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11 months ago
in The Colorado Independent » Colorado pro-labor groups to submit ballot petitions on The Colorado Independent
Oh yeah, your so right tallport.
"The Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization or PATCO was a labor union that once represented air traffic controllers in the United States in matters relating to wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment."
"The Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization or PATCO was a labor union that once represented air traffic controllers in the United States in matters relating to wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment."
11 months ago
in The Colorado Independent » Gazette endorses Amendment 47, bungles basic labor facts on The Colorado Independent
Governor Ritter gave the state Right-to-Work on November 2, 2007.
Shouldn't all Coloradans have equal workplace protections.
YES on 47 for real employee free choice like our state brothers and sisters!
Shouldn't all Coloradans have equal workplace protections.
YES on 47 for real employee free choice like our state brothers and sisters!
11 months ago
in The Colorado Independent » Colorado pro-labor groups to submit ballot petitions on The Colorado Independent
tallport, time for you to go back to getting the felons off drugs.
"They have security clauses, but that is a separate issue." School me here Tim how is Governor Ritter's Right-to-Work policy -- no state worker will be forced to pay even an agency fee as a condition of employment -- any different then Amendment 47?
I say YES on 47.
"They have security clauses, but that is a separate issue." School me here Tim how is Governor Ritter's Right-to-Work policy -- no state worker will be forced to pay even an agency fee as a condition of employment -- any different then Amendment 47?
I say YES on 47.
11 months ago
in The Colorado Independent » Colorado pro-labor groups to submit ballot petitions on The Colorado Independent
No one can deny that Gov Ritter gave state workers the Right-to-Work @4p on November 2, 2007.
State policy is that no worker will lose their job if they choose to NOT join the union, pay union dues or pay agency fees. I always say, should all Coloradans have equal rights to real employee free choice.
So, if I follow your logic tallport, etc ... Governor Ritter is a Union busting hack. What is it tport ... hack or brother?
State policy is that no worker will lose their job if they choose to NOT join the union, pay union dues or pay agency fees. I always say, should all Coloradans have equal rights to real employee free choice.
So, if I follow your logic tallport, etc ... Governor Ritter is a Union busting hack. What is it tport ... hack or brother?
11 months ago
in The Colorado Independent » Colorado pro-labor groups to submit ballot petitions on The Colorado Independent
wow your paid by big unions to promote their anti familiy and anti colorado messages. blogging here at 330a for my health and political peanuts(not)
11 months ago
in The Colorado Independent » Colorado pro-labor groups to submit ballot petitions on The Colorado Independent
no one can deny the the gov gave state employees the Right to work.
11 months ago
in The Colorado Independent » Colorado pro-labor groups to submit ballot petitions on The Colorado Independent
Erin was thewire sitting next to you at the coffee shop or in bed with you or does thewire let you use her/his login?
thewire and thewire 2 posts 2 minutes apart, 1 post answering the other as if anther person.
Erin aren't you concerned about this posting?
thewire and thewire 2 posts 2 minutes apart, 1 post answering the other as if anther person.
Erin aren't you concerned about this posting?
11 months ago
in The Colorado Independent » Colorado pro-labor groups to submit ballot petitions on The Colorado Independent
Colorado state employees have this very same right-to-work; it was given to them by the governor when he brought in the union partners.
I guess I just don't understand. Either the governor screwed the unions ("bind and effectively dismantling them") or he didn't which is it?
I guess I just don't understand. Either the governor screwed the unions ("bind and effectively dismantling them") or he didn't which is it?
11 months ago
in The Colorado Independent » Colorado pro-labor groups to submit ballot petitions on The Colorado Independent
Where is PCF's "Just Cause" initiative? Why won't they file that? They never collected signatures for it, that's how much they believe in their 'causes'.
Oh come on girls lets have someone post the ballot language of this corp fraud initiative so we can all review its merits.
YES on 47 AFFIRMS YOU CAN
Oh come on girls lets have someone post the ballot language of this corp fraud initiative so we can all review its merits.
YES on 47 AFFIRMS YOU CAN
11 months ago
in Income inequality persists on The Colorado Independent
Mrs. Norris, you will need to point me to a link, I can not find the CI policy on this site. Thank you.
11 months ago
in Income inequality persists on The Colorado Independent
Mrs. Norris, I was unaware of this policy. I will review this policy. I assume there is a link within CI or can you point me to a national site if not. Thanks.
11 months ago
in Income inequality persists on The Colorado Independent
So per the WSJ article that drove this CI article...
"If Mr. Obama does succeed in raising tax rates on the rich, we
"If Mr. Obama does succeed in raising tax rates on the rich, we
11 months ago
in Income inequality persists on The Colorado Independent
and here is the punchline...http://online.wsj.com/article_print/SB121659695380368965.html
We also know from income mobility data that a very large percentage in the top 1% are "new rich," not inheritors of fortunes. There is rapid turnover in the ranks of the highest income earners, so much so that people who started in the top 1% of income in the 1980s and 1990s suffered the largest declines in earnings of any income group over the subsequent decade, according to Treasury Department studies of actual tax returns. It's hard to stay king of the hill in America for long.
