Obama: I Will Be Organized Labor’s Bitch
A report in today’s WSJ says that Obama privatley told the Teamsters (IBT) that he would end federal oversight of them, in exchange, the Teamsters gave him their endorsement. Obama is a typical liberal, with policies similar to Hillary’s. They both want more federal regulation over big business. Clinton recently said she wanted to “take” the “windfall profits” of big oil and put them into a strategic energy fund or something like that; I wouldn’t necisarily be against taxing oils profits a bunch and giving the money back to the American people in a tax rebate, but anyway back to my main point: the two main Democrats are all about the oversight when it comes to big business. Obama’s entire candidacy has been based on the notion that he doesn’t do politics as usual, and is not beholden to the special interests. This report shows that is not the case, and Obama is a typical Democrat who get on their knees and kiss the feet of the unions (and IBT is just a start, the Democratic party’s relationship with the teachers unions is similar, causing shitty schools, and forcing kids into them without a chance to use a voucher to go to a better school).
Why is federal oversight (or some type of oversight for you Federalists) of unions imperative? Because the unions (especially IBT) are in league with the mob and commit crimes all the time to influence outcomes. This damages the market.
Another reason for the Teamster’s endorsement was that Obama supported the “Employee Free Choice Act” (This is kind of a 1984 type deal, where the ministry names mean the exact opposite). This act makes balloting in unions public, so all your co-workers, bosses, and mafia legbreakers can see you voted against something the union wanted. Absolutley ridiculous.
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/05/05/politics/horserace/entry4071394.shtml
http://polhudson.lohudblogs.com/2008/05/05/why-did-the-teamsters-endorse-obama/
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