You have just witnessed the life cycle of a Union. When it comes time for the Labor Unions to negotiate, they meet with the politicians. The Democrats happily give them everything they ask for; higher salaries, free health care, robust… Read More ›
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Californians Approve Huge Increases in their Income Taxes – What the HELL were you thinking?
What was it about Prop 25 that was so hard to understand? I live in California and I understood it just fine. Talk about a PERFECT STORM. Californians voted for the union-loving politician Jerry Brown and put him in charge,… Read More ›
Governor Begs Government Workers To Take A Day Off: Workers Say Hell No
The governor of New York, in an effort to close a $9 billion hole in the budget asked 100,000 state government union workers to take ONE DAY OFF without pay. They told him to shove it. All you suckers in… Read More ›
California Unions Ask You To Save “The Little Guy” – No Not You…Them
I’ve found that in most articles about Big Government, especially in newspapers that are left-leaning, the most important piece of information is in the last paragraph. I don’t think that’s an accident at all…I think many people don’t read entire… Read More ›
The Washington Monument Syndrome – The New Swine Flu
Animal Farm: A Modern Parody The swine that politicians are, has led to a resurgence of an infectious disease they carry and unleash on the public from time to time. Known as the”Washington Monument Syndrome,” it has cycles, like many… Read More ›
CA Union Employee Pension Costs Up 2,000%
Let me start with some shocking statistics from the Wall Street Journal… “Approximately 85% of the state’s 235,000 employees (not including higher education employees) are unionized. As the governor noted during his $83 billion budget roll-out, over the past decade… Read More ›
School Fires All Of Its Teachers While Union Seeks Legal Action
From the Associated Press: “A Rhode Island school district has voted to fire all the teachers at an underperforming school. The Central Falls School Committee voted Tuesday evening to fire every educator at Central Falls High School at the end… Read More ›
Triple-Taxation in California
California gasoline is comprised of the following taxes… Federal Excise Tax 18¢ State Excise Tax 18.3¢ Underground Gas Tank Tax (Federal) 1¢ Underground Gas Tank Tax (State) 1.4¢ Misc State, County and Local Taxes approximately 26.1¢ Total California Gasoline Tax:… Read More ›
The Tea Party Movement-What is it?
The Tea Party movement is made of Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians and Independents. There is no central authority or leader, only a loose network of organizations all over the country that agree on a few simple concepts. The Tea Party takes… Read More ›
Cops That Swiss Cheese A Teenager
When the public believes the police acted inappropriately or with too much force, they are told for the investigation to be completed so all the facts are known. Once the investigation is completed, the public is told the report is not available… Read More ›
Female Bartender Attacks A 250 Pound Man
Please view the video and then read the following post. Warning: The video may be uncomfortable for some viewers. To be honest, I don’t know what is more disturbing…the beating, or the other men standing around doing nothing. So you’ve… Read More ›
Government Employees: The Elite Citizen Class
Did you know that in California, 1 in 22 people can drive in violation of the toll roads without a transponder and never pay the fine? Or park illegally in handicap spots? Or be alone and take the carpool lane?… Read More ›
Government Workers Are Better Than You
The current administration continues to elevate government workers into an elite class of individuals that are above the private sector working class. The following is for private sector workers, I’ll get to the public employees in a minute. According to… Read More ›
Uncertainty, The Storm That Never Ends
Nothing makes a recession last longer than market uncertainty. Contrary to what the government would have you believe, the “market” is fairly predictable. There are thousands of leading and lagging indicators that move in certain directions of varying amounts and can… Read More ›
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