In Defense of Public Workers
March 8, 2011
Roger Hickey of the Campaign for America’s Future explains why public workers are paying for the mistakes made by Wall Street.
Putting Our Money Where Our Mouth Is After 780 hours of political cable news, 6000 hours of live financial television, 45 cities, 2 national jobs tours, 277,963 signatures to amend The Constitution, 245 pages of book and a promotion tour for Greedy Bastards, I was exhausted.
Dylan Ratigan Mad as Hell His Epic Network Moment We've got a real problem...this is a mathematical fact. Tens of trillions of dollars are being extracted from the United States of America.
Im Mad As Hell How About You Yesterday, on TV, I exploded. I spent two minutes giving a primal yell at our political system, demanding the extraction of our money and dignity end. It was my most heartfelt and emotional moment on television, ever.
Ron Paul Exclusive Whos Regulating Washington "I want the government to live up to their promises." Listen to Dylan's exclusive interview with Rep. Ron Paul.
Deepak Chopra Leads Meditation at Occupy Wall Street Deepak Chopra joined us at Occupy Wall Street in New York's Zuccotti Park on Monday night, and led a two minute meditation with the General Assembly.
I am a retired union member from at&t. Let me begin by saying that there are serious issues with the operation of most if not all unions. Basically they have become businesses in thier own right with a primary interest in thier own growth rather than the benefit of the members. That said, most workers would be far worse off without the unions. There is little they do to stand between the corporate entity and the general laborer but without them there would be nothing there and the corporate entity would return their employees to the 19th century. There is sufficient evidence to indicate this clearly visible to any who work in the general labor pool. As for public or private unions, what does it matter? I think does have to be reforms, especially in the seniority issues. Again this said, think about the police man or woman out on the streets doing their best to keep us safe, fire men and women putting themselves in harms way every time they answer a fire alarm, and teachers trying to provide a future for our children.
The curious statement here that I'm just scratching my head about is "the question is, why is no one paying for it?" Where have you been?
Our 401s have been pilfered. Our jobs and house have been robbed away from us. The salary chart for Middle America has been stagnant for the last 10 years? A WHOLE DECADE.
Who do you think made those crooks rich AND WHO DO YOU THINK PAID FOR IT?
DUH!
You did not get the point. He's talking about "paying" as in paying for a crime by being prosecuted and sent to jail… not "paying" as in money!!! And a big "DUH!" for you.
Why isn’t our Gov doing anything to help the American people? Do they know something more sinister would be uncovered by prosecuting banksters & Wall Street to the full extent of the law. In accordance to existing laws in each state. Maybe, each state needs to take on the monumental task of prosecuting these robber barons that now have more properties than they know what to do with. There is definitely a moral & ethical blindness that’s been replaced with GREED. It has been called ‘fleecing of America’. Our Gov has dropped the ball. There’s no one to pick up the ball and go with resolving our blight but the American people. We must call an awakening; before it’s too late to turn the tide of our financial demise. America wake up and take up the cause to do the good fight. If, not to save ourselves; but the future of what our forefathers witnessed in their struggle to be free from oppression. There has to be a turning around of this crisis. An end to Americans suffering. Are we now a 3rd world country? We can’t save the world. We need to concentrate on our own affairs.
We get what we vote for…..the electorate has spoken and we seem to have voted for the current crowd. There will be no prosecutions of the guilty as long as the current politicians are in charge. The last time I checked carl rove was still manipulating how America votes. Find out what Karl Rove is up to and you will see deception and deceit in action. He is a master at dividing the masses. Karl joins other demons in history who work behind the scenes to bring for untold misery and suffering. We need to study the mind of Carl Rove then we will truly understand what sort of perverse mental disease he has. He seems to get off on manipulating the electorate, it is a game for him.