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AFL-CIO Boss: Raising Taxes is ‘Best Way’ to Create Jobs

What should we do to get America’s economy back on the road to prosperity? Raise taxes, AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka suggests.

AFL CIO Boss: Raising Taxes is Best Way to Create Jobs

AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka, right, with WH chief of staff Bill Daley and President Barack Obama (AP)

“We need a dedicated source of revenue to create infrastructure in this country,” Trumka recently told Yahoo! Finance.

“We need to create jobs. The best way to do that is through infrastructure development.” Simply maintaining the existing infrastructure in this country will cost $2.2 trillion over five years, according to the American Society of Civil Engineers. That doesn‘t include Obama’s objective of high-speed rails and green energy projects.

Trumka didn’t say specifically how much he would raise the gas tax, but mentioned he’s shown the President a $256 billion plan to improve infrastructure. If every billion spent on infrastructure creates 35,000 jobs, as he claims, this package would create close to 9 million jobs over the next five years.

The idea would also improve America’s fiscal and competitive future, says Trumka. “There’s also a downstream effect, you put people back to work, they pay taxes, they don’t use services, they’re contributing, other jobs are created along the way as well,” he explains.

The White House isn’t on-board with the plan. Addressing the issue on “Face the Nation” in January, White House Chief of Staff Richard Daley said he isn’t in favor of raising taxes right now.

Trumka does have an unlikely supporter for higher gas taxes in the right-leaning Chamber of Commerce. However, the Chamber of Commerce does not support Trumka’s other tax initiative: creating a financial transaction tax.

An idea raised by Democrats during the Dodd-Frank bill debate, the transaction tax would charge financial institutions a minimal fee (less than a penny) for each trade they make. Trumka says that could raise another $100 billion in revenue without taking money out of the pockets of the middle class.

h/t Doug Ross

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on February 26, 2011 at 8:19am

    Trumka knows how to run a business, he‘s getting rich off union member’s hard work. All the while he pretends as if he’s acting in the best interest of his county and his members. Gov. Walker is going to have to lay off 1,500 teachers in Wisconsin if the crybaby Democrats don’t come back to vote. Does Trumka care about those 1,500? Or the classrooms that will increase in size? Of course not and he knows Obama is going to hand them all an unemployment check for the next two years anyway.

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  • REVENANT
    Posted on February 26, 2011 at 8:18am

    Another Communist promise of prosperity for all, if only we’ll give them more of our money, and more of our freedom. Of course, we’ll get nothing but the priviledge of living inder the government/union bootheel.

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  • wolverine
    Posted on February 26, 2011 at 8:16am

    This is typical of the unions/communist spend other peoples money until there isn’t any more

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    • Devil Dog 7175
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 8:45am

      And then tell your people your being lied to and riot to demand more…ala Wisconsin

      Devil Dog 7175  
    • Gonzo
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 9:09am

      Hey Wolverine, They don’t even stop when they DO run out of other peoples money to spend anymore! Wisconsin is 3.something BILLION in the hole! It’s insanity.

      Gonzo  
  • greyling
    Posted on February 26, 2011 at 8:11am

    I’m sure Trumka is “overpaying” his taxes to show his support for the idea of raising taxes……..NOT! Afterall, he is one of the “wealthy” he says are eviscerating the middle class. Oh gee….he forgot that.

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  • joey g
    Posted on February 26, 2011 at 8:10am

    only thing poloticos are good for,,,raising taxes and spending tax money,and stealing it…

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  • Comeandtakeit
    Posted on February 26, 2011 at 8:09am

    I own a small buiness. We depend on lots of driving to do our job. So, let me get this straight, Mr. Trumpka- you raise my cost of doing business, raise the cost for all my customers to buy stuff from me so they reduce purchases, you put more onerous costs on our business via “obamacare”, and you think I’m going to hire more people? WITH WHAT???!!

    The industry we work in is down 85% nationwide. Trumpka and his political walking disaster in chief he talks to every day are NUTS. And what IS this about the Chamber of Commerce wanting higher gas prices? Have they been taken over by communists too?

