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These are my links for September 15th through September 19th:
- Hats Off to the House GOP on NLRB Vote – By Larry Kudlow – Thank heavens the House Republicans just passed a bill — the “Protecting Jobs from Government Interference Act” — that would stop the National Labor Relations Board from telling any company where it can or cannot operate in the United States.
Finally, a pro-business signal from Washington. This one inspired by Boeing’s attempt to operate their $750 million South Carolina plant to produce the 787 Dreamliner with at least one thousand workers. The NLRB has alleged that Boeing is retaliating against union workers in the state of Washington by operating a non-union in the right-to-work state of South Carolina.
This is nonsense.
Boeing is actually adding union jobs in Washington State. And if you keep them out of South Carolina, their next stop probably will be China.
Is that what we want?
This is the same NLRB rogue regulator that wants union strike posters displayed in all businesses and is pushing for back-door card check to end the secrecy of union-organizing ballots.
And it is exactly this anti-business bias coming out of the administration that has caused a capital-investment strike by American companies, which are sitting on nearly $2 trillion in cash.
The president should have taken the NLRB into a special presidential woodshed set up in the Oval Office. That’s what Ronald Reagan would have done.
You want to know why this economy could be on the front-end of a recession, with zero jobs? Think anti-business. Think over-regulation.
- Poll: Even Union Workers Back Boeing – The anti-free market jihad that’s being waged by U.S. President Barack Obama’s National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) against Boeing isn’t sitting well with the American public.
According to a new Rasmussen Reports poll, 64 percent of Americans believe that the aircraft manufacturer should be permitted to locate its second Dreamliner assembly plant in South Carolina. Less than a third of that number – 21 percent – disagree.
Not only that, a majority of unionized workers – 59 percent – believe that Boeing has a right to locate its new facility in South Carolina.
“Republicans and unaffiliated voters overwhelmingly side with Boeing on the issue while Democrats are more evenly divided,” the pollsters found.
In April, Obama’s NLRB filed an unprecedented anti-free market complaint against Boeing – alleging that the aircraft manufacturer’s decision to locate a second assembly line for its oft-delayed Dreamliner airplane in South Carolina was a hostile move against unionized workers in Washington State.
The move is clearly an effort by the Obama administration to discourage companies from locating new jobs to right-to-work states.
“Boeing has created hundreds of new jobs with the innovative Dreamliner and a cutting-edge production facility, but the National Labor Relations Board’s attempt to punish this success would drive jobs overseas,” U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina) said recently.
- Poll Watch: Unemployment Rate Improves in Mid-September to 8.8% But Underemployment Remains High | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Poll Watch: Unemployment Rate Improves in Mid-September to 8.8% But Underemployment Remains High #tcot #catcot
- Even when it succeeds, Obamacare fails | Campaign 2012 – RT @conncarroll: Even when it succeeds, Obamacare fails #tcot
- Day By Day September 19, 2011 – Lost in Translation | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – With President Obama redistribution of income and capital gets better and better….:
- (404) http://t.co/NxR – RT @jimgeraghty: In Nevada, a Democratic party insider is telling candidates, "Don't get your picture taken with Obama." …
- @Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-09-19 | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – @Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-09-19 #tcot #catcot
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- A Methamphetamine Vaccine? | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – A Methamphetamine Vaccine? #tcot #catcot
- Flap’s Dentistry Blog: The Daily Extraction: September 18, 2011 – The Daily Extraction: September 18, 2011
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- CA-26: Will Rep. Elton Gallegly Run for Re-Election? | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Flap says Rep. Elton Gallegly WILL run for re-election in 2012.:
- President 2012: California Taking a Back Seat for Presidential Campaigns? » Flap’s California Blog – California always the Presidential funder but never the competitive campaign state.:
- Dilbert September 18, 2011 – Imperious Interruptus » Flap’s California Blog – Not level conscious at all……:
- Flap’s Dentistry Blog: Clifton O. Dummett, D.D.S. R.I.P. – Clifton O. Dummett, D.D.S. R.I.P.
- Day By Day September 18, 2011 – Mammaries | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – How Americans long for the good old days, no?:
- @Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-09-18 | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – @Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-09-18 #tcot #catcot
- foursquare – Dinner with Kate H at Bubba Gumps (@ Santa Monica Pier w/ 5 others)
- foursquare – I just unlocked the "Photogenic" badge on @foursquare!
