Apparently, President Obama likes to ignore his advisors. Either that or some agencies in Washington missed the President’s speech when he said he wanted job creation to be his number one priority. You see, one would think that, if the President really wanted to create jobs, he would listen to his economic advisors, like former National Economic Advisor Larry Summers, who wrote:
Another cause of long-term unemployment is unionization. High union wages that exceed the competitive market rate are likely to cause job losses in the unionized sector of the economy.
Presumably, the President realizes that unions cause long-term unemployment and, if his number one priority is job creation, one would think that he might consider sending a note over to the union-controlled National Labor Relations Board and tell them to stop trying to cripple companies. Especially since the NLRB has become the de-facto union organizing committee for union bosses and is intent on cramming unions down companies’ throats by any means necessary.
In addition, since the national debt is so high and cutting spending is allegedly a priority, one could also expect the President to tell his union-controlled NLRB to stop spending tax-payers’ money to advertise for unions. Literally.
It’s bad enough that top AFL-CIO boss Richard Trumka thinks that raising taxes or fighting for more regulations on business will somehow create jobs. However, to have an agency of the federal government actually doing the unions’ bidding to the level that the NLRB is, it is shameful
On Thursday, February 17th, the House of Representatives voted 176-250 against defunding the NLRB. Among those voting against defunding, 60 of them were Republicans (see list below). Perhaps the next time a vote to waste taxpayer dollars on the NLRB comes up, these GOP House members will think twice about funding an agency that is doing all it can to aid big union bosses while the continue stifling job creation.
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David Schweikert (AZ) (not voting)
Mario Diaz-Balart (FL)
David Rivera (FL)
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL)
Tom Latham (IA)
Raul Labrador (ID)
Mike Simpson (ID)
Judy Biggert (IL)
Robert Dold (IL)
Randy Hultgren (IL)
Tim Johnson (IL)
Adam Kinzinger (IL)
Peter Roskam (IL)
Bobby Schilling (IL)
Aaron Schock (IL)
Larry Bucshon (IN)
Ed Whitfield (KY)
Dave Camp (MI)
Thaddeus McCotter (MI)
Candice Miller (MI)
Mike Rogers (MI)
Tim Walberg (MI)
Chip Cravaack (MN)
John Kline (MN)
Jo Ann Emerson (MO)
Sam Graves (MO)
Denny Rehberg (MT)
Jeff Fortenberry (NE)
Charlie Bass (NH)
Leonard Lance (NJ)
Frank LoBiondo (NJ)
Jon Runyan (NJ)
Chris Smith (NJ)
Joe Heck (NV)
Chris Gibson (NY)
Michael Grimm (NY)
Richard Hanna (NY)
Peter King (NY)
Tom Reed (NY)
Johnson (OH)
Steven LaTourette (OH)
Steve Stivers (OH)
Patrick Tiberi (OH)
Mike Turner (OH)
John Sullivan (OK) (not voting)
Greg Walden (OR)
Lou Barletta (PA)
Charlie Dent (PA)
Mike Fitzpatrick (PA)
Jim Gerlach (PA)
Mike Kelly (PA)
Patrick Meehan (PA)
Tim Murphy (PA)
Bill Shuster (PA)
Blake Farenthold (TX)
Rob Wittman (VA) (not voting)
Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA)
Dave Reichert (WA)
Sean Duffy (WI)
Tom Petri (WI)
Paul Ryan (WI)
Jim Sensenbrenner (WI)
Shelley Capito (WV)
David McKinley (WV)
Not Voting
David Schweikert (AZ)
Bill Shuster (PA)
John Sullivan (OK)
Rob Wittman (VA)
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“I bring reason to your ears, and, in language as plain as ABC, hold up truth to your eyes.” Thomas Paine, December 23, 1776
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Now, now LUR,
The_Gadfly (Diary) Thursday, March 3rd at 11:45AM EDT (link)you KNOW Larry Summers is their pet moderate. He’s only brought out to speak in public and have his head patted when he AGREES with their positions.
That list blows my mind
heartlander (Diary) Thursday, March 3rd at 12:51PM EDT (link)It includes way too many Tea Party freshmen, whose campaigns I donated to!
Adam Kinzinger, Chip Cravaack, Sean Duffy, Joe Heck…
Not to mention good solid conservatives such as Paul Ryan. PAUL RYAN?!?!
