[Politics_CurrentEvents_Group] Re: Setting the record state on public employee wages and unions [EPI News]

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Wednesday, March 2, 2011

 


that is what I am worried about Walt

--- In Politics_CurrentEvents_Group@yahoogroups.com, "Walt L" <muleshet@...> wrote:
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> Everybody needs to understand EXACTLY what
> this anti-union attack by the GOP Governors IS. It is NOT merely "union
> busting." It IS a part of the continuing attack upon the POWER of the
> working middle class. Forget the American dream. We are all to become
> mere "vassals" to the financial "royalists" interests. "May I have
> MORE, Sir?" "What did you say, slave????" Walt
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> --- In Politics_CurrentEvents_Group@yahoogroups.com, patrick mc govern
> <mcgvrn_ptrck@> wrote:
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> > Maybe you should learn the meaning of the word before you use it....of
> course being a stupid tea bagger, you're not capable of free thought so
> I realize my suggestion will fall on deaf ears
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> > Â You can lead people to knowledge but you can't make them think
> >
> > --- On Tue, 3/1/11, Julie Dinkins-Borkowski julie@ wrote:
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> > From: Julie Dinkins-Borkowski julie@
> > Subject: RE: [Politics_CurrentEvents_Group] Re: Setting the record
> state on public employee wages and unions [EPI News]
> > To: Politics_CurrentEvents_Group@yahoogroups.com
> > Date: Tuesday, March 1, 2011, 11:41 PM
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> > I will give you partial credit on your misinformed answer. You
> got one tiny bit of it kind of correct. I do not want the socialist
> to get a second term. The other two claims are just conspiracy
> theories propagated by liberals. Too bad for you Americans are not
> into those games any longer.
> > Â
> > Peacefully yours,
> > ~homeschooljules
> > Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb
> a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. ~
> Albert Einstein
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> > Â
> > ~computerjules
> > Â
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> > From: Politics_CurrentEvents_Group@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:Politics_CurrentEvents_Group@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> patrick mc govern
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2011 12:41 PM
> > To: Politics_CurrentEvents_Group@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: Re: [Politics_CurrentEvents_Group] Re: Setting the record
> state on public employee wages and unions [EPI News]
> > Â
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> > What they want is for the Muslim socialist from Kenya to go home
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> > Â You can lead people to knowledge but you can't make them think
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> > --- On Tue, 3/1/11, Ron Gates ronnmorrison@ wrote:
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> > From: Ron Gates ronnmorrison@
> > Subject: Re: [Politics_CurrentEvents_Group] Re: Setting the record
> state on public employee wages and unions [EPI News]
> > To: Politics_CurrentEvents_Group@yahoogroups.com
> > Date: Tuesday, March 1, 2011, 12:11 PM
> >
> > I thought all the teabaggers had gone home, now there is a real
> protest group that has a pretty good idea what they want ( and they
> can spell)
> > Â
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> > From: patrick mc govern mcgvrn_ptrck@
> > To: Politics_CurrentEvents_Group@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Tuesday, 1 March, 2011 17:39:41
> > Subject: RE: [Politics_CurrentEvents_Group] Re: Setting the record
> state on public employee wages and unions [EPI News]
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> > Oh god, not another Tea Baggin fool for the group
> >
> > Â You can lead people to knowledge but you can't make them think
> >
> >
> > --- On Mon, 2/28/11, Julie Dinkins-Borkowski julie@ wrote:
> >
> > From: Julie Dinkins-Borkowski julie@
> > Subject: RE: [Politics_CurrentEvents_Group] Re: Setting the record
> state on public employee wages and unions [EPI News]
> > To: Politics_CurrentEvents_Group@yahoogroups.com
> > Date: Monday, February 28, 2011, 11:56 PM
> >
> > Â
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> > Capitalists did not do this. Rich union leaders did this.Â
> They are not capitalists by any definition of the word. They are at
> the very least, progressive socialists aka democrats.
> > Â
> >
> > Peacefully yours,
> > ~homeschooljules
> > Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb
> a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. ~
> Albert Einstein
> >
> > Â
> > ~computerjules
> > Â
> > Â
> >
> >
> > From: Politics_CurrentEvents_Group@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:Politics_CurrentEvents_Group@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> iloveubuntulinux
> > Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 12:47 PM
> > To: Politics_CurrentEvents_Group@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [Politics_CurrentEvents_Group] Re: Setting the record state
> on public employee wages and unions [EPI News]
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> > capitalists are not the only ones who do this. All rich folks in
> charge do this type of thing...consider the USSR's leaders...and
> China's. All the workers are expendable no matter what economic system
> is there
> >
> > --- In Politics_CurrentEvents_Group@yahoogroups.com, elaine mckay
> glyndon47@ wrote:
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> > > Capitalists always start pruning the tree at the bottom not the top.
> > >
> > > --- On Sun, 27/2/11, patrick mc govern mcgvrn_ptrck@ wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > From: patrick mc govern mcgvrn_ptrck@
