Quote of the Day 1-9-10
Off-topic but interesting…
When millions of blue-collar workers were leaning toward John McCain during the 2008 campaign, labor unions moved many of them into Barack Obama’s column by repeatedly hammering one theme: Mr. McCain wanted to tax their health benefits.
But now labor leaders are fuming that President Obama has endorsed a tax on high-priced, employer-sponsored health insurance policies as a way to help cover the cost of health care reform….
But whether the tax is negotiable remains unclear. Not only has Mr.
Obama specifically endorsed the idea, but the White House and Senate
leaders see the tax as pivotal in paying for the health care overhaul
and addressing runaway health care costs.
Many Democrats and
union officials fear that if both sides dig in on the issue, it could
create a rift between the WH and labor – with some union
leaders hinting they might lobby aggressively against the entire health
care bill if it contains such a tax.
Union leaders have repeatedly warned the WH about the strong
rank-and-file dismay, which could hurt the Democrats in Congressional
elections this fall, especially in battleground states like OH, PA and WI….
~ New York Times, January 8
Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
“But now labor leaders are fuming that President Obama has endorsed a tax on high-priced, employer-sponsored health insurance policies as a way to help cover the cost of health care reform….”
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They must have very high pain thresholds or they are biting some other union members tail. But they are all beginning to howl like unhappy puppies.
[Ask HAL about the ‘tail thing’]
Whatever the reason they have not yet made the connection between for whom they voted and the posterior pain they are now experiencing.
yor bro ken
Yes Ken, the union leaders drunk the Kool-aid and backed BHO thinking he wouldn’t throw them under the bus when it waa convenient. If he would throw his own dying grandmother under the bus to get elected, what made them think he wouldn’t do it to them?