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    • Heather Mae 74
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 6:41pm

      Well at least the roads will be pretty. I wonder if he knows that 1 billion dollars is not nearly enough to pay for 35k union road workers

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  • QuantumVerp
    Posted on February 26, 2011 at 8:09am

    Except for the glaring lack of any evidence that ‘they are so good with money’, it sounds like they are talking about something that will help the ‘middle class’, but they haven’t helped in 60 years so…

    I’ll call you… what you got?

    Then the unions tip the table over because they have nothing to cover their bets with and …
    SHUT DOWN THE FED GOVERNMENT !

    (6 months later)

    Oh come on! Yall! Let us open it up again! :(

    This rotten log has an obvious cleavage point right at the fed/state level.
    I used to think the states should be cleaved off with the fed so we could re-enter the city/state government formation on a smaller scale than city/state, county/city…

    Stay tuned to channel Life for more details as it unfolds…

    QuantumVerp  
    • QuantumVerp
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 10:04am

      My extremely reasonable adult component of my ego has alerted me to an error in the above statement which apparently nobody cares about anyway so I say to my ego, “So what?”

      ‘The greater momentum is to be preserved at any moment in any attempt to save a planet prior to re-nigging on the license…’ (Empire Salvage Co manual 252-42) I’ll spare you the boring details.

      What this means is, the fed level of gov is a very large part of the momentum of the economy. Hampering it in any way would be childish.

      I DON’T MEAN TO SOUND ANY ALARMS: but to say the least, (which is what I’ll always try to do) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ARE HERE-BY DIRECTED TO SPEND US OUT OF THIS RECESS (since you outnumber We, the People and are paid twice as much as the people who hired you)

      Otherwise, school will close and we‘ll all be out here in the playground going ’Do what?’

      I have some conferences to attend in the Calagtic Coronal Beer Festival at the Galactic Core Motel at the edge of the Black Whole #1, considering the distances to travel, I may incur dimensional lag so don’t expect to hear from me in a globally constituted form for… 1o oR 15 minute minutes 3-2-1
      OR

      YOU OWN IT

      QuantumVerp  
    • QuantumVerp
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 10:43am

      REPRINT: ‘Or you own it’ was in wrong position, therefore ‘sense’ was not made. Maybe it wasn’t anyway.

      I DON’T MEAN TO SOUND ANY ALARMS: but to say the least, (which is what I’ll always try to do) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ARE HERE-BY DIRECTED TO SPEND US OUT OF THIS RECESS (since you outnumber We, the People and are paid twice as much as the people who hired you)
      OR… YOU OWN IT !

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  • newspapertaxis
    Posted on February 26, 2011 at 8:09am

    It would be nice if all these idiots got in a car and let Ted Kennedy drive them to the airport. Where’s Ted when you really need him?

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  • VApatriot2
    Posted on February 26, 2011 at 8:08am

    And this is the dingaling advising the Chief Moron?

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  • newspapertaxis
    Posted on February 26, 2011 at 8:06am

    It would be nice if all these idiots got in a car and Ted Kennedy could drive them to the airport. Where‘s Ted when you really need ’em?

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  • publiuswarmac9999
    Posted on February 26, 2011 at 8:03am

    Raise Taxes – Kill Entrepreneurs. The reason for 9% unemployment is government taxation and regulation. The reason businesses are abandoning the USA is taxes and regulation. How many more states have to look like California before the American citizenry get the message.

     
  • Gonzo
    Posted on February 26, 2011 at 7:59am

    Trumka: “We need a dedicated source of revenue to create infrastructure in this country,”
    To Trumka, infrastructure means high speed trains. More EMPTY, tax payer subsidized trains staffed with dues paying union members running on tracks installed and maintained by dues paying union members. How much does AMTRAK lose a year? How is that shortfall made up? Out of your pocket and mine. No thanks Trumka.

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    • Showtime
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 1:46pm

      Set Reason in her seat:

      We are being nudged:
      (1) Gas prices going up-up-up. (What do we do?)
      (2) People are moving closer to their jobs to keep from spending so much on gasoline. Result: Denser cities.
      (3) Government wants us to buy “cold energy” vehicles — hybrids/electric cars [lots of money to be made there]
      (4) With the electric cars, people will have to live within 40 miles of where they work or else their battery won’t get them home again. Result: Denser cities.
      (5) Government is pushing for fast rail. What is needed for fast rail to be profitable? Denser cities.