- foursquare – 8 miles and now Breakfast with Alice and Tara (@ Ronnie's Diner)
- Twitpic – Share photos and videos on Twitter – Off soon to Venice Beach, California and LA Marathon Roadrunner's training. 8 easy miles today.Then Ronnie's Diner
- @Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-09-17 | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – @Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-09-17 #tcot #catcot
- Eel enters man’s penis in spa treatment, is surgically removed – latimes.com – Ouch! RT @LATimeshealth: Eel enters man's penis in spa treatment, is surgically removed
- Clifton O. Dummett, D.D.S. R.I.P. | Smiles For A Lifetime – Temporary (Locum Tenens) Dentistry – I will miss Dr. Dummett. What an outstanding Professor of Dentistry!:
- Untitled (http://twitter.com/CAGOP/status/114860851797827584/photo/1) – RT @CAGOP: @CAGOP Chairman @tomdelbeccaro talks with press about extending GOP outreach. #cagop2011
- President 2012: Michele Bachmann Compares Rick Perry and HPV Vaccine to President Obama With Solyndra | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Michele Bachmann, PerryCare and Solyndra – in the Golden State:
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- California Unemployment Rate Increases to 12.1% As Employers Cut Jobs » Flap’s California Blog – California Unemployment Rate Up Again — to 12.1%:
- Dilbert September 16, 2011 – Unfortunately » Flap’s California Blog – :
- California Congressional Districts NOT All Bad for Republican Party | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – California GOP should accept Congressional Districts and fight for them.:
- Day By Day September 16, 2011 – Verbage In Verbage Out | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – The Tea Party Blame Game……:
- Flap’s California Morning Collection: September 16, 2011 » Flap’s California Blog – Flap’s California Morning Collection: September 16, 2011
- President 2012 GOP Poll Watch: Rick Perry’s Ponzi Scheme Comment on Social Security a Non-Issue? | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – President 2012 GOP Poll Watch: Rick Perry’s Ponzi Scheme Comment on Social Security a Non-Issue? #tcot #catcot
- Stutzman: Congressional Redistricting Not All Bad News for California GOP : Roll Call Opinion – RT @juliesoderlund: CA Congressional maps not all bad news for CA GOP says @RobStutzman today in @rollcall:
- @Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-09-16 | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – @Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-09-16 #tcot #catcot
- Flap’s Dentistry Blog: Promotion of Former Director of Dayton VA Medical Center Guy Richardson Criticized – Promotion of Former Director of Dayton VA Medical Center Guy Richardson Criticized
- FAIR Files Lawsuit to Overturn the California Citizen’s Redistricting Commission’s State Senate Districts » Flap’s California Blog – FAIR Files Lawsuit to Overturn the California Citizen’s Redistricting Commission’s State Senate Districts:
- Perry Is Failing The First Test(s) – Business Insider – Perry debate performances hurt his chances
- Flap’s Links and Comments for September 15th on 10:33 | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Flap’s Links and Comments for September 15th on 10:33 #tcot #catcot
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These are my links for September 15th from 10:33 to 14:26:
- Perry debate performances hurt his chances – The modern Republican Party does not want to nominate Mitt Romney. As we've said many times on this site, he's of the wrong religion, the wrong region and he's the author of Romneycare. GOP primary voters and caucus attenders will only nominate him after they've exhausted every other available (and viable) option.
Perry need only meet two tests to win the nomination. Test #1 is that he has the knowledge and experience to serve effectively as president. Test #2 is that he has an even (or better than even) chance of defeating President Obama next November. All the other pieces of the puzzle are there. He has a very powerful base. He has the money. He has (enough) established political support.
Perry has so far failed Test #1. He needs to pass it, again and again, in debate after debate, to win. If he continues to fall short in these debates, then he won't be the nominee. He'll be in the discard pile with all the others.
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Perry needs to step it up in the debates and work on some specific policy recommendations
- Perry’s Missing His Chance to Build a Big Lead Early – I think the best one can say about Perry’s two debate performances is that they’ve been good enough — he is, after all, still the frontrunner in most polls. I think the worst you can say is that, so far, Perry is deeply disappointing to any Republican who wanted a presidential nominee who could naturally and easily articulate a powerful argument for conservative principles and think on his feet.
It’s not like the idea that Michele Bachmann would go after him was a surprise, nor was the angle of “crony capitalism,” and the heart of Perry’s defense is that he’s offended that someone would accuse him of altering his position for a donation so small.
