Card check through the backdoor
I talked about the defeat of radical SEIU lawyer Craig Becker’s NLRB nomination last night on Hannity, and made note that the Big Labor-indebted Democrats are not going to give up easily.
To wit, via The Daily Caller:
Republicans are up in arms over a pro-union contracting policy currently under consideration by the White House, arguing the measures will significantly increase the cost of government contracts and are part of the Obama administration’s efforts to implement policies that favor organized labor while circumventing Congress.
The Daily Caller reported last week that senior administration officials are considering a series of proposals known as “High Road Contracting Policy” that would give preference to companies bidding on federal contracts that pay hourly workers a “living wage” (typically a mandated, above-market wage) and provide additional benefits above and beyond existing labor laws.
Critics say the proposals would heavily favor unionized companies and significantly increase the cost and amount of time needed to award contracts. Estimates have the potential cost increase at 20 percent, adding about $100 billion a year to the federal budget.
“Making contracting decisions based on political or ideological litmus tests will waste taxpayer dollars and limit economic growth at a time when we can least afford to do so. The administration’s new rules amount to a backdoor attempt at card check. The last thing our small businesses need is to be saddled with new rules that effectively say ‘unionize or die,’” said John Hart, communications director for Senator Tom Coburn, Oklahoma Republican. Coburn and four other Senate Republicans sent a letter to Office of Management and Budget Director Peter Orszag last week asking for a briefing on the proposals; they have yet to receive a response.
Era of fiscal responsibility my you-know-what.
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I bet this bho will appoint becker during the next recess along with many others he wants. The unions will get what they want one way or the other.
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It’s weird. The libtards want every business and employee to be unionized, but they demand open borders so cheap labor can cross the border illegally.
I know it’s obvious: liberals are hypocrites. But still…what’s up with that?
Easy. Votes to keep the Libtards in power.
TOO MUCH TIME-
Surely you realize that the unions don’t care about the workers? And that they only want to stuff their own pockets. There was a time I suppose that unions were meant for the good of the worker. Now ,like most everything else, the serfs are working to build wealth for the elite leaders.
Hope that clarifies this for you.
Biden: “This will be one of the greatest achievements of this administration!”
A tad off Topic but:
Some good Quotes from/about the Empty Suit and Shaka Toots:
Obama agnostic on tax pledge:
Real problem “just a mismatch between money
coming in and money going out”
“There’s no expert on this planet who says that the government telling people what to do actually does any good with this issue,” Shaka was quoted as saying, Regarding Fat Kids.
“The Obama administration has argued that warrantless tracking is permitted because Americans enjoy no “reasonable expectation of privacy” in their–or at least their cell phones’–whereabouts.”
If they are ever able to unionize the privately owned company I work for the owner will shut the place down …
I am sure that mine is not the only company in the country that will shut their doors rather than deal with union thugs …
The company is actually growing despite this economy, and unionization would put an end to that growth ..
Employees are treated well, have great health and retirement benefits packages (although not quite up to the taxable “cadillac” variety), and make above average wages at every level in the company …
I am only aware of 1 individual that has ever quit in the 20 years I have been here … and that was because of a personal need to relocate due to some family issues to an area we did not do business in …
Not many places can say that …
Thank goodness I live in a Right to Work state … if you don’t have a RTW law you need to push for one …
How long before Tom Coburn realizes that Obama is not a “great guy”?
Just one of many reasons congressional approval – after soaring last year to a phenomenal 36% – are now back to 18%…and sinking fast.
Libs like unions! Shhhhhhh! Please, please, please don’t tell them organized labor is only 14% of the workforce.
so let me get this straight. You can have a secret ballot in congress to elect the speaker of the house…that’s all fine and dandy, but us riff raff must have an “open and honest voting process”. What a steaming pile of, well you get the picture
This is the same thought process that led to the loss of 70% of the auto workers jobs in Michigan. Pay more for less.
This is why they want a National Health Care – staffed by Union “Workers”.
maisy, I am shocked, stunned, and amazed! I cannot believe that the unions would be so callous and indifferent to their charges!
Uh, hold on a sec…BARF!
Better now.
This is an administration that seems to like football metaphors, thinking as they are about being “On the 5-yard line” when it comes to destroying American health care; so the phrase that’s probably being used a lot in the White House these days must be, “End run.”
Congress won’t pass cap’n-tax? Do an end run with EPA regulations.
Congress can’t pass socialized healthcare in the normal way? Do an end run with “reconciliation.”
Congress won’t confirm your nominees? Do an end run with recess appointments.
Congress can’t pass Thug-Check? Do an end run with “The High Road Contracting Policy.”
They’re like burglars: they definitely prefer to operate when they think that no one’s watching.
The libtards (can I say that?) don’t care what the man-in-the-street wants. It’s all about them and holding onto power. If it means more votes, they’ll ram through policies and regs that seem hypocritical to their cause. That’s why they are so in favor of granting illegal aliens citizenship. Who cares if they take union jobs. They know how to fix it – make them all union members.
Regulus, don’t forget the quarterback sneak.
Sarahcuda!
Sorry, has nothing to do with the topic at hand, but I just felt like getting misogynists in the Mainstream Media and liberals with Palin Derangement Syndrome all riled up this morning.
It’s soooo easy. They’ll spend the rest of the day trying to get their panties unbunched.
“The ends justify the means.” Pogressive Hero Saul Alinsky
Stay awake America!
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One good thing about recess appointments–they are only good for one year. John Bolton was made the U.S. representative to the United Nations this way and did a good job for the country. But he couldn’t get made permanent by the democRAT controlled Senate.
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What goes around comes around. The conservatives in Congress need to stonewall until the 2010 election TSUNAMI sweeps out more of the C**P in their “representative” pools.
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And the more Comrade Obama (PBUH) and his ilk cram the C**P SANDWICHES down the electorate’s throats–the worse the taste will get. There isn’t enough hot sauce or jalapenos to kill this sabor! TSUNAMI coming for The Messiah in 2012. Welcome to flyover space, Comrade–”fununemployment” awaits you!
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John Bibb
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Keep proposing these things Progressives. We just get more ammo to use in November.
So now the President and his party want to legalize corruption? Is this the “Jobs Bill” you are proposing, the one that no one has seen, and you want the Republicans to endorse? Great-day-in-the-morning, Chicago politics at work, only problem is, most Americans do not like Chicago politics. As a matter of fact, Mr. President, you are only 2 points ahead of an unknonw 2012 GOP candidate.
It’s his chicago roots again. In ill the unions are spelled mafia, and they have worked out a very cozy deal with the pols to split the pie. The unioni gives a bid lower than any other legitimate bid, because the purchasing agent tells them what is low bid, then they get started on the contract, and run into complications and the pols issue them a new cost plus plus contract. That is why road repair in ill takes 5 times longer than road repair anywhere else.