      What is it about dense cities that makes me uncomfortable? Ever feel like a sitting duck? Ever feel like you’re being nudged? WHY ARE WE BEING NUDGED?

      Showtime  
  • ares338
    Posted on February 26, 2011 at 7:59am

    I assure you, anything this joker does is designed to stuff Union Coffers with hard earned money. He doesn’t give a tinkers dam* about creating jobs,unless of course they are union jobs. We desperately need to vote Hussein out in 2012 and even better, IMPEACH him now because he is a traitor for stuffing the government full of people like Trumka.

    ares338  
  • grandmaof5
    Posted on February 26, 2011 at 7:59am

    Only in America can the son of a Polish mine worker grow up to be the person helping to orchestrate the downfall of the country that made his life possible. To have parents who were able to escape to freedom only to have their son working to change the country into that from which they worked so hard to escape. I guess that is what happens when you get something for nothing, his parents did the hard work and are probably spinning in their graves.l

     
    • 912828Buckeye
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 8:18am

      Well put Grandma, Money for noth’n and your chicks for free…..

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    • NancyBee
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 8:27am

      You got that right…what a sad thing for a son to do…..This Trumpka guy is one of the most dangerous men in the world…He obivious has no soul…Power is his middle name.

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    • JoeySocal
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 1:47pm

      I wonder how Biden feels being 3rd in command?

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  • Ronko
    Posted on February 26, 2011 at 7:56am

    This guy must be friends with Barney the Purple Dinosaur because Raising Taxes doesn’t create jobs it kills them. Ah well once an idiot always an idiot. He’ll learn the hard way when his boy Obama will get crushed in 2012.

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  • dumboldcontractor
    Posted on February 26, 2011 at 7:56am

    Who does this idiot think will ultimately pay the transaction fee? The middle class of course, just like every other tax and fee, the customer always ends up to be the one who pays.

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  • Just_Bubba
    Posted on February 26, 2011 at 7:56am

    There are ZERO instances of an economy growing while taxes are being held high on business. Raising taxes during a slow economy has multiple data sets to prove it is counterproductive. These blockheads are only wanting this particular kind of spending because they have the greatest number of jobs in that arena.
    Just another wy to put OUR money in THEIR pockets.

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    • tifosa
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 8:19am

      1993 tax increases for the wealthiest under…hold your breath…..yep, Bubba

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    • bbell37968
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 8:43am

      TIFOSA:

      It’s almost never productive to get into these tit-for-tats, but it’s worth remembering that while marginal personal income tax rates rose under Clinton, at Rubin’s urging, the capital gains tax rate was reduced significantly. Nonetheless, I do think folks tend to generalize the benefits of tax cuts with respect to revenues and growth. Personally, I’d like to pay as few taxes as feasible, just enough to suppor tthe normal functions of government and ending transfer payments. But, in terms of economic theory, while the Laffer curve is real, it’s just that (a curve — not a straight line), and no one knows at any given time where the tax cutting benefits end (again, relative to revenue and loosly tied to growth). I’ll say this: The Fed’s loose money policies that have predominated for at least 15 years, and which accelerated in 1998/1999 have caused much havoc, often giving the appearance of growth, but really just perverting the risk signals and leading to bubble after bubble.

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    • Psychosis
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 9:39am

      @ just bubba

      your wasting your time trying to explain it to TIFOSA she is incapable of comprehension, and i doubt she could read your whole explanation

      she doesnt understand that though he did raise taxes, it was 1) during the electronic boom, and 2) no matter how high you raise the taxes, you end up with about 18 to 20 % gdp in revenue

      simple economics is too much for her to handle

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    • tifosa
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 9:52am

      You’re still putting forth the Laffer curve as something credible? It’s been discredited by all except political hacks who want to forward an agenda of the viability of tax-cuts for the wealthy as growth-enhancing…

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    • Psychosis
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 10:42am

      @ tifosa

      the only people who discredit the laffuer curve are the same idiots pushing keynseian economics

      sadly for you there is more data to support the laffuer curve than the keynsian thought

      but, we all know liberals dont bother with facts, just feelings

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    • DashRipRock
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 10:59am

      TISOFA or whatever

      ART LAFFERS CURVE SAYS THIS

      A COUNTRY TAXED AT 100% YEILDS THE SAME

      TAX REVENUE AS A COUNTRY TAXED AT 0%

      THAT STAEMENT HAS NEVER BEEN PROVED WRONG

      EVER!!!