The most amazing part of this story is the leap in the number of Americans who declared adjusted gross income of more than $1 million from 2003 to 2006. The ranks of U.S. millionaires nearly doubled to 354,000 from 181,000 in a mere three years after the tax cuts.
This is precisely what supply-siders predicted would happen with lower tax rates on capital gains, dividends and income. The economy and earnings would grow faster, which they did; investors would declare more capital gains and companies would pay out more dividends, which they did; the rich would invest less in tax shelters at lower tax rates, so their tax payments would rise, which did happen.
The idea that this has been a giveaway to the rich is a figment of the left's imagination. Taxes paid by millionaire households more than doubled to $274 billion in 2006 from $136 billion in 2003. No President has ever plied more money from the rich than George W. Bush did with his 2003 tax cuts. These tax payments from the rich explain the very rapid reduction in the budget deficit to 1.9% of GDP in 2006 from 3.5% in 2003.
This year, thanks to the credit mess and slower growth, taxes paid by the rich may fall and the deficit will rise. (The nonstimulating tax rebates will also hurt the deficit.) Mr. Obama proposes to close this deficit by raising tax rates on the rich to their highest levels since the late 1970s. The very groups like the Congressional Budget Office and Tax Policy Center that wrongly predicted that the 2003 investment tax cuts would cost about $1 trillion in lost revenue are now saying that repealing those tax cuts would gain similar amounts. We'll wager it'd gain a lot less.
If Mr. Obama does succeed in raising tax rates on the rich, we'd also wager that the rich share of tax payments would fall. The last time tax rates were as high as the Senator wants them -- the Carter years -- the rich paid only 19% of all income taxes, half of the 40% share they pay today. Why? Because they either worked less, earned less, or they found ways to shelter income from taxes so it was never reported to the IRS as income.
The way to soak the rich is with low tax rates, and last week's IRS data provide more powerful validation of that proposition.
We also know from income mobility data that a very large percentage in the top 1% are "new rich," not inheritors of fortunes. There is rapid turnover in the ranks of the highest income earners, so much so that people who started in the top 1% of income in the 1980s and 1990s suffered the largest declines in earnings of any income group over the subsequent decade, according to Treasury Department studies of actual tax returns. It's hard to stay king of the hill in America for long.
The most amazing part of this story is the leap in the number of Americans who declared adjusted gross income of more than $1 million from 2003 to 2006. The ranks of U.S. millionaires nearly doubled to 354,000 from 181,000 in a mere three years after the tax cuts.
This is precisely what supply-siders predicted would happen with lower tax rates on capital gains, dividends and income. The economy and earnings would grow faster, which they did; investors would declare more capital gains and companies would pay out more dividends, which they did; the rich would invest less in tax shelters at lower tax rates, so their tax payments would rise, which did happen.
The idea that this has been a giveaway to the rich is a figment of the left's imagination. Taxes paid by millionaire households more than doubled to $274 billion in 2006 from $136 billion in 2003. No President has ever plied more money from the rich than George W. Bush did with his 2003 tax cuts. These tax payments from the rich explain the very rapid reduction in the budget deficit to 1.9% of GDP in 2006 from 3.5% in 2003.
This year, thanks to the credit mess and slower growth, taxes paid by the rich may fall and the deficit will rise. (The nonstimulating tax rebates will also hurt the deficit.) Mr. Obama proposes to close this deficit by raising tax rates on the rich to their highest levels since the late 1970s. The very groups like the Congressional Budget Office and Tax Policy Center that wrongly predicted that the 2003 investment tax cuts would cost about $1 trillion in lost revenue are now saying that repealing those tax cuts would gain similar amounts. We'll wager it'd gain a lot less.
If Mr. Obama does succeed in raising tax rates on the rich, we'd also wager that the rich share of tax payments would fall. The last time tax rates were as high as the Senator wants them -- the Carter years -- the rich paid only 19% of all income taxes, half of the 40% share they pay today. Why? Because they either worked less, earned less, or they found ways to shelter income from taxes so it was never reported to the IRS as income.
The way to soak the rich is with low tax rates, and last week's IRS data provide more powerful validation of that proposition.
11 months ago
in Income inequality persists on The Colorado Independent
Hey, here is the entire article...
Their Fair Share
July 21, 2008; Page A12
Washington is teeing up "the rich" for a big tax hike next year, as a way to make them "pay their fair share." Well, the latest IRS data have arrived on who paid what share of income taxes in 2006, and it's going to be hard for the rich to pay any more than they already do. The data show that the 2003 Bush tax cuts caused what may be the biggest increase in tax payments by the rich in American history.