> > > Subject: [Politics_CurrentEvents_Group] Setting the record state on
> public employee wages and unions [EPI News]
> > > To: "free" freethinkersclub@yahoogroups.com, "pcc"
> politics_currentevents_group@yahoogroups.com, "rd group"
> S-x_Religion_Politics_Vll@yahoogroups.com, "dea"
> DuanesEverythingandAnything@yahoogroups.com
> > > Received: Sunday, 27 February, 2011, 8:22 AM
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> > > February 25, 2011
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> > > Setting the record state on public employee wages and unions
> > > Widespread protests in Wisconsin over a bill that would strip public
> workers of their collective bargaining rights and impose sharp increases
> in employee contributions to health and pension benefits has raised more
> questions about public employee compensation in Wisconsin and elsewhere.
> EPI has produced an extensive body of research on the topic, showing
> that public workers typically see a compensation penalty relative to
> their counterparts in the private sector. This research, all available
> on EPI.org, has been widely cited in the media and by policy makers over
> the past week as the debate over public-sector compensation reached
> fever pitch.
> > > Comparing public and private-sector compensation in Wisconsin
> > > Three recent reports examine public-sector wages and compensation in
> Wisconsin. An EPI Economic Snapshot, Wisconsin public servants already
> face a compensation penalty, shows that these workers in Wisconsin, at
> all levels of education, earn less than comparable private-sector
> workers. The gap is particularly large among college-educated
> public-sector workers, who comprise close to 60% of the state and local
> workforce. Earlier this month, EPI also published the paper Are
> Wisconsin public employees overcompensated?, which examined compensation
> in the private and public sectors controlling for education, experience,
> and multiple other factors, and concluded that public employees are not
> overcompensated. Other EPI resources include a fact sheet on Wisconsin
> public employees and the policy memo Wisconsin public versus private
> employee costs: Why compare apples and oranges? This policy memo argues
> that reports suggesting public employees are overpaid fail to
> > > take into account variables such as level of education: Nationally,
> 54% of full-time state and local public-sector workers hold at least a
> four-year college degree, compared with 35% of full-time private-sector
> workers, and in Wisconsin, the educational differences are even greater.
> > > This research has been cited by CNN, Boston Globe, Ezra
> Klein’s Washington Post blog, and multiple other sources. In
> addition, EPI Vice President Ross Eisenbrey took part in a discussion
> about public worker pensions on the Diane Rehm Show on February 23.
> > > Nationwide: A public-sector compensation penalty
> > > This latest research on public-sector compensation in Wisconsin
> builds on a paper EPI published in 2010, Debunking the myth of the
> overcompensated public employee. EPI has more recently published
> state-level research on this topic focusing on Ohio, New Jersey,
> Indiana, and Michigan, in addition to Wisconsin. All of these papers and
> related fact sheets are posted on the page A public-sector compensation
> penalty, on EPI.org.
> > > Inside the new budget
> > > EPI has also produced extensive research on the proposed 2011 budget
> that President Obama released on February 14. EPI Research and Policy
> Director John Irons said the budget was flawed, but better than some of
> the alternatives proposed by Republican leadership in Congress.
> â€Å"The overall freeze in domestic discretionary spending all
> but ensures that the fight to create jobs and ensure future economic
> growth will be limited,†Irons wrote. More in-depth analyses of
> the new budget, from policy analysts Andrew Fieldhouse, Ethan Pollack,
> and Rebecca Thiess, look at the tax policies, public investments, and
> budget cuts contained in the new budget.
> > > Rebecca Thiess’s analysis earlier this month, Republican
> proposal to â€Å"right our fiscal ship†throws more
> workers overboard, has drawn widespread attention. On February 21, House
> Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi cited the research during a debate over the
> proposed spending cuts.
> > > The Recovery Act two years later
> > > Shortly after President Obama took office two years ago, he signed
> the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, a series of
> investments designed to save jobs and create new ones. Economist Josh
> Bivens has written an analysis, An investment that worked, showing that
> the Recovery Act created or saved between three million and four million
> jobs, and boosted gross domestic product by as much as $560 billion.
> > > Are employers discriminating against the unemployed?
> > > Algernon Austin, director of EPI’s program on Race,
> Ethnicity, and the Economy, provided testimony to the Equal Employment
> Opportunity Commission on February 16 on the potential impact on
> minority workers of employers excluding the currently unemployed from
> consideration for hiring. Austin argued that this widely reported
> practice would significantly disadvantage African Americans, Hispanics,
> and American Indians, all groups with above average unemployment rates.
> The hearing received widespread media attention in the Wall Street
> Journal, The New York Times, and multiple other sources.
> > > Also in the news
> > > In his New York Times blog, Paul Krugman cited research from EPI
> President Lawrence Mishel showing widespread unemployment across all
> industries. The research, Krugman noted shows why the current
> unemployment crisis is not a structural problem reflecting inadequate
> worker skills, but rather results from a simple lack of jobs.
> > >
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