      EVEN LIBERAL ECONOMIST AGREE WITH THAT STATEMENT

      WHERE EVRYONE DISAGREES IS WHERE ON THE SCALE OF

      O TO 100

      DO YOU TAX IN ORDER TO GET THE HIGHEST TAX REVENUE

      AND OVER THE YEARS THAT NUMBER HAS BEEN PROVEN TO BE

      BETWEEN 33% AND 37%

       
    • TSUNAMI-22
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 1:25pm

      @ bbell37968

      Well said.

       
    • tifosa
      Posted on February 27, 2011 at 1:21pm

      PROCK, of course being taxed at 100% would kill all incentive to make money…No need to scream :)
      BELLA, I was referring to applying the curve to macroeconomics/ taxation, as the Laffer Curve usually is, but imo trying to argue the detriments,distortions, or errors of Reaganomics, supply-side or trickle-down economics would be a GIANT waste of time in here. Anybody who views macroeconomics in absolutes is just too politically ideological to have an intelligent discourse with. Just sayin ;)

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  • A.W.
    Posted on February 26, 2011 at 7:55am

    This is contrary to economic common sense. At what point in the history of any nation has broad-spectrum tax hikes ever successfully maintain a free Republic? This “infrastructure development” that Trumka speaks of is nothing more than a union-bolstering ruse.

    The unions love tax increases because they are favored in government bids. Unions, in general, are businesses unto themselves and their survival is dependent upon an ever increasing base. (Hint: I just described a pyramid scheme.)

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  • OneBuckeye
    Posted on February 26, 2011 at 7:54am

    Richard Trumka has but 2 things on his mind, money and power! The deep budget crisis is reducing his access to our money. Tax hikes help him achieve his selfish goals!

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  • Smokey_Bojangles
    Posted on February 26, 2011 at 7:53am

    Who would take economic advice from a Commie?Well….Other than Obama?

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  • bigcanopy
    Posted on February 26, 2011 at 7:52am

    Like they wouldn’t squander and misappropriate these new funds as well.

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    • Lesterp
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 9:06am

      It’s a good insight into how these fools minds work!

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  • mutslie
    Posted on February 26, 2011 at 7:51am

    Gee‘s he must be ’dreaming’, (Aussie saying’)……… ( ref’ 1979 film,The Castle)

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  • Vince Foster
    Posted on February 26, 2011 at 7:50am

    I get it now!
    .
    The reason this idiot sounds just like Barack Mohamed Obama, is because he speaks with Barack Mohamed Obama, Every—Single—Day.
    .

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    • GreatAmericanBeckFan
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 4:37pm

      In other words he is the Co-President

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    • orkydorky
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 9:26pm

      Brings to mind the power Jimmy Hoffa once had, perhaps we will get lucky and he‘ll follow in Hoffa’s foot prints! Just a thought!

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    • Bluebonnet
      Posted on February 27, 2011 at 12:50pm

      This Trumka is NO fool! He’s an idiot. You don’t raise taxes on people in really hard times. Obama has spent twice in 2 years that Bush did in 8 years, and we as a Nation considered that disgraceful. Miss Bush yet? Unions could be good for some purposes, but they have run it all in the ground demanding more & more things that are good for the Union and bad for the workers of America. Just look at the millions they give a favored candidate each year from the (illegal) money they collect from the sheeple. It’s not for the worker, it’s for the whim of the Unions. Watch out people that the Union isn’t spending your pension plan, like they used to do. Our government has done a good job of spending SS benefits so nothing is left until they raise taxes again to pay for it