Behold The Unionista

Posted on February 17, 2011 | Leave a comment

These are teachers.

These are people who teach our children to love learning.  To respect others.  To play nice.

And this is what we get:  From Althouse

Unions!  Fire every single one of these union workers that called in sick to protest!

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Caution Government at Work

Posted on February 16, 2011 | Leave a comment

Wanna know why the cost of Medicare is going up?

Raleigh, N.C. — If a wheelchair costs $160, why would Medicare pay eight times as much? That’s the question one local woman asked after her elderly father needed a wheelchair to get around.

As a WRAL investigation found, it’s all in the way Congress set up the spending plan.

A wheelchair seemed like a simple purchase for Jeanne Gunter’s 95-year old-father when he moved to assisted living, but she soon learned that Medicare’s payment system is not so simple.

Medicare rents to own equipment, such as wheelchairs. One wheelchair, for example, costs $104 a month for up to 13 months, which is about $1,300 total. Providers must maintain the liability to repair the chair during the 13 months of rental.

“We could’ve bought a wheelchair,” Gunter said. “I looked at a local pharmacy and looked at a wholesale club, and you could easily get one for $150 to $200 comparable to what we have.”

By all means, let’s have these people run my health insurance program.

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Lending Money

Posted on February 16, 2011 | Leave a comment

There’s all kinds of reasons why people want to borrow money.  Mostly, though, there are two:

  1. They need the money now.  A bill has to be paid or service will be turned off.
  2. They want something now.  A purchase is to be made and saving the money isn’t desirable.

In any case, an individual is taking current value of money in trade for some future value of money.  And current money is more valuable than future money; I’d rather have $20 now than $20  later.  So, to compensate for that, money lenders charge interest.  While I would rather have that 20 bucks now, I might be willing to hold off if I could get 25 bucks next week.

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Man Crush

Posted on February 16, 2011 | 2 comments

A continuation of my love affair with Chris Christie:

A leader leading is something to behold.

Hat tip:  The Journal of the American Enterprise Institute

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State Union Shennanigans

Posted on February 15, 2011 | 2 comments

UPDATE:

A commenter noticed that I had incorrectly said that North Carolina State Employees have collective bargaining rights.

They do not.

stand corrected.

It’s the same ‘ol story;  The scorpion, needing passage across the steam, requests assistance from the frog.  The frog, justifiably suspicious of the scorpion demurs only to receive the promise from the scorpion that he will not sting him.

The rest shall we say, is history.

But the story is proving to be a fantastic parallel in North Carolina in specific and the rest of the states in general.

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Unions: The Beginning of the Beginning?

Posted on February 13, 2011 | Leave a comment

One thing is true.  Unions increase unemployment and raise the cost of goods.

Period.

The modern concept of Union is able to accomplish this by the force of sword and gun.  Laws have been passed that allow Unions to access the police force of the state to intervene on the Union’s behalf.  With this access, the Unions are able to negotiate benefits for themselves that would not otherwise be possible in a relationship between two parties.  In short, the Union uses legal coercion to obtain their benefits.

And this increases unemployment and raises the cost of good above what they otherwise would be.

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The Hits Just Keep Comin’

Posted on February 11, 2011 | Leave a comment

For better or for worse, it’s done:

House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers (R-Ky.) on Friday evening introduced a revised 2011 government spending bill that the GOP said will cut at least $100 billion in spending this fiscal year, bowing to demands by Tea Party-backed House freshmen.

Kickin’ and screamin’ we’ll keep tryin’ to get this country back to where it needs to be!

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Egypt: It Worked

Posted on February 11, 2011 | 2 comments

President Mubarak has stepped down.  He resigned his position and gave control of the nation to the military.

This toppling of power came after several weeks of peaceful protests.  Protests that withstood opposing forces organizing counter protests armed with sticks, rocks and riding horses and camels.

Today is a tribute to freedom loving people all across Egypt.  It’s my belief that above all else, they simply want one thing, that one thing that we all want.

Liberty by law!

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More Good News From the Party of Tea

Posted on February 10, 2011 | 2 comments

Just when I thought it couldn’t get better….it got better.

Republicans abandoned a bill to slash $74 billion in federal spending Thursday after coming under heavy pressure from Tea Party-backed freshmen to fulfill the party’s pledge of cutting $100 billion this year, House aides confirmed.

House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers (R-Ky.) had intended to release a continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government after March 4 that would have cut $32 billion from current spending levels and $74 billion from Obama’s 2011 budget request. He outlined some of the major cuts in the CR on Wednesday.

But the GOP’s large bloc of Tea Party-backed freshmen resisted that plan, instead calling for the full $100 billion cut the party had promised in their “Pledge to America.”

We want this budget reduced.  We want spending reduced.  We want government reduced.

Do it.

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When We Said “Smaller Government” We Meant Smaller Government!

Posted on February 10, 2011 | Leave a comment

For nearly 40 years I lived free from the burdens of a red hot political fire.  Sure I had my views on issues, the big ones, without a doubt.  But reading and studying like I’ve done?  Never.

It never EVER occurred to me to “be political”.

But that ALL changed with Barack Hussein Obama.  In an instant.

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