Social Security Disability Insurance benefits instead of working longer."
6. At Cancun, 'Climate Change Experts' Call for End to Developed World Growth for 'The Next 20 Years', Newsbusters, 11/29/10
Here is the latest idea from the Al Gore wing of the nut house. "
... Prof Anderson insisted that halting growth in the rich world does not necessarily mean a recession or a worse lifestyle, [2] it just means making adjustments in everyday life such as using public transport and wearing a sweater rather than turning on the heating....
This would mean a drastic change in lifestyles [2] for many people in countries like Britain as everyone will have to buy less ‘carbon intensive’ goods and services such as long haul flights and fuel hungry cars."
More...