The nearby chart shows that the top 1% of taxpayers, those who earn above $388,806, paid 40% of all income taxes in 2006, the highest share in at least 40 years. The top 10% in income, those earning more than $108,904, paid 71%. Barack Obama says he's going to cut taxes for those at the bottom, but that's also going to be a challenge because Americans with an income below the median paid a record low 2.9% of all income taxes, while the top 50% paid 97.1%. Perhaps he thinks half the country should pay all the taxes to support the other half.
Aha, we are told: The rich paid more taxes because they made a greater share of the money. That is true. The top 1% earned 22% of all reported income. But they also paid a share of taxes not far from double their share of income. In other words, the tax code is already steeply progressive.
http://online.wsj.com/article_print/SB121659695...
Their Fair Share
July 21, 2008; Page A12
Washington is teeing up "the rich" for a big tax hike next year, as a way to make them "pay their fair share." Well, the latest IRS data have arrived on who paid what share of income taxes in 2006, and it's going to be hard for the rich to pay any more than they already do. The data show that the 2003 Bush tax cuts caused what may be the biggest increase in tax payments by the rich in American history.
The nearby chart shows that the top 1% of taxpayers, those who earn above $388,806, paid 40% of all income taxes in 2006, the highest share in at least 40 years. The top 10% in income, those earning more than $108,904, paid 71%. Barack Obama says he's going to cut taxes for those at the bottom, but that's also going to be a challenge because Americans with an income below the median paid a record low 2.9% of all income taxes, while the top 50% paid 97.1%. Perhaps he thinks half the country should pay all the taxes to support the other half.
Aha, we are told: The rich paid more taxes because they made a greater share of the money. That is true. The top 1% earned 22% of all reported income. But they also paid a share of taxes not far from double their share of income. In other words, the tax code is already steeply progressive.
http://online.wsj.com/article_print/SB121659695...
11 months ago
in Rural business chambers endorse Amendment 47 on The Colorado Independent
No one is forced to join a union...that is true, if you work for the state of Colorado. Colorado, where Governor Ritter provided employees the Right-to-Work on 11-02-07.
YES on Amendment 47, shouldn't all Coloradans have employee free choice?
YES on Amendment 47, shouldn't all Coloradans have employee free choice?
11 months ago
in Rural business chambers endorse Amendment 47 on The Colorado Independent
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11 months ago
in Rural business chambers endorse Amendment 47 on The Colorado Independent
Real employee free choice = YES on Amendment 47
Shouldn't workers be able to choose not to pay forced union dues, instead using that money to buy better healthcare, education or shelter for the working family.
Certainly all state workers have this right today, shouldn't all Coloradans be allowed this choice?
Don't let Big Denver CEOs, Big Unions and Politicians limit your choices.
Shouldn't workers be able to choose not to pay forced union dues, instead using that money to buy better healthcare, education or shelter for the working family.
Certainly all state workers have this right today, shouldn't all Coloradans be allowed this choice?
Don't let Big Denver CEOs, Big Unions and Politicians limit your choices.
11 months ago
in Group assails ex-con petition collectors on The Colorado Independent
Talk about private information in others hands. I hear the Unions are trying to pass a bill that allows the unions to come to your house and do a card check vote. They have all your personal information, all your work information (seniority, wage, co-workers). What if you don't agree, the Union goes away with a grudge and all your personal info. Amedment 47 is real employee free choice - the choice to join or not join in a secret ballot.
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11 months ago
in State workers overwhelmingly approve employee partnerships on The Colorado Independent
Union leaders version of employee free choice...harassment of teen worker.
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11 months ago
in Push to organize state employees continues on The Colorado Independent
Why all Coloradans should have real employee free choice, just like state workers.
YES on 47 for employee free choice.
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16 year old girl harassed by union as she tries to assert her Beck rights.
YES on 47 for employee free choice.
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16 year old girl harassed by union as she tries to assert her Beck rights.
11 months ago
in State workers overwhelmingly approve employee partnerships on The Colorado Independent
So the governor, after a year of kicking the crap out of the employees, had no choice proactively form a concuit for them to unionize?
Or, the governor invited unions in to help the state better manage its human capital and based on his moral character provided them the Right-to-Work?
Or, the governor invited unions in to help the state better manage its human capital and based on his moral character provided them the Right-to-Work?
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11 months ago
in Colorado Independent » Union officials request election for 9,000+ state employees on The Colorado Independent
Compulsory Unionism Batters [Denver] Bricklayers
'Depleted' Union Till, Not Disappearing Jobs, Worries Union Chief
http://www.nrtwc.org/nl/nl200807p3.pdf
'Depleted' Union Till, Not Disappearing Jobs, Worries Union Chief
http://www.nrtwc.org/nl/nl200807p3.pdf
11 months ago
in Group assails ex-con petition collectors on The Colorado Independent
UFCW harasses a 16 year old girl.
Sweet, thats the employee free choice Big Unions are all about.
Sweet, thats the employee free choice Big Unions are all about.
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