Perry has plenty of time, and will have plenty of opportunities to regroup. But it’s fascinating to think that the conventional wisdom around him could change so dramatically in two weeks, and essentially after two key nights . . .
- Tim Scott’s NLRB bill passes in the House – Rep. Tim Scott’s (R-S.C.) bill to limit the National Labor Relations Board's powers passed in the house today by a vote of 238 – 186.
8 Democrats voted in favor of the bill which was largely proposed in response to the NLRB's decision to blog a new Boeing plant in South Carolina.
Sen. Harry Reid is unlikely bring up the bill in the Senate, but the House is eager to show that they are willing to pass legislation that will add jobs to the American economy.
- President 2012: Mitt Romney To Be a No Show at California GOP Convention » Flap’s California Blog – President 2012: Mitt Romney To Be a No Show at California GOP Convention
- CDC: Successful Anti-Smoking Efforts Resulting in Less Lung Cancer? | Smiles For A Lifetime – Temporary (Locum Tenens) Dentistry – CDC: Successful Anti-Smoking Efforts Resulting in Less Lung Cancer?:
- President 2012 GOP Florida Poll Watch: Rick Perry 29% Vs. Romney 20% | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – :
- Log In – The New York Times – NY Times Review: Joe McGinniss’s ‘The Rogue,’ on Sarah Palin
- Flap’s Links and Comments for September 15th on 10:20 | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Flap’s Links and Comments for September 15th on 10:20 #tcot #catcot
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Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., left, accompanied by Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2011, to charge that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is playing politics and hindering job growth because of the NLRB’s action against Seattle-based Boeing, charging the aircraft manufacturer wanted to build a factory in South Carolina, a right-to-work-state, in order avoid union problems
According to the latest Rasmussen Poll.
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) may be upset with Boeing’s plan to operate a non-union plant in South Carolina, but most Americans think it should be allowed to.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone poll finds that 64% think Boeing has the right to open the plant in South Carolina while just 21% disagree. When respondents are told that the NLRB believes that opening the plant is an act of retaliation against the union, the numbers barely move. Only 17% think the agency has the right to prevent Boeing from opening the new facility while 64% disagree.
The House is expected to approve a bill barring the NLRB from getting involved with Boeing’s operation of a $750 million aircraft assembly line in South Carolina – a right-to-work state — instead of Washington State. In April, the labor board filed a complaint against Boeing for opening the plant, claiming they did so in order to retaliate against unionized workers in Washington State for participating in numerous strikes. Boeing attributes low costs for the plant’s location.
Republicans and unaffiliated voters overwhelmingly side with Boeing on the issue while Democrats are more evenly divided.
While more than 7-out-of-10 private sector workers believe Boeing should be allowed to operate a new, non-union, facility in South Carolina, only 54% of government employees agree.
Fifty-nine percent (59%) of union members agree that Boeing should be allowed to operate the South Carolina production plant.
I thought we had capitalism in the United States and not Soviet style central planning socialism?
The GOP controlled House will pass this bill and Dingy Harry Reid (Democrat Senate Majority Leader and Nevada Senator) will probably bury it in the Senate. In the meantime, the NLRB is gutted because of a lack of membership and a voting quorum.
But, never fear, this issue will rear its ugly head during the Presidential campaign.
Tags: Boeing, Natonal Labor Relations Board, NLRB
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These are my links for September 14th through September 15th:
- Perry: Mandatory HPV vaccination of girls was wrong – It’s hard to figure out what is going on in Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s mind and in his presidential campaign. In the Florida debate on Monday, he defended his HPV mandatory vaccination on the basis that he would “always err on the side of saving lives.” He did, however, admit that using an executive order was an error. That is a perfectly defensible position, but he was ferociously attacked by rivals Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) and Rick Santorum. Then, nearly 48 hours after the debate and the ensuing firestorm, he decided the mandatory vaccinations with an opt-out for parents was a mistake. He told a Virginia GOP gathering Wednesday afternoon: “We should have had an opt-in instead of an opt-out.” A Perry spokesman did not respond to a request for an explanation of the about-face.
To recap, in the 2010 Texas gubernatorial race, Perry vehemently defended the HPV vaccination effort. In the first days of the presidential campaign, he then said it was a “mistake,” but didn’t say why. In the debate he said only that the executive order was wrong. Santorum said to the audience members that they should take note that Perry was defending the merits of the program. Santorum suggested that an opt-in would have been a better plan. After a couple of days, Perry decided that his latest previous position was not tenable.
