37 days ago by Taylor Marsh

photo by Pete Souza To win in November, Republicans have to make the election a referendum on Pres. Obama, not a choice between him and the GOP nominee, which is still likely to be Gov. Romney. Proof of this comes from Jonathan Martin, through the voices of establishment Republicans: Mitt Romney’s I ...

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37 days ago by Chris

Comments following the Iowa Caucus and the Republican Primary - sorry Republican readers, but... I am so disappointed in what we have all become - but that's not right - not all. It appears to be the Republican leaders who are not willing to consider any of Obama's plans, will not consider jobs plan ...

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37 days ago by piefarmer

Paul Hoffmeister has a great op-ed in Forbes today. Not only does he explain the Wanniski model of supply-side capitalism in very simple terms, but he uses it to explain the merry go round of Republican Presidential candidates. First, the three tenets of supply-side theory and their order of importa ...

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37 days ago by 281 Exposed

Well District 281′s DFL Party (aka Legislative Action Coalition) has their wonderful agenda for the 2012 legislative session. Believe it or not, their agenda isn’t as redundant and horrible as usual. We almost agree with them on a few issues! There are, however, some serious red flags. *The state mu ...

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37 days ago by David F. Ruccio

The American Economic Association, which is meeting in a couple of day’s time for its annual conference in Chicago, has chosen to keep the Hyatt Regency as the conference headquarters. This means that Registration, the Exhibit Hall, the AEA/AFA and Nobel Laureate Luncheons, all AEA academic sessions ...

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37 days ago by Elkus & Sisson, P.C.

Unions have long been part of Colorado's public schools. Approximately one-quarter of the state's 178 school districts currently have collective bargaining agreements with the Colorado Education Association, the state's teacher's union. A recent Denver Post investigation has brought these agreements ...

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37 days ago by charliethechulo

Gill George, Unite Exec member, is a comrade that we at ‘Shiraz’ would have many differences with (she’s a member of the SWP for a start). But this contribution to the United Left email list is timely and eminently sensible: On 1st December, we were collectively celebrating a successful mass strike. ...

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37 days ago by Bob Walsh

Share, Save CCPOA has settled a discrimination lawsuit filed by long-time former employee Sharon Rafferty against the organization. Sharon Rafferty is the spouse of Dan Rafferty. In 2008 Dan ran for president of CCPOA. Mike Jimenez was successful in getting re-elected to the position that time aroun ...

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37 days ago by Ivan Osorio

The straitened finances afflicting state and local governments across the nation have brought unprecedented scrutiny to government employees’ compensation, particularly pensions. As pro-market critics have pointed out how generous many public pensions are, government union representatives have plead ...

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37 days ago by Teamster Power

We know how much some of our Hoosier brothers and sisters love Neil Young. So in their honor we've chosen his "Union Man" for today's inspiration. Unfortunately we couldn't find a decent youtube video of Neil himself playing the song, so we had to settle for a cover performed by the D. Rangers at th ...

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