Obama and the Democrats owe the Unions. This is why they are trying like hell to pass the union-backed Card Check bill. It will award the unions billions of dollars to keep the union thug bosses fat and happy.
CNS News reports:
An economist at the nonpartisan Hudson Institute says that if House and Senate Democrats pass the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) — known as the “card check bill” — in this Congress, it would create a “ponzi scheme” environment.
Diana Furchtgott-Roth, a former chief economist at the U.S. Department of Labor, told CNSNews.com on Tuesday that implementing card check would allow unions to swell their ranks with new members who would have to be signed up and pay money into failing union pension plans.
“It shouldn’t be allowed,” she said. “It’s a ponzi scheme as bad as Bernie Madoff.”
EFCA would do away with secret ballot elections for unions, which critics say would open the door to employees being pressured into voting to unionize. Additionally, the new union members could be entered into a multi-employer plan that is badly under-funded, and the wages they would pay into the fund would not go toward their own retirement, but would likely go to fulfill liabilities already owed to new and existing retirees.
Furchtgott-Roth, who has served in every Republican presidential administration since Reagan, spoke to CNSNews.com on a conference call with reporters announcing the release of her new report, “Union Pensions at Risk,” which explains that the most recent data shows nearly a quarter (24 percent) of union-run multi-employer plans were “endangered,” meaning that they only had assets to pay 65 to 80 percent of their liabilities.
Yes, the Union pension bailouts will be the next Democrat-supported bill. It’s coming folks. Remember, Obama has put union goons in top positions in his administration. Ex-SEIU thug, and number one visitor to the White House, Andy Stern, is an “economic adviser” to Obama. This is the guy who left SEIU in debt by the billions. Wonder why the economy hasn’t improved?
Also, who is Obama spending labor day with? Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO head thug. Pay attention folks. The union bailouts are coming.