Santorum’s communications director, Hogan Gidley, e-mailed me: “I’m glad that Gov. Perry is finally listening to Rick Santorum — and now understands a conservative’s position: that the government take over of a 12 year old girl’s body is a horrible thing….
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- A Democrat against labor? Yes, NLRB-Boeing fight hurts N.C. – From David Young, chair of the N.C. Democratic Party from 2007-2009:
Our neighboring state of South Carolina received some troubling news from the National Labor Relations Board this year when Boeing was denied the opportunity to build a production line in South Carolina. This action, which carried with it a potentially chilling effect on job creation in North Carolina and throughout the nation, needs to be overturned by Congress.
Boeing manufactures its Dreamliner 787 aircrafts in the Puget Sound region of Seattle. When the production demands on the Pacific Northwest facility were unable to be met by the current workforce – a sadly rare occurrence in this economy – Boeing moved forward with plans to develop a second production line in South Carolina. (North Carolina was also in the running for this new production facility.)
The NLRB denied this action at the prompting of the labor union representing Boeing workers in Seattle, who alleged that Boeing had engaged in unfair labor practices because, in short, South Carolina is a right-to-work state. In essence, opponents of the S.C. facility say that once a company decides to conduct business in a non-right-to-work state, it cannot choose to expand operations to other states in the future, regardless of the economic conditions.
As the former chairman of the N.C. Democratic Party, I am not only disinclined to criticize organized labor, but am rather sympathetic to their cause. The bigger question at play, however, is not why one side of this argument pressed hard for job protection, but why the NLRB chose to deny another area's competitive advantage?
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The Moderate Democrats will soon be all abandoning the Far Left Ideologue which is President Obama.
- @Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-09-15 | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – @Flap Twitter Updates for 2011-09-15 #tcot #catcot
- Solyndra employee: “Everyone knew the plant wouldn’t work” | The Right Scoop – RT @amandacarpenter: Solyndra employee tells Mark Levin: "Everyone knew the plant wouldn't work."
- Instagram – RT @PatrickRuffini: Absolutely brutal mail piece in #ny09 from @rjchq
- Dilbert September 14, 2011 – Unfinished » Flap’s California Blog – Dilbert September 14, 2011 – Unfinished
- Flap’s Links and Comments for September 14th on 09:07 | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Flap’s Links and Comments for September 14th on 09:07 #tcot #catcot
Tags: #catcot, #tcot, Boeing, HPV, NLRB, ny09, Obama, Perry, Pinboard Links
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These are my links for September 12th through September 13th:
- Will Congress Stop the NLRB? – The Obama administration appears intent on using back-door means to accomplish every element of the extreme legislative agenda that the American people decisively rejected in the 2010 midterm election. Nearly every agency has been in on the act, but perhaps the most egregious behavior has been that of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), which is pursuing not just what was in the failed “card check” legislation, but a frontal assault on the right to work in America. This week, we’ll find out which members of Congress are willing to stand up to this rogue agency.
In a chilling April 20, 2011, complaint, the NLRB’s acting (not Senate-confirmed) general counsel, Lafe Solomon, asked the board to order Boeing to move the second production facility of its 787 Dreamliner — already built in South Carolina at a multibillion-dollar cost — to union-friendly Washington. The case is currently before an NLRB administrative-law judge; the NLRB itself will hear the case on appeal, and the federal court system will handle further appeals.
This came during a protracted negotiation between Boeing and the machinists’ union, which had been demanding a seat on the board of directors and a so-called neutrality agreement that would allow them to use card check to unionize more Boeing employees.
Factually, the complaint is groundless. “Can you name me a single, solitary worker in Washington State who has lost their job as a result of Boeing’s decision to build a separate, distinct line in Charleston?” Rep. Trey Gowdy (R., S.C.) recently asked in a field hearing on the issue. “Not at this time,” Solomon replied.
But the frivolity of the complaint is unlikely to matter if the case is appealed to the NLRB. The union will almost certainly win, because two of the board’s three members, Craig Becker and Mark Pearce, are Obama-appointed union lawyers. Both were recess-appointed, although Pearce was later confirmed on a voice vote in a deal that also confirmed Brian Hayes, the one Republican on the board. Becker and Pearce both worked for the Service Employees International Union. Becker is infamous for writing, “Employers should be stripped of any legally cognizable interest in their employees’ election of representatives.” His nomination was rejected on a bipartisan Senate vote, but Obama installed him anyway.
