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    • 18 Ratings
    • 2420 Views
    • 29 Comments
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    Assault on Public Employees Begins

    DECEMBER 29, 2010 8:51AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: balancing budgets on the backs of public workers, public employee unions, economy, pension crisis, unions, union-bashing, assault on public employees, daniel patrick moynihan, pension crisis, public employee pensions, public employees, pants-on-fire rating, fact checking, truth-o-meter, wall street journal, tim pawlenty, bill adair, st. petersburg times, politifact, politics

    • 12 Ratings
    • 822 Views
    • 20 Comments
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    Chump Change

    MARCH 7, 2011 2:21PM

    By Kate Flannery


    Topics: budget crises, budget cuts, barack obama, new jersey, public employees, corporate welfare, taxation, tax breaks, wealth inequality, middle-class, working-class, blue-collar, new york times, andrew cuomo, chris christie, firefighters, economic policy, deficits, unions, public workers, state budgets, wisconsin

    • 8 Ratings
    • 372 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    "Firemen, Policemen, and Teachers"

    JUNE 14, 2012 11:09AM

    By A Patriotic American


    Topics: teachers obama, policemen, firemen, public employees, republicans, romney, politics

    • 7 Ratings
    • 762 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    Time for a Nationwide Walkout!

    FEBRUARY 25, 2011 8:03PM

    By Kenny1948


    Topics: teabags, rethuglicans, nationwide walkout, public employees, who actually runs the country?

    • 2 Ratings
    • 533 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Dr. King would fight GOP anti-unionism

    MARCH 18, 2011 1:42PM

    By Ron Legro


    Topics: martin luther king jr., labor unions, public employees, republican party, caesar chavez, scott walker, john kasich

    • 2 Ratings
    • 975 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    The Wisconsin GOP's terrible, terrible victimization

    MARCH 11, 2011 12:21PM

    By Ron Legro


    Topics: politics, rep. jeff fitzgerald, capitol, madison, protests, violence, death threats, labor unions, public employees, scott walker, republican party, wisconsin

    • 0 Ratings
    • 211 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Ruining Government Like A Business

    JUNE 21, 2012 7:42PM

    By liberaldose


    Topics: romney, scott walker, gop, republicans, running government like a business, price fixing, hypocrisy, public sector, private sector, unions, public employees, teachers

    • 0 Ratings
    • 353 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    A Third Fenstruck Brother Found

    MAY 2, 2012 11:14AM

    By Laura Wilkerson


    Topics: politics, united states, 2012 presidential election, opinion, ann romney, wild and crazy guy, saturday night live, steve martin, dan ackroyd, czechosloakian brothers, yortug fenstruck, georg fenstruck, lyle waggoner, carol burnett, steve trevor, wonder woman, rudolph giuliani, bernie kerik, 9/11, engine company 24, new york, mayor bloomberg, osama bin laden, president obama, public employees, unions, republicans, joe biden, hell, outer darkness, spirit prison, mormonism, fine american foxes, mitt romney

    • 0 Ratings
    • 324 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    My pension debate with public employees

    MAY 2, 2011 12:07PM

    By Richard Rider


    Topics: california, public employees, pensions

    • 0 Ratings
    • 125 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Open Letter To President Obama

    MARCH 31, 2011 9:16AM

    By Skip Chalker


    Topics: public employees, tea party, libya, politics, new hampshire

    • 0 Ratings
    • 429 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Germans nail public pension problem with comedy

    JUNE 7, 2010 4:21PM

    By Richard Rider


    Topics: public employees, unfunded pensions

    • 0 Ratings
    • 322 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Govt employees paid less than private sector? NOPE!

    MAY 12, 2010 6:32PM

    By Richard Rider


    Topics: public employees

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