Obama’s union allies work to pull negotiations over “fiscal cliff” to the left
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), the National Education Association (NEA) and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) will launch a series of radio and television ads on Tuesday that urges lawmakers to let the Bush tax rates for the wealthy expire while preserving entitlement benefits.
Mary Kusler, NEA’s director of government relations, said the ads will target House Republicans who appear open to raising tax revenue and Senate Democrats who have appeared willing to slash programs like Medicare and Social Security…
“We recognize that the most fiscally conservative Senate Democrats are going to be coming under intense pressure,” Kusler said. “We want to take this opportunity to buck them up and remind that they have been seen as leaders on middle-class issues and to keep working families, seniors and students front and center in their minds when they are doing their decisionmaking.”
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Not surprising
MoreLiberty on November 20, 2012 at 2:46 PM
Great name for his “profession.”
visions on November 20, 2012 at 2:48 PM
Why do you think bho had ALL the union thugs at the wh for a chat last week? They want their ton of flesh for seeing to it bho go re-elected? And bho is SO willing to help them out! A select foto’s get all the goodies and the American taxpayers/citizens get BOHICA!
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letget on November 20, 2012 at 2:50 PM
*shaking the head *
Typical
Do whatever the dems want and deep six whatever gop want
cmsinaz on November 20, 2012 at 2:51 PM
Soooo, how many of these targeted Republicans and “conservative Democrats” do you think ran for office on the promise to raise taxes on the “wealthy?”
I’m guessing, probably, none.
tom on November 20, 2012 at 2:59 PM
And the 30 Republican Governors should ban public employee unions.
Night Owl on November 20, 2012 at 2:59 PM
darwin on November 20, 2012 at 3:00 PM
Republicans should also demand that unions start paying taxes.
darwin on November 20, 2012 at 3:01 PM
Might as well get used to be blamed for the “fiscal cliff”. Doesn’t matter what really happens, only that the media has already decided who is responsible. They’ve been saying it for months. At this point the only sensible thing to do is get out of the way and let them crash. It will be painful for sure, but is there really an alternative? If the media party were not so effective in flacking for their guy the story would be vastly different.
TrueNorthist on November 20, 2012 at 3:07 PM
Let it burn.
The sooner we crash, the sooner we can rebuild and recover.
dczombie on November 20, 2012 at 3:17 PM
Government employees lobby for more government.
Film at 11.
rockmom on November 20, 2012 at 3:26 PM
They’re banned in Virginia, not in Maryland. Compare and contrast the two states in terms of budgets, economic growth, taxes, and unemployment.
rockmom on November 20, 2012 at 3:28 PM