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Congress either reins in the NLRB or it will be rectified when Obama is out of office in January 2013.
- Hatch to Craig Becker: Did You Write the SEIU Intimidation Manual – WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today wrote to National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) member and former Service Employees International Union (SEIU) official Craig Becker to inquire about his involvement in union intimidation efforts. The letter sent to Becker comes after the SEIU’s “Contract Campaign Manual” was made public. The handbook tells union members to purposefully try to damage their employers’ reputations by coming up with allegations against their employers and managers and to even break the law to gain leverage in contract negotiations.
In the letter, Hatch writes that, “the manual explicitly advises union members to engage in tactics designed to attack the reputation of an employer as well as its managers and to purposefully damage an employer’s relationship with vendors and customers. In addition, it advises employees to uncover “dirt” on management officials and publicize the information in order to obtain leverage in contract negotiations. The manual even goes so far as to encourage union members to disobey certain laws when it serves the union’s purposes.”
This is not the first time Hatch has tried to get answers from Becker regarding his involvement with disconcerting union intimidation tactics. During a hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee last year, Hatch repeatedly pressed Becker regarding his involvement in similar tactics such as union corporate campaigns, but Becker refused to address Hatch’s concerns.
In today’s letter, Hatch asked Becker several specific questions regarding his involvement with the SEIU manual, including inquiring about his involvement in drafting and implementing the instructions in the manual, if he’s ever instructed clients to break the law, and if he believes the tactics detailed in the guidebook are appropriate actions for union members to take during contract negotiations.
- A Quick Take on the Debate – By Rich Lowry – The Corner – National Review Online – RT @robertcostaNRO: Lowry on the debate
- Flap’s Links and Comments for September 12th on 20:22 | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Flap’s Links and Comments for September 12th on 20:22 #tcot #catcot
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Paul Munsch is the owner of St. Louis Paving in St. Louis, Missouri. He and his employees have faced years of bullying by the union bosses with whom President Obama continues to side.
GOP Presidential candidate Mitt Romney delivered a labor policy speech this morning in South Carolina before heading to Tampa, Florida for tonight’s GOP Presidential debate.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) invoked aerospace giant Boeing in his labor policy speech Monday as an example of the type of American innovation he would encourage as president.
Romney used the opportunity to hit President Obama on his labor policies, highlighting what he called the “egregious example” of the president’s failed policies in South Carolina.
Romney toured Boeing’s new South Carolina plant prior to the speech, a strong indication of his commitment to stand with South Carolina in the dispute between that state and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), an independent federal agency. The board is suing Boeing for allegedly moving the plant from Washington state in retaliation for labor strikes there.
“It’s an assault on business, it’s an assault on jobs, it’s an assault on states that have right-to-work policies,” Romney said of the NLRB suit.
On Monday, Romney also named William Kilberg, the lead counsel for Boeing in the ongoing dispute, as a co-chairman of his Labor Policy Advisory Group. Kilberg will help “shape the policies I am proposing to return power from the labor bosses to the workers and businesses that can get our economy going again,” Romney said in a statement.
“Boeing, when they decided where they were going to build their new expansion facility, chose South Carolina, chose America,” Romney said in the speech. “The folks that are their No. 1 competitor, Airbus, chose China for their expansion. … Boeing did the right thing. Boeing should not be punished for doing the right thing. Boeing should be celebrated and encouraged.”
The issue has become important in key state South Carolina, where Gov. Nikki Haley (R) has repeatedly called on Obama, along with the Republican presidential candidates, to state his position on the lawsuit.
This Boeing flap in South Carolina WILL be an issue in the general election. I can see the political ads already flying in the key battleground states.
President Obama is likely to allow the NLRB vacancies go unfilled and thus any further NLRB action to avoid any further political embarrassment from his friends in Big Labor.
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These are my links for September 11th through September 12th:
- Romney to give labor speech Monday after touring Boeing in North Charleston – White House hopeful Mitt Romney will wade into the union fight over the Boeing Company’s decision to locate in right-to-work South Carolina when he delivers a policy speech on labor after he tours the North Charleston plant Monday.
Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, will tour the facility in advance of the presidential debate in Tampa, Fla., later that day. Romney said at a GOP presidential forum in Columbia on Labor Day that union is not a bad word in itself, but the powerful labor organizations need to be kept in check.