“The still, small voice of God in every human soul is the greatest ally of the pro-life cause, and why it will ultimately prevail.”
–Donald R. McClarey
More Cowardice from Republicans
Ausonius (Diary) Thursday, March 3rd at 1:30PM EDT (link)It is obvious: these Republicans are still afraid of pro-union press stories about how they are trying to trash “working Americans” in favor of “fat-cat businesses shipping jobs overseas” etc etc etc.
If they took the time to counter this propaganda with a positive explanation that unionism is the force exporting jobs, that unionism is creating a work ethic of “do as little as possible for highly inflated wages” etc. then they would not need to worry about the typical Leftist media response.
Ausonius: 310-395 A.D. Teacher, Poet, Consul, General, Farmer.
Personal Tutor to the future St. Paulinus of Nola and to young Gratian, heir to the throne during the turbulent final years of the Western Roman Empire. When his former student Gratian was assassinated, Ausonius threw up his hands and retired to his farm in Gaul. Rome was captured by barbarians 14 years after his death.
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AND…Know Your Czars…Before They Hit BIG BRObama’s Unemployment Line in November: http://www.czarcards.us/
Apparently, the vote took place among a long list of other votes...
LaborUnionReport (Diary) Thursday, March 3rd at 2:03PM EDT (link)They need to read the bills they’re voting on.
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In any compromise between food and poison, it is only death that can win. In any compromise between good and evil, it is only evil that can profit.-Ayn Rand
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Correction: It was an amendment to the budget bill.
LaborUnionReport (Diary) Thursday, March 3rd at 2:04PM EDT (link)[I hit the reply button too quickly.]
“I bring reason to your ears, and, in language as plain as ABC, hold up truth to your eyes.” Thomas Paine December 23, 1776
In any compromise between food and poison, it is only death that can win. In any compromise between good and evil, it is only evil that can profit.-Ayn Rand
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So is the problem lazy reps
enrique Thursday, March 3rd at 3:13PM EDT (link)or are they wimps? Do they think the Tea Party won’t attack them because of the R after their name (which is a very tarnished and mostly meaningless label)? I’m very proud that my rep in MI-3 explains all of his votes and actually uses constitutional reasoning. I’d recommend everyone check out Justin Amash’s facebook page and maybe convince their reps to do the same and explain EVERY vote.
www.facebook.com/repjustinamash
“There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one striking at the root.” Henry David Thoreau
Pelosi
ag8tor Friday, March 4th at 7:25AM EDT (link)probably reminded them that they would know what was in each bill …after they passed them. Idiot!
Unless a union is fighting communism
claude5 Thursday, March 3rd at 12:58PM EDT (link)like Lech Walesa’s Solidarity, then they are communists themselves. Shame on those Tea Party-lite RINOS and Erique Canteur.
The National Labor Relations Act
caboose Thursday, March 3rd at 2:54PM EDT (link)requires that the National Labor Relations Board Issue Unfair Labor Practices against Labor or Management, or both when a violations occurs regardless of who commits it. Example, lets say that the union or management refuses to process a grievance of a craft employee. That is a violation, and an unfair labor practice has occured. If both refuses to process a grievance, then the grievant can file an unfair labor charge against both of them. Since the NLRB is demonstrating partiality toward the union, can a member of a union be assured that the the NLRB will follow the law and issue an unfair labor charge against the union. Congress needs to investigate the NLRB, and if they are found guilty of colluding with the union, to deny union members rights under the law, action must be taken to decertify the NLRB.
Your giving Obama and congress...
ag8tor Friday, March 4th at 7:31AM EDT (link)TOO MUCH CREDIT. I have said all along that the win in November means nothing if it’s business as usual especially in the House. True colors are starting to show through. Even the rookies are already pandering to the unions to protect their jobs and collect their voting base. Is it that they get corrupted when they get to DC or are they already headed that way before they get there?They are favoring the same groups that got us in this mess to begin with. There is not a spine in Washington!
Worried about getting re-elected already?
politicallydisgusted Friday, March 4th at 10:31AM EDT (link)If you don’t do the job you were elected to do your not going to get elected anyway! May as well step up to the plate and get busy!
Jo Ann Emerson (MO), Sam Graves (MO)… That means you.
This is where cowards tremble and the brave forge ahead.
Damn the consequences.
