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Unions Tell Taxpayers: “We have no confidence in you.”

And the goshdarn Liberal Wrote: Sep 22, 2012 6:17 PM
It's that 47%. Just get rid of them and the country would be fine. We could let them starve on the streets, like India and china. Oh wait that doesnt happen as much. We could advertise for gas chamber and crematoria operators. If we privatise it no one should complain too much. We could make stealing food a capital crime. The 47%, if they would just go away.
gwharpo Wrote: Sep 23, 2012 11:42 AM
The left has been "Banging the Drums" of this non-story for going on two weeks. That all you got? Answer: YES!
Lance852 Wrote: Sep 22, 2012 8:03 PM
On the other hand, if we get rid of oppressive unions and their cronyism, eliminate mandatory dues, make all states Right-to-Work states, we'll see more of the 47% rise out of that percentage.
modernmover Wrote: Sep 22, 2012 7:09 PM
No, they don't have to go away, just, as Joe Biden put it, get some "skin in the game".
Blind Avocado Wrote: Sep 22, 2012 7:01 PM
Keep beating that straw man. It is all you lefties are capable of as you have no real facts.

All over the country, union leaders are demanding that communities cough up extra cash to help “make teachers whole.” And unions around the country are testing the waters with teachers by asking teachers in budget stricken districts to vote “no confidence” in the community to send a message to taxpayers to cough up cash or else.

The “or else?”

Strike.      

Never mind making communities whole; those communities can never be whole under Obama.

As cash-strapped municipalities deal with declining tax revenues and too-rosy assumptions made by administrators and union officials, teachers unions are stamping their feet, holding their breath and...

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