The lawsuit that the National Labor Relations Board brought against Boeing for locating in South Carolina, considered an anti-union state by some, is the best example of why Romney wants to reverse the labor policies put forward by President Barack Obama, according to Romney’s campaign.
Gov. Nikki Haley said she welcomes Romney’s visit and his ideas. Haley, also a Republican, has been adamant in her fight against the labor board for its complaint against Boeing.
“We appreciate not just the talk but the action Governor Romney has taken to understand and highlight the challenges NLRB has brought upon Boeing,” Haley said in a statement Friday. “It is a strong sign to the people of our state that he is focused on our jobs.”
Romney’s campaign provided The Post and Courier with details about the plan the presidential candidate will unveil next week:
Romney’s labor policy will focus on free enterprise, free choice and free speech.
Labor laws must be carried out even-handedly to provide businesses with the certainty they need to grow and thrive.
The law must be clear: Any company is free to invest anywhere it wants.
Workers have a right to vote on whether to unionize by secret ballot. That is a position that South Carolinians overwhelmingly support. In November, 86 percent of state voters approved a constitutional amendment that requires union elections to be conducted by secret ballot.
Romney opposes so-called snap elections, or ambush elections, for votes on whether a company should unionize. He wants to build in protections that will ensure employers have time to protect their legal rights and talk to workers about the downsides of unions.
Unions should raise cash for political contributions the same way any other business or supporter would, by asking for donations, not using paycheck dues to fund donations.
- National poll on government regulations – The Tarrance Group is pleased to present Public Notice with the key findings from a survey of N=801 registered “likely” voters across the country. Interviews were conducted September 6-8, 2011, and, in 95 out of 100 cases, the margin of error on a sample of this type is +/- 3.5%.
KEY FINDINGS
– There is little appetite among American voters for additional regulations coming out of Washington. Three quarters (74%) of voters throughout the country believe that businesses and consumers are over-regulated. Further, another two thirds (67%) believe that regulations have increased over the past few years. These percentages include majorities of all partisan affiliations, with 91% of Republicans, 75% of Independents and 58% of Democrats saying businesses/consumers are over-regulated.
– A key fear among voters is that regulations will hinder job creation, as most believe the result of new regulation will be either job losses (47%) or increased prices for American made goods and services (22%).
– More than two thirds (70%) believe increasing the number of regulations on American businesses will result in more jobs moving overseas. Also, majorities agree that the increasing number of regulations have created uncertainty for large and small businesses (66%), and that agencies who enforce regulations fail to consider how their decisions lead to increased prices for consumers and job losses (69%).
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- Glenn Beck Online Network Set to Make $20 Million This Year – Glenn Beck’s second act, as an online entrepreneur, seems to be shaping up as a success.
The former Fox News personality, who left his TV job in June, has signed up 230,000 subscribers, even though his online show hasn’t launched yet, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Prices to access the network, called GBTV, range from $4.95 a month to access Beck’s two-hour show to $9.95 a month for that show plus documentaries and behind-the-scenes programs. Those two options are also available for $49.95 and $99.95 a year, respectively.
All told, GBTV, could take in as much as $20 million in its first year, according to a source in the article. Those 230,000 subscribers could also trump the 156,000 people who were watching the Oprah Winfrey Network in June. Beck was said to receive a $2.5 million annual salary from Fox News.
Reps from GBTV could not be reached for comment.
Beck’s show on GBTV is set to premiere on Monday, a day after the 10-year anniversary of 9/11 and a date evoked by Beck’s 9/12 Project. Beck launched the network in June featuring behind-the-scenes programming. That launch came after ratings for Glenn Beck on Fox News fell from 3 million viewers in January 2010 to 1.6 million in early 2011. In addition, Beck’s provocative right-wing assertions caused more than 100 marketers to pull their ads from the show.
- Study: Cigarette Smoking Causes More Aterial Damage in Women | Smiles For A Lifetime – Temporary (Locum Tenens) Dentistry – For women – not smoking is important too….:
- Dilbert September 11, 2011 – Terrific » Flap’s California Blog – Dilbert September 11, 2011 – Terrific
- Day By Day September 11, 2011 – Free Will | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Day By Day September 11, 2011 – Free Will #tcot #catcot
- Flap’s Links and Comments for September 11th on 14:05 | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Flap’s Links and Comments for September 11th on 14:05 #tcot #catcot
Tags: #catcot, #tcot, Beck, Boeing, Haley, Pinboard Links, Regulation, Romney
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