SEIU Calling the Shots After It Spent $60 Million to Get Obama Elected

[dapoes]

Bought and paid for--
SEIU President Andy Stern on the election of Barack Obama:

"We spent a fortune to elect Barack Obama — $60.7 million to be exact — and we're proud of it."

They ought to be proud.
The SEIU's massive investment in Barack Obama appears to have paid off already.
The Service Employees International Union inappropriately lobbied Team Obama to withhold billions of dollars in federal stimulus money from California if the state does not reverse a scheduled wage cut for the labor group's workers.

LA Times

Officials in the governor's office say a politically powerful union may have had inappropriate influence over the Obama administration's decision to withhold billions of dollars in federal stimulus money from California if the state does not reverse a scheduled wage cut for the labor group's workers.

The officials say they are particularly troubled that the Service Employees International Union, which lobbied the federal government to step in, was included in a conference call in which state and federal officials reviewed the wage cut and the terms of the stimulus package.

California Secretary of Health and Human Services Kim Belshe said she could not recall another instance in which the federal government invited a significant stakeholder group into such government-to-government negotiations.

"The involvement of a stakeholder in this kind of state-federal deliberative process is unusual at best," she said. "This was really atypical and outside any norm I am familiar with."

In addition to several state and federal officials, participants in the April 15 conference call included an SEIU associate general counsel in Washington, a lobbyist for SEIU in California and a representative from SEIU's policy staff in California, according to a list provided by the Schwarzenegger administration.

 

[lucky lucchiano]

Bought and paid for--
SEIU President Andy Stern on the election of Barack Obama:



They ought to be proud.
The SEIU's massive investment in Barack Obama appears to have paid off already.
The Service Employees International Union inappropriately lobbied Team Obama to withhold billions of dollars in federal stimulus money from California if the state does not reverse a scheduled wage cut for the labor group's workers.

LA Times

J C Almighty,....thats the BEST news I've heard since PATCO/82

 

[Freedom4all]

Since by the very nature of Washington, DC everyone in elected office is "Bought & paid for" by someone.

What exactly is the problem?

Is it because the Democrats and their supporters did a better job fund raising or do you just not like the group that did the buying?

Looks to me like corruption being exposed as such, no matter who's in power. Just because you seem to be used to and comfortable with it, still doesn't make it acceptable.

Ever hear that term: "You are who you associate with"?

 

[Freedom4all]

Answer my question please?

Its not deserved of one.

 

[lucky lucchiano]

Bought and paid for--
SEIU President Andy Stern on the election of Barack Obama:



They ought to be proud.
The SEIU's massive investment in Barack Obama appears to have paid off already.
The Service Employees International Union inappropriately lobbied Team Obama to withhold billions of dollars in federal stimulus money from California if the state does not reverse a scheduled wage cut for the labor group's workers.

LA Times

Hey dapoes,

When you REPUGS get together, and bash BO, then tell each other that IRAQ was the right thing, then tell each other that the GOP needs to get MORE conservative,...................................does the conversation THEN go something like this............., "You know..fellow REPUGS, DICK cheney is the CATS MEOW, ...BUT he's gonna cause us to take an EVEN WORSE BUTT kicking in 2010/12......then we thought just 6 months ago"

Or is it spoken in HUSHED tones in a different manner ??


Whats the difference between todays Republican party...and SOMALIA ??

ABSOLUTELY NOTHIN'

 

[delldude]

Hey dapoes,

When you REPUGS get together, and bash BO, then tell each other that IRAQ was the right thing, then tell each other that the GOP needs to get MORE conservative,...................................does the conversation THEN go something like this............., "You know..fellow REPUGS, DICK cheney is the CATS MEOW, ...BUT he's gonna cause us to take an EVEN WORSE BUTT kicking in 2010/12......then we thought just 6 months ago"

Or is it spoken in HUSHED tones in a different manner ??


Whats the difference between todays Republican party...and SOMALIA ??

ABSOLUTELY NOTHIN'

Eh.....speaking of Captain blackbeard Obama and his band of merry pirates make GOP look like girl scouts Mr lucy Luckiano....

 

[cltrat]

not the mention if a terrorist attack occurs on US soil during BO's watch(which would not surprise any rational mind) the messiah won't be able to get elected dogcatcher

 

[lucky lucchiano]

not the mention if a terrorist attack occurs on US soil during BO's watch(which would not surprise any rational mind) the messiah won't be able to get elected dogcatcher

"Would Not surprise any rational mind" ?????

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What's that you say,................"you DIDN't think about THAT scenario" ????

I mean, your NOT rooting for THAT to happen, are you ???????????????????

 

[cltrat]

"Would Not surprise any rational mind" ?????

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What's that you say,................"you DIDN't think about THAT scenario" ????

I mean, your NOT rooting for THAT to happen, are you ???????????????????

actually I don't listen to any of those people,as for your accusations I will not even dignify that with a comment.
Perhaps you should take off your bleeding heart sunglasses see this group for what it is. already the nat. debt has tripled, is it ok your grandkids will be paying for your decision or are you going to spin some way in your mind to blame Bush. lol

where were you to comment on this???

http://www.usaviation.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=45712