700 Billion Dollars for CEO’s

The proposed 700 Billion Dollar Bail-Out will be the biggest scam ever pulled on the American public. If you thought Enron was a crime. If you thought the Iraq War was a complete disaster. If you thought the government's response to Hurricane Katrina was heartbreaking. If you thought the price at the pump was outrageous. If you thought the Stimulus Package was a waste. You ain’t seen nothin yet.

How did we get here??? The pundits asked over and over this weekend on television and radio. 

I’ll tell you how we got here….. Eight years of conservative leadership. They lied about wanting limited government. They lied about believing in fiscal responsibility. They lied about helping Main Street. They lied about the reasons we went to Iraq. It WAS for the oil. Two oil men in the White House, the President and the Vice President out to get as much money as they could. 

Now they say we have to bail out the financial system or our pensions and retirement savings will be wiped out. When was the last time you read your 401K Statement? Chances are you already lost 20 percent since the beginning of the year. Every time you fill your tank you’re losing more money. The price of your groceries has gone up 40%. The value of your home if you are lucky to own one has dropped like a rock. So much for your retirement plans.

Trickle down economics is a scam. It always has been. Just how many financial experts will need to be hired to dole out the 700 Billion Dollars? How many of the same CEO’s that ran their company’s in to the ground will be hired to fix this mess? How many golden parachutes and stock options will be distributed? How many politicians will get kickbacks from Lobbyists? How long will our kids have to work to pay this debt off?

Have you any idea how many schools or hospitals could be built with 700 billion dollars?

Like I said, this is the biggest scam ever pulled on the American public. We have got to stop it from passing!

Workers Claim Brinderson Forcing Employees to Sign-Up with Phony Union

Is Brinderson Construction up to no good again? It appears so. The LA/OC Building & Construction Trades Council has been receiving calls claiming that the company has formed an alliance with the phony, sham union the International Union of Petroleum & Industrial Workers (iupiw aka A-SCAM!) and is threatening employees with termination if they don’t join! Some say the iupiw owners do whatever the companies want and have been charged with fraud by the federal government for selling bogus health plans. Is this just another attempt by Brinderson to block the voice of the workers? Will enough employees’ come forward to thwart Brinderson’s desperate attempt? Let’s hope so.

Here’s what the workers can do:

Sign a Representation Card with a legitimate labor organization so they can negotiate a strong contract

Refuse membership in the phony IUPIW

File a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board for an election to cancel the IUPIW contract