MishTalk

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Public union sap is once again oozing from the mouths of economic illiterates and union supporters who just don''t understand reality. Reality Cities are broke Taxpayers are broke Public union workers don''t care to understand the above two points As I said before, I sympathize. Here are a few sappy comments.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 15, 2014

The city had no choice but to approve the pension hikes, issued under former Mayor Chris Doherty’s administration, because they are contractually obligated under the union contracts, said city solicitor Jason Shrive. years respectively. The recently passed 2015 budget hiked property taxes 19 percent. With a deficit of $78.8 No Choice?!

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MishTalk

JULY 26, 2014

Board as it struck down multiple state laws, passed at the behest of teachers’ unions, which the court said unjustly protected incompetent teachers and unconscionably harmed children, especially the least fortunate. Constitution that “No State shall make or enforce any law which shall. Summary: In 1954, the U.S. In Vergara v.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 19, 2014

Inquiring minds are digging into a George Washington University paper on State Fiscal Conditions , a ranking of 50 states, by Sarah Arnett. PolicyMic Produced this Chart of State Fiscal Conditions based on the working paper. Pension plans and union activism are to blame. billion as well as $59.3 Compare to the top five.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 4, 2014

In a rare vote in favor of common sense and local jobs, Boeing machinists Approve Contract securing 777X jet manufacture in Washington state. Those are huge union concessions. Shocking Result The result is unusual in that unions seldom do what is best for workers. 10,000 or so jobs stay in the region.

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MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

Obviously states are strapped for cash, but there were three or four sections of highway under repair in Indiana and a couple more in Michigan. Unions and prevailing wage laws massively drive up construction costs. Even FDR was against the notion of public unions. M-31 breaks off from I-94 roughly at St. Just wait 5 years.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 22, 2014

I have been thinking a bit more on the George Mason University paper on State Fiscal Conditions. Before I tie this back to Ellen Brown''s state bank thesis, here are the pertinent charts once again. PolicyMic Produced this Chart of State Fiscal Conditions. Pension plans and union activism are to blame.

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MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

The one state arguably more screwed up than California is Illinois. Unions, union sympathizers, socialists, and tax-hike proponents are strongly in control of both states. Is it any wonder that perpetual economic difficulties and insurmountable pension underfundings face both states? It hasn’t budged since.

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 17, 2013

THE United States government has utilised management consultants for the past fifty years, beginning when McKinsey organised the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 1958. Management consulting firms have worked successfully with municipal governments across the United States, particularly in the public education sector.

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MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

On February 19, I wrote Opting Out of Obamacare (the Unaffordable Health Care Act); Not Even Labor Unions Want It. Unions, after a contentious and difficult process, are on the cusp of issuing formal criticism of ObamaCare at the AFL-CIO convention. The Hill reports AFL-CIO nearing formal criticism of ObamaCare. Fraud Free-For-All.

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MishTalk

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

The French airline union, SNPL, has called for a month-long strike beginning in May. Via translation from Les Echos : An unprecedented month-long strike is the motto launched today by SNPL, the main union of French airline pilots. In doing so, the union violated a law that banned strikes by government unions.

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MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

These attitudes suggest that the EU could be devolving from a nascent super-state to something that increasingly resembles the Holy Roman Empire, a fragmented landscape of small, unimportant states wrapped in a unitary, but ephemeral crepe. Throughout the continent, public support for a united Europe fell sharply last year.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 9, 2013

realize that their pension benefits are no longer inviolate, unions are going to say what they really want is not bigger benefits but better funding. From my Lesson for Union Dinosaurs post. Please consider Emergency Manager Weighs Pension-Fund Takeover. Representatives of the pension board said Mr. Orr''s figures were faulty.

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Confessions of a Consultant

OCTOBER 7, 2018

Non-Union comes of Age. Under the tutalage of Dr. Charles McCarthy – who has since passed away – the advice given was that I should ignore negotiations and concentrate on the development of the Non-Union sector in Ireland that was emerging in Ireland. The best defense is to demonstrate the right managerial behaviors.

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MishTalk

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

The reason is untenable union wages, and more importantly untenable pension promises. Vallejo, California March 2009: Judge Rules Vallejo Can Void Union Contracts. Stockton, California June 2012: Stockton CA Bankrupt; Unions (Not Housing Bust) Primarily to Blame; Pension Death Trap for Cities; What''s the Solution?

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Congratulations to the village board of Lincolnshire, Illinois for having the courage to stand up to union bullies by passing right-to work legislation at the local level. The Daily Herald reports Lincolnshire Creates Right-to-Work Zone that Unions Oppose. This isn't about unions, it's about individual freedoms.

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MishTalk

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

Via email from the Illinois Policy Institute The common refrain made against Texas by those who defend the status quo in Illinois is that the jobs being created in the Lone Star State are lower-paying and less-rewarding opportunities. Census Bureau, which just released its 2012 American Community Survey of state-to-state migration flow data.

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MishTalk

APRIL 27, 2014

The tax hikes are so steep and so universal that even thinking union members are against the hikes. From VanMetre State Sen. Under Harmon’s proposal, anyone with a taxable income of more than $22,000 will see their overall state tax bill increase. The proof of that is in the numbers. applies to income earned after $12,500.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 7, 2014

Approximately 80 additional police and firefighters, mostly from the tri-state area but some from as far away as Florida, also were arrested in the multiagency sweep that started at 5:30 a.m. A spokesman for the NYFD union declined to comment. At best the union will choose not to respond. He received $207,639.70

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Chad Barr

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

I am keenly aware of the state of the union of my family, my friends and my colleagues, who have strengthened me during this time of mourning and celebration of life. This evening while Americans are tuning into the state of the union, I have enjoyed a week of tuning in to the state of the union of my family and my life.

