The trade agreement with South Korea was a slam dunk until Obama started trying to bring in provisions to benefit his buddies in the labor unions...
If you've been watching Glenn lately, you'll know what I 'm referring to when I say "the masks are coming off"... These progressive socialists aren't even trying to hide anymore and know in their heart of hearts that the gig is up and the American public will no longer allow them to hide in the shadows like roaches who scatter when the light is turned on... This man is bought and paid for by big labor and the scum of the earth dirt bag George Soros... While Soros is trying to insure an orderly decline in the U.S. dollar in his effort to destroy this countries standing as the most powerful nation on earth, the labor unions are desperately trying to insure that capitalism and the free market system fails... This was never more evident than their 10/2/10 rally in Washington where by the unions and every socialist / communist organization in the country tried how ever so pitifully to display their unity... I will be the first to admit that there was a time and need for unions in this country... THAT SHIP HAS SAILED... When Andy Stern (past head of SEIU) says "workers of the world unite" (taken directly from the communist manifesto) "it's not just a slogan, but the way we must do our work" it's time to put an end to the unions... No longer are there sweatshops in this country, instead these unions have grown into unsustainable entities that are sucking the life out of not only companies, but municipalities and states...
This country can no longer prosper by being consumers and only consumers, we must get back to manufacturing and being the world's leader in innovation... The "Big Government" agencies designed to keep us safe (the EPA comes to mind) combined with unsustainable union pensions have made it impossible for U.S. companies to compete in the global market... Screw the notion of a "Green Economy" which has been documented to cost two jobs for every one it creates... I'm not a freaking genius, but even I can see this is not the direction we should be heading... There are literally trillions of dollars currently being held outside of this country that are begging to come back and create jobs should the powers that be decide to remove their heads from their posteriors and reduce tax rates... The idiots the likes of Pelosi and Reid can't figure out the fact that if the unemployment (that's hitting close to home here) number was reduced from 9.6% to 3% or 4% the amount of revenue coming into the Federal Government's coffers via the existing tax structure would far outweigh the benefit from taxing those that make more than $250,000.00 a year... My next big initiative would be to make every American pay some form of income tax... When 50% of this country doesn't pay any tax on their income is it any wonder that they have no interest in how "Fedzilla" (got to give acknowledgement to brother Ted) spends the money... They might help stop the ridiculous spending if they had a vested interest in the federal budget... My ideal fix would be a "Fair Tax" but that's another post...
NOT RACIST... NOT VIOLENT... JUST NO LONGER SILENT...
Well I certainly agree but to your point on taxation I have a way to promote that idea;
ReplyDeleteIf one does not pay either income or property taxes then they cannot vote until such time they do pay taxes. How can one vote if they have no skin in the game? That in of itself is un-American.
On top of that and in addition to the above I heard an excellent idea from I believe Walter Williams which is basically this ;
For every $20K earned an individual gets one vote i.e., earn $40K = 2 votes, $60K = 3 votes and so-on.
Neither "disfranchises" anyone while at the same time incentives everyone no matter what political ideology they may hold.
Great post BA. The unions are indeed destroying the free market and it is time to evaluate whether or not they are a threat to the economic stability of America. If they are then they should be disbanded.
ReplyDeleteGreat post. Unions are killing this country, and they killed the deal with South Korea, too. That was in the bag, a done deal, but BO just can't understand how anything works. Anything. Personally, I'm hoping that he just breaks down and gets sent off to some padded room somewhere. Biden's no prize, but he's about a zillion times better than BO (and would at least ditch the commie crew in the WH).
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to read your Fair Tax post; I keep meaning to look into that more deeply, but just haven't got around to it yet. I am in favor of a flat tax, though. Anything but this travesty that we have now.
Well said (P)! You are right, the union "ship has sailed". Public employees unions are even worse than the private ones. Our tax money pays their wages while they vote for the people that keep the "goodies" coming. There should be NO public employee unions.
ReplyDeleteAnother thing: Libs always complain about "big business" shipping jobs over seas. The reason the corporations and business's do that is because our liberal government taxes the S@*& out of them. We have one of the highest corporate tax rates in the world.