Thanks. Do you have a summary of cuts contemplated in this plan?
There’s going to be a lot of lying about this by the Democrats and their left-wing media so it’s hard to figure out.
To quote Nancy Pelosi LOL
“You have to pass the bill to see what’s in it.”
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This is rather vague and only partial, but…
This includes:
- Rescinding the funding for 87,000 IRS agents
- Reallocating unspent COVID-19 relief money
- Eliminating Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan
- Ending tax credits for companies that invest in green energy
- Raising the age limit to 56 from 50 on work requirements to receive federal food aid from the >Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP
- Blocking the Biden administration from limiting consumer access to gas stoves or ovens
The funny part is how it’s headlined as “deep cuts”, when it’s just maintaining 2022 spending levels.
Meanwhile, lawmakers are facing a time crunch to avoid default. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told Congress the U.S. could default on its debt as soon as June 5.
What time crunch? If they have until June 5th, I wouldnt expect anything but posturing until June 1st at the earliest.
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Gardner is the Sonos backed district attorney for St. Louis Missouri. Total disaster.
The Democrats are claiming racism, of course, but her incompetence is breathtaking.
She has refused to resign until June 1, but there are many calls for her to resign immediately
A spokesman for judges of the 22nd Judicial Circuit in St. Louis issued this statement: “The judges of the 22nd Judicial Circuit in St. Louis remain committed to serving the people of our great city and are ready to work with the next Circuit Attorney. We hope St. Louis’ next Circuit Attorney is successful in restoring stability to the Office and rebuilding its ranks with experienced prosecutors. However, the judges of the 22nd Judicial Circuit remain deeply concerned about the high volume of serious criminal cases scheduled for trial in the coming weeks without assigned prosecutors. We remain hopeful that community stakeholders in the St. Louis region will work together to offer support and assistance to the new Circuit Attorney as quickly as possible.”
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How many times can you work “fake electors” into an article without bothering to mention what that even means or what alleged crimes they supposedly received immunity from?
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Much needed reforms
Among its provisions, the bill would prevent unions from collecting dues through paycheck deductions and require 60% of eligible workers to join in order to maintain certification. Union members from across Florida, many of whom described themselves as loyal Republicans, decried the measure, saying it would diminish their job protections and potentially violate their constitutional right to collective bargaining.
Yeah right.
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Is this where we ask them which clause in the Constitution grants them this right? Even so, it sounds more like a measure to prevent people from being swept into collective bargaining without their consent.
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“Right” is dicey, particularly for government employees. many people, including FDR, think that is an abomination
What Was FDR’s Stance on Government Unions?
FDR’s issue with government collective bargaining is that in our system of government, “we the people” set public policy through the democratic process. Binding the people to a collective bargaining agreement takes authority away from the people.
FDR applies similar logic to the topic of strikes:
. . . a strike of public employees manifests nothing less than an intent on their part to prevent or obstruct the operations of Government until their demands are satisfied. Such action, looking toward the paralysis of Government by those who have sworn to support it, is unthinkable and intolerable.
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South America has dug itself into a deep hole by electing leftists in multiple countries, but there is some good news. The left-wing news media here in the United States are not amused. Naturally, the conservatives are “far right”
Analysis-Chile’s Constitution Will Struggle to Escape Pinochet’s Shadow
Chile’s new constitution may end up looking a lot like the current text, which dates back to the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship - but without his name on it - after the political right took charge of the redraft process in a harsh nationwide electoral defeat for leftist President Gabriel Boric.
Chile’s Republican Party, led by far-right firebrand Jose Antonio Kast, secured over a third of the national vote on Sunday to elect advisers to draw up the new constitution, a sharp shift from a progressive majority that led the failed first attempt.
The win for the right will likely set the foundations for a far more conservative rewrite of the neoliberal original text, which was credited for propelling decades of strong growth in the copper mining nation, but criticized for causing wide economic inequalities that sparked months of social justice protests in 2019.
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Voting is compulsory in Chile; voters that don’t vote get a fine. About 20% of yesterday’s votes were blank. It’s believed most of them were cast by progressives upset at recent policy failures.
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Are they upset because they did not get enough goodies or because the leftist policies are driving the country into the ditch?
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They complained about not having enough autonomy in the process, whatever that means. Me thinks economic problems like 11% inflation was a factor. President Boric has an approval rating of just 30%.
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From the article
If the the two right-of-center groups, the Republicans and Safe Chile, unite it could leave Boric’s allies with very little room to influence the final text. The preliminary count suggested left-leaning coalitions would not reach the 21 seats necessary to veto proposals or force consensus on certain issues.
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Is this nationalization being driven by the current left-wing government?
Yes.
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President Boric has to throw a bone to his disillusioned followers.
While @shinobi could give us personal memories, I seem to recall that FDR was quite okay with unions of state employees. However, as mentioned, he thought it was an abomination for federal employees. What does that say about his highness?