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MishTalk

AUGUST 14, 2014

The Heads of State will discuss the state and prospects of bilateral cooperation between Russia and Finland. The reason for the surge in business: Switzerland hasn''t joined the European Union, the US, Canada, Australia and Norway in penalizing Russia. Have in mind to pay attention and international issues. There is no meeting.

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Harvard Business

MAY 22, 2018

The protests have already cost the CEO of Air France his job : He stepped down after workers rejected his proposal of a 7% wage increase over four years (unions want a 6% immediate increase). This is not particularly surprising for a country known for powerful unions and a strong attachment to social rights. GDP grew by 1.9%

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 3, 2013

At long last, beleaguered taxpayers will not have to put up with nonsense from public unions about the sanctity of pensions. Judge Steven Rhodes turned down objections from unions, pension funds and retirees, which, like other creditors, could lose under any plan to solve $18 billion in long-term liabilities. The unions disagree.

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Melissa Agnes

AUGUST 4, 2014

Union Street Guest House, a hotel in Hudson, New York, is being slammed for a policy they put in place in order to prohibit wedding parties from posting negative online reviews about them. Need I state the takeaways? It was meant to be taken down long ago and certainly was never enforced.” ” Are you kidding me?

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MishTalk

AUGUST 25, 2013

CNN states "Global competition and national deregulation have kept compensation down, while the decline of union power weakened workers'' ability to bargain for higher pay.". Is the demise of unions and deregulation really the story? Is the demise of unions and deregulation really the story? But why is that?

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MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

While all eyes are focused on a solution for Illinois’ state-run pension systems, Chicago’s own debt crisis is looming. While all eyes are focused on a solution for Illinois’ state-run pension systems, Chicago’s own debt crisis is looming. Move over Detroit. The fiscal crisis in Chicago is far bigger. Pensions 31% funded.

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Epicflow

JANUARY 19, 2022

EVs are going to gain higher market shares in Europe, the United States and China and outpace ICE vehicles sales. This year, the automotive industry is expected to continue its recovery following the headwinds of tough 2020. What else should we expect in 2022? Find it out from our review of the most prominent autotrends.

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MishTalk

JULY 24, 2013

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. How Public Employee Unions are Bankrupting the Nation. How Public Employee Unions are Bankrupting the Nation. Labor Union Report. Union Watch. GoldMoney: The Best Way to Buy Gold & Silver. Minyanville Business and Market News. Daily Paul.

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LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Washington State was supposed to begin FLI coverage in October, 2009, but deferred the start date because of the state’s financial woes. More than a dozen other states are considering FLI or paid sick leave laws. What’s Causing the Perfect Storm? What’s Causing the Perfect Storm?

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Harvard Business

JUNE 28, 2016

For the first time ever, a member state of the European Union has decided to leave. The European Union is a fundamental ingredient of the institutional framework put in place after World War II. In this context, there are plenty of other candidates who might leave the Union. Brexit may only be a sign of more to come.

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Harvard Business

JULY 11, 2017

EDENS, of which the latter is CEO, has led the revitalization of the 45-acre Union Market district in Northeast Washington, DC. The Union Market challenge. Located on the east side of the NoMa train tracks, Union Market began as a working food production and distribution center in the 1930s. This needs to change.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 14, 2014

As we face retirement sunset demographics, inquiring minds might be wondering how many people are left to foot the bill for retiree Medicare, health care, public union pensions, and Social Security promises vs. the number of people collecting benefits. The following charts from reader Tim Wallace will help put things into perspective.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 31, 2014

And I do find the way he stated his case to be very distasteful. In a Shades of France Socialistic Proposal (my title), Ritholtz states " The most radical idea is bit of pure fantasy: Guarantee every person in America a minimum salary ". Jon Stewart''s Daily Show mocked Schiff in an amusing video interview Wage Against the Machine.

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MishTalk

APRIL 1, 2014

Ousted President Viktor Yanukovych won a lower price at the end of last year as he grappled with protests after ditching an association agreement with the European Union, on top of a previous discount in April 2010. OAO Gazprom (GAZP) said Ukraine is losing its right to pay less because it has piled up a debt of more than $1.7

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Martinka Consulting

JANUARY 25, 2016

In his final State of the Union speech last week President Obama said if a business takes care of it’s customers, employees, and community the shareholders will also be taken care of. Boeing recently announced a long-term agreement with their engineers’ union, which surprised all the experts and pundits. So take care of them.

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MishTalk

NOVEMBER 29, 2014

The company lost Russia''s biggest shipbuilder as a client when the United States and the European Union blacklisted United Shipbuilding Corporation in July, meaning Barco could no longer sell screens to the company for its vessel training simulators. European sanctions on Russia have hurt the EU far more than Russia.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 29, 2014

state to retain low performing teachers, as opening arguments kick off on Monday in a lawsuit over education policy. state to retain low performing teachers, as opening arguments kick off on Monday in a lawsuit over education policy. Reuters reports California students challenge teacher employment rules in lawsuit.

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