Government acts to seize control of wages.

The Democrats continue to search for absolute power.  In their latest attempt, legislation has been drafted and passed out of committee limiting salaries of ALL EMPLOYEES of a company that has received government assistance.  Wonder if this will extend to those receiving SBA loans??  Nah, that's silly.  Like putting Obama in charge of GM - and him with no auto experience.  Right??

Beyond AIG: A Bill to let Big Government Set Your Salary

By Byron York
Chief Political Correspondent 3/31/09

House Financial Services Committee Chairman Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., left, talks with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, right, and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, on Capitol Hill Tuesday, March 24,2009. Frank's committee has passed a bill giving Geithner extensive control over salaries of employees working at companies receiving government bailout funds. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) It was nearly two weeks ago that the House of Representatives, acting in a near-frenzy after the disclosure of bonuses paid to executives of AIG, passed a bill that would impose a 90 percent retroactive tax on those bonuses. Despite the overwhelming 328-93 vote, support for the measure began to collapse almost immediately. Within days, the Obama White House backed away from it, as did the Senate Democratic leadership. The bill stalled, and the populist storm that spawned it seemed to pass.

But now, in a little-noticed move, the House Financial Services Committee, led by chairman Barney Frank, has approved a measure that would, in some key ways, go beyond the most draconian features of the original AIG bill. The new legislation, the "Pay for Performance Act of 2009," would impose government controls on the pay of all employees -- not just top executives -- of companies that have received a capital investment from the U.S. government. It would, like the tax measure, be retroactive, changing the terms of compensation agreements already in place. And it would give Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner extraordinary power to determine the pay of thousands of employees of American companies.

The Employee Freedom Choice Act - Good for America! Right?? Mmmm - not so much.

Union efforts cost a community in Wisconsin a $50 million project and up to 800 jobs.  Organized labor at work.

Economic director: Bill stalls large local project

By Leader-Telegram staff

Proposed federal labor legislation has derailed a large Eau Claire County development, according to a local economic development official.

The project - for which no name or description was given - would have brought a $50 million investment to Eau Claire County in the next five years, along with creating up to 800 full-time jobs, Brian Doudna, executive director of the Eau Claire Area Economic Development Corp., said in a news release Wednesday evening. Construction was expected to begin this year. The first employees were to begin work in early 2010, with about 100 new jobs being created.

The project has been placed on hold indefinitely because of the Employee Free Choice Act, federal legislation that would require binding arbitration to resolve contract disputes and make it easier for workers to join unions. The bill has been introduced in the House and Senate.

Pajamas Media » Food Stamps for the Well-Off: A National Trend?

A nation of dependence - is that what we have become??

Pajamas Media » Food Stamps for the Well-Off: A National Trend?

Since when did it become taxpayers’ duty to feed a family with $80,000 in the bank?

March 27, 2009 - by Tom Blumer

On March 13, Ohio blogger Matt Hurley, who has been running Weapons of Mass Discussion for over five years, received an email from “someone in the business” — specifically, the social services “business” in Warren County, Ohio, just northeast of Cincinnati :

Cape "tea party" canceled; City fears too many attendees | WINK News - Southwest Florida | Local & Florida

Permits and insurance - the weapons of fear.

Cape "tea party" canceled; City fears too many attendees | WINK News - Southwest Florida | Local & Florida

By WINK News

Story Created: Mar 27, 2009 at 6:10 PM EDT

Story Updated: Mar 27, 2009 at 6:16 PM EDT

CAPE CORAL, Fla. - A tea party to protest government spending and taxing is canceled. Canceled by the government.
Why? They feel too many people could show-up.

In normal times, this would not even need to be said.

One more point of view on why government provided healthcare is not the way to go - Massachusetts.

I have a good friend who keeps pointing to Massachusetts as an example of a working model for socialized medicine provided by the government.  And here, is yet another article on how poorly it is actually working.

Health Care: Why Massachusetts is Not the Answer

In 2006, Governor Mitt Romney (R), working with a Democratic state legislature, passed and signed the Massachusetts Health Care Reform Act, a groundbreaking piece of legislation aimed at ensuring that every citizen of the Bay State possessed health insurance, while simultaneously lowering the cost of health coverage and improving access to quality care.

Bring it on Mr. President

Obama continually hides behind the message the the Republicans have introduced no alternative to his budget.  He leaves out little details like the Republicans being physically shut out of the construction of the porkulus bill.  That they have had amendment after amendment after amendment blocked in committee. 

So, they have taken time to publish a 19 page proposal.  Imagine that, 19 pages that you can actually read and debate rather than 1000 that MUST be voted on - without anyone actually reading it.

OK Mr. President, you wanted a debate, be man enough to actually debate the Republican proposal.

For those interested, read it for yourself.

The GOP 'Road to Recovery' budget - read it here

March 26, 2:23 PM ·

House Republicans have unveiled the "Road to Recovery," a budget plan to curb spending, create jobs, and control the debt, in contrast to the irresponsible budget proposed by President Obama, which spends too much, taxes too much and borrows too much.