I say that Chet Culver is a sore loser.

than a leftie who’s lost an election? This is outrageous. I hope for the sake of the people in Iowa, that something can be done to stop this jerk.

Indiana Thrives Under Mitch Daniels

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=38225

On his first day in office, Daniels issued an executive order stripping government unions of their power to collectively bargain. The decision has not only cost the left’s perpetual dependence machine millions in taxpayer-funded union dues, but also enabled the state to cut costs by instituting a “pay-for-performance” personnel system. Without a burdensome labor contract, Daniels slashed government employment rolls from more than 35,000 to 30,454, a 14% reduction. As a result, Indiana now has fewer state employees than it did in 1982.

Iowa Governor-elect Terry Branstad should do the same thing.
Let the unions sue. I would fire them all. I am sure they could fill those spots with folks from states with high unemployment.

I love the fact that some of these guys are going to be getting a 15% raise over the next two years just for not getting fired from a job you can’t really get fired from (the longeivity raises) in a segment of the economy that doesn’t produce a thing.

I’m an electrical and computer engineer with 30 years experience and most of an MBA. I’m also an accomplished product development manager. I work as an independent contractor in one of the most productive segments of the economy. Just to stay employed, I need to be constantly re-learning my craft (a technical degree has a half-life of less than 4 years these days). I need to identify and master the skill sets that will make me “hot” in the coming years, I need to be more professional than the younger engineers who will do the job for less money, and I need to be more responsive than the engineers in India, Singapore, and the Ukraine who will do the job for a _lot_ less. In short, I have to prove on a regular basis (sometimes daily) that I’m not only productive, but that I’m a better value than my competition.

I haven’t had a pay raise in nearly 3 years (unless you count “going from unemployed to employed at 15% less than you were previously making” as a pay raise), but I might be able to make a 20% pay raise this year due to the fact thatI’ve just started with a company that needs my unique skill set and is willing to pay for it. Or, I might find myself unemployed again if I don’t wow them during my first two months there.

If I lived in Iowa and was looking at these clowns getting double-digit pay increases off of my tax money in exchnage for accomplishing nothing more than keeping thier lips attached to the public teat for another two years, I would be sorely tempted to start a civil disobedience campaign aimed at making the state worker’s lives as miserable as possible, up to and including picketing of state office buildings, and pressuring vendors to refulse to do business with the state.

It’s time to outlaw public employee unions.

Is there a way to capitalize on Chris Christie’s excellent work as well as all the R Gvoernor wins in 2010, by having republican governors take on unions through public education, public address, their annual conference.

National Senators and Congressmen will need to be focused on so much else, but I see this as an opportunity for governors to educate the public and help them understand why electing a Republican governor is the right thing to do.

Naked on the state capitol square, and leave the body to rot, as a warning.

Extreme? Sure – but it would be a long time before another lame duck quacked off like that.

The dumb bunnies who voted for Culver won’t even notice. The dumb bunnies who do notice will think it’s a good thing, the “they deserve it” line that Culver uses.
Meanwhile official unemployment is still at 9.5%, but then the above is just how the stimulus package was meant to work.

Does he have a job with a union, law firm or some other Democratic-Party-friendly industry in some other state?

He is just trying to make Terry have to work harder since he hasn’t in the last four years. My real question is can McKinley get enough moderate (HAHA) Dems to cross the ilse to over write this with legislation in the next session of the assembly. And don’t count Chet out for a political future most people will forget about this incodent. I dont think this will be the last we see of Chet Culver. And are there any Dems who aren’t soar losers now a days?