Comments on: Card Check Bill Dealt A Blow By Senator Spector

By: BigBlu927

BigBlu927 — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 02:38:54 +0000

I can buy the product because i make more money.

By: DougOlinger37

DougOlinger37 — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 01:59:41 +0000

And you wonder why the country is in financial trouble! Your compensation doesn't come out of the employers pocket. In fact there is an underlying reason the employer doesn't gve a rat if you get a larger paychek. Why, you ask? Well the company/Employer has to make a profit. Most profit is calculated as a %age added to production costs. Hense, pay you more, Employer makes more – utnil; the end price is so high that the people can't afford the product. Then – CRASH!

By: BigBlu927

BigBlu927 — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:37:45 +0000

It's your co. . do what you want. If you feel the need to take advantage of you workers ,go ahead. Well , NOT IN MY SHOP!

By: BigBlu927

BigBlu927 — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:04:11 +0000

I know. It is sad.

By: Beau2006

Beau2006 — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 03:37:08 +0000

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I know kckshrugged… My co workers and I would call and email the union leaders but nothing ever came out of it. It's unfortunate but other than doing this and talking among ourselves no one ever seem to go beyond that,I feel remiss now that I feel so strongly about the way our country is going. I have been getting alot of follow ups like yours and planto do some investigating this week. I don't know where else they would be getting the money from but from our dues to send us this literature. Also in the union magazine we receive quarterly it will have full page ads and tell uswhich candidate to support during election time. It seems that this really stepped up once Bush was in office. Thanks for lighting the spark under me.

By: Beau2006

Beau2006 — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 03:21:06 +0000

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Thanks for the info Susieq1

By: Beau2006

Beau2006 — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 03:21:05 +0000

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I know Jim42 you are right!

By: mariasampson

mariasampson — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 02:10:11 +0000

With an economy that is teetering back and forth, I hope that all Republicans in the Senate continue to hold their ground on this issue. All one has to do is look at Union friendly states to see how a Union affects an economy. Every state of the Union is represented at the 912 Project, and I encourage each and every one of you to insist that both of your Senators table this issue. I do not believe there will ever be a time for this Act to be enacted. And this most certainly is not the time.

By: RonL11

RonL11 — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 23:17:15 +0000

I totally agree. Hereis a little something youwont see printed rob Emmanual is a crook also.

From the Desk of Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton:
Rahm Emanuel's High-Paying, Do-Nothing Tenure at Freddie Mac

Obama's Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is not known as a shrinking violet. He's been described as rude, crude, aggressive, mean-spirited, dogmatic and loquacious. Passive, quiet, inconspicuous? Not so much.

So how is it that Emanuel served on the Board of mortgage lending giant Freddie Mac for 14 months without making any noticeable mark, while at the same time reaping huge financial rewards? And why did the normally obtrusive Emanuel keep his lips zipped when presented with an illegal accounting scheme designed to defraud Freddie Mac investors?

These are questions The Chicago Tribune has been asking lately. And here's what The Tribune found out:

Before its portfolio of bad loans helped trigger the current housing crisis, mortgage giant Freddie Mac was the focus of a major accounting scandal that led to a management shake-up, huge fines and scalding condemnation of passive directors by a top federal regulator.

One of those allegedly asleep-at-the-switch board members was Chicago 's Rahm Emanuel—now chief of staff to President Barack Obama—who made at least $320,000 for a 14-month stint at Freddie Mac that required little effort.

"Little effort" may be an understatement. The Freddie Mac board does most of its work in committees. According to the Tribune, there is no documented evidence Emanuel even served on a committee.

But it gets worse.

On Emanuel's watch, Freddie Mac hatched an accounting scheme – reviewed by the board –to defraud investors by artificially inflating the value of the company in order to pay out big bonuses to executives. The company was also slapped with a $3.8 million fine by the Federal Election Commission for using corporate funds to bankroll political fundraisers. In fact, after Emanuel finished his 14-month stint at Freddie , the company held one of these illegal fundraisers on his behalf!

And this is the man we're supposed to trust operating the levers of power at the Obama White House?

Of course, Judicial Watch is trying to dig up as much information as possible on the political corruption that enabled Fannie and Freddie (and their congressional co-conspirators) to operate above the law.

In fact, one Judicial Watch Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request relates directly to the political fundraising scheme that resulted in the FEC fine referenced above. On December 18, 2008, Judicial Watch filed a FOIA request with the Treasury Department regarding political contributions and political contribution policies at Fannie and Freddie .

We are looking into the deliberate campaign by these two agencies to buy political protection on Capitol Hill (mostly from liberals) so that they could continue on their reckless programs to hustle "subprime" mortgages to unqualified homebuyers.

By: ImmigrantsWife

ImmigrantsWife — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:22:02 +0000

Absolutely true and absolutely maddening. Like I said before, I volunteered in McCain's campaign and phoned hundreds of people to remind then of the "bitter, gun and bible-clinging" and "racist, red-neck" remarks. Its amazing to me that they elected both Obama and Murtha. Obama stil got 25% of the Catholic vote in PA , despite being the most pro-abortion candidate in the history of our country. 2010 will be interesting for Murtha and Spector, since one said the Gitmo guys would be welcome here in his district and the other votes for just about anything the Dems want. I think their time is up and theyr'e beginning to feel it too.

Can't wait for 2010!!