I Knew, We Knew ... Didn't We?
bay0wulf Friday, March 4th at 11:19AM EDT (link)The elections of 2010 sent a message. It wasn’t going to cure the problems it was only telling the politicians that we have begun to pay attention, we have begun to demand that THEY pay attention to US.
As Citizens, as Constituents, Our job is NOT DONE. It is NOT finished. Rather, it has only just started.
We MUST remain diligent.. We MUST remain firm in our resolve. We MUST be willing to start with small steps with the sure knowledge that we will be making great strides later. We MUST hold all of our representatives accountable. We MUST SUPPORT the ones who work with us, PUSH the ones who hesitate and ELIMINATE the ones who stand in the way.
We are working to dismantle over 70 years of damage to Our Country, Our Legal System, Our Way of Life. All the changes we need will not come tomorrow.
This is a FULL-TIME job. There will be many part-time people who are involved. We need them but they will not be reliable. We need to keep our eye on what we are trying to achieve and Stay The Course.
As Far As His #1 Priority is Concerned ...
bay0wulf Friday, March 4th at 11:24AM EDT (link)Regardless of what he says is his #1 Priority …
I thought we all knew that it really is “CHANGE”.
Obama is doing as much as he can to rip Our Country apart. All this stuff being pushed through, by fair means or foul, is going to take years if not decades to repair.
Obama has only 1 priority. Destruction of The American Way Of Life and everything it stands for.
This is just one more side issue.
It's not a side issue.
kestrel (Diary) Friday, March 4th at 12:46PM EDT (link)It’s part and parcel of the destruction. The NLRB is aggressively, even forcibly seeking to expand union ranks to facilitate the unions’ skimming off hundreds of millions of dollars from people’s paychecks to fund Democrat campaigns. Republicans need to do their jobs, defund things like this, and let the government shut down. Believe me when I say that the citizenry will explode in wild cheering.
Not a Side Issue ...
bay0wulf Friday, March 4th at 1:28PM EDT (link)to us.
Its a Side Issue to Him.
Its just another rock in the shovel he’s using to throw dirt into the cogs of the machine. If it breaks something … its CHANGE! If it doesn’t … maybe some of the other ones in the shovel will …
This is all part of his shotgun approach to CHANGE … how many things does he have on the plate already? How many things has he gotten past us already using the same method? How many can we maintain our focus on at a time?
I can think of an easy dozen things his Administration is doing RIGHT NOW that are all bad … that are all more CHANGE.
Every one of them is an Important Issue … TO US but not necessarily to them/him. I think each one is a minor piece in their overall strategy.
This one has worked spectacularly well to draw our attention from the rest of the program. Look around …
I see what you mean
kestrel (Diary) Friday, March 4th at 2:25PM EDT (link)but in a sense, all Obama’s issues are priority. You are right about his method, which is why Republicans need to beat back every one of these things with the soundest, swiftest blow they can and move immediately to the next volley. I know we need to be patient, that our government is deliberative and slow by design, but some elected officials still seem to be in denial about Obama’s having stomped on, and wedged down, the gas pedal. It seems these Republicans occasionally knock one ball (or rock) back over the net and bow, oblivious that we in the stands behind them are taking a nonstop pelting. (Now it’s gas prices.) C’mon, Republicans, at least do the stuff you said you were going to do, like defunding ObamaCare and cutting that $100B. And if you voted no on card check, you should have voted to defund the NLRB. Please do so in the 2012 budget. Thanks.
MI's three freshmen voted to defund the NLRB, as did
kestrel (Diary) Friday, March 4th at 1:14PM EDT (link)veteran Rep. Fred Upton who is chair of the Energy and Commerce committee. THANK YOU Reps. Fred Upton, Justin Amash, Dan Benishek, and Bill Huizenga!
Of the five Michigan Republicans who voted to continue funding the board, I don’t know how they can claim to be for small government when they won’t defund this over-reaching board that is now attempting to achieve by regulation what Democrats failed to achieve legislatively (card check).
I am especially disappointed that Rep. Tim Walberg voted against defunding the board. Walberg served one term in congress in 2007/8, lost the seat in the Obama wave of 2008, then recaptured it last November. I don’t have the figures on union campaign donations for the 2010 election, but in 2008, Mr. Walberg was the only House candidate from Michigan to accept ZERO in campaign donations from organized labor union sources. Numbers here (The list is at the bottom of the article). I was hoping that Mr. Walberg would be with us on unions.