… when it affects them.

“Even people who benefit from big government love it less when they have to live under it.” – A. Barton Hinkle

There is a great article on Reason.com about how Democratic majority Fairfax County, VA does not like answering to Richmond and the General Assembly about laws and taxes.

You can’t get a whole lot more Democratic than Fairfax County, just outside of D.C. Barack Obama carried Fairfax 60-38 against John McCain in 2008… The county board of supervisors reflects the split as well. Seven of the 10 members are Democrats. That makes its recent stance on state government rather amusing.

Fairfax is one of the richest counties in America. With a median household income in six figures, it comes in second only to the nation’s richest county, next-door Loudoun. And yet, as reported recently in The Washington Post, the county’s wish list “includes other perennial desires: that Northern Virginia taxpayers see more of the money they send to Richmond, for example.”

“Overall, the county would be pleased if the Virginia General Assembly would stop using Northern Virginia as its piggybank,” continues The Post. Translation: Fairfax does not want to “spread the wealth around,” as Barack Obama put it to Joe the Plumber. But wait – Obama says spreading the wealth around is “good for everybody.” Does the county disagree?

Basically, as usual, Democrats are hypocrites. But, hey, what’s new?

Full Article Here.

“Let’s take these son of a bitches (Republicans) out and give America back to an America where we belong.” – Jimmy Hoffa, Jr.

Unions want to give America back to an America where we belong, according to Teamster president, Jimmy Hoffa, Jr. So, let’s look at a recent example of how unions want to do this.

It’s been in the news lately that the U.S. Postal Service will be completely out of money in a few weeks, they are asking for some kind of “bailout” from congress to keep them afloat. It’s a big deal for Democrats and liberals to point out that the Post Office does not take tax dollars. There is even a commercial by the Postal Worker’s Union about how 100% of their income comes from postage.

Now postage rates, generally are low, especially for mailing letters. They are fairly competitive for larger shipments. But people still use FedEx and UPS for shipping more and more because they are more efficient and technically advance than USPS. I also know that the cost of fuel is hurting everyone, and the Post Office is no different. So why is the USPS hurting and other carriers aren’t as bad? Well, let’s look at one important difference: Labor Costs.

From an article from the Grey Lady herself (NYTimes):

Labor represents 80 percent of the Post Office’s expenses, compared with 53 percent at United Parcel Service and 32 percent at FedEx. Postal workers also receive more generous health benefits than most other federal employees. Meanwhile, the agency has had a tough time cutting its costs to match the revenue drop, with a history of labor contracts offering good health and pension benefits, underused post offices, and laws that restrict its ability to make basic business decisions, like reducing the frequency of deliveries.

So what are their options?

[E]liminating Saturday mail delivery, closing up to 3,700 postal locations and laying off 120,000 workers — nearly one-fifth of the agency’s work force — despite a no-layoffs clause in the unions’ contracts [by] asking Congress to enact legislation that would overturn the job protections and let it lay off 120,000 workers in addition to trimming 100,000 jobs through attrition.

So whenever I hear a Union guy talking about “protecting jobs” or “restoring America” I can only think about a whole lot of out of work union guys. Out of work because unions priced them out of competition. Ask the steel workers or mine workers or auto workers or textile workers and manufactures… pretty soon we can add postal workers and Beoing workers.

Regarding the Republican’s debt limit increase bill:

“”I am concerned about this because we don’t know the details. And until we see the details, we’re going to be extremely non-committed.”
- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Missouri)

Regarding the Democrat’s Obamacare bill:

“We have to pass the bill so you can find out what is in it”
- Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-California)

Just so you know, if Democrats want to pass bills with out reading it, that’s fine. And if they want to reject bills without reading them, that’s fine too.

Always keep in mind that everything is a Republican’s fault, and that what is in a bill is no concern to a Democrat, they only vote party lines; no reading required. Just trust them no matter what.

On Facebook, a former teacher of mine linked a story about IKEA workers in Danville, VA voting to join a union.

Apparently, the workers are mad about having a job in a down economy, in an area that has a high unemployment rate, that STARTS at $8 an hour with 12 paid vacation days a year. The actual range of pay is from $8.22 to $15.31 an hour.

So what do they do? They vote to join a union. Which is fine, they have that right. Problem is, Virginia is a “right to work” state, and unions have no real power.

So, as a sign of support for the poor folks in Danville, who just voted to give away part of their hard earned money to non-producers that cannot protect them, fellow union members from the Richmond, Virginia General Membership Branch of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) wrote:

In the coming days, as you weigh the choice to elect union representation, know that in a ‘right to work’ state such as Virginia, unions can not collectively bargain for ‘union security’. This means there would be a contract provision negotiated whereby agreeing that all workers who receive economic benefits of union representation also share in the cost of maintaining their union. In a ‘right to work’ state, workers can “choose” not to pay into the union, escaping their financial obligation to support their union and fellow workers, pay nothing, and still receive all the benefits. The employing class of course supports the ‘right to work’ law because it does for them what they can’t do themselves, financially drain unions.

Joining a union is all good and well, historically unions have protected workers against harsh conditions. Most of the luxuries we enjoy today have come from unions protecting workers when there was no one else. But nowadays, we have the almighty government that stepped in to protect the unprotected, making unions nothing more than greed machines making a buck off the back of workers, offering little to no protection in the process.

Don’t believe me, re-read that quote. Notice the words “unions can not collectively bargain for ‘union security’. Nope, the point of a union is that everyone can join together, united in union, and force greedy companies to send the jobs overseas. Also notice that in Virginia, you don’t have to pay into a union to receive the “benefits.” No, there are no benefits to be received, so you don’t have to pay for it.

Later in the letter comes the real point of a union:

So, vote union, pay your dues, and demand democracy in the workplace.

Yep, pay your dues. Demand all you want, but there is nothing protecting you, except the laws of the land, and PAY YOUR DUES. That is the bottom line, pay your dues. They only want your money.

Poll: Obama Would Lose Vote Today

Not that I think a Republican would be much better, Ron Paul and Chris Christie withstanding, I just really hope Obama loses.

Obama has been Bush’s third term, but 100 times worse. Bush was bad, trust me. But Obama attempt at fixing the economy has expedited the downfall.

I just want it to end. I want a real fiscal conservative to slow down the spending, have a clear path to revenue generation and let business know what is going on, so they can start planning and hiring. Pretty much the opposite of Obama.

I also want someone to protect civil liberties, stop waging wars and reign in government expansion. Pretty much the opposite of Obama.

I say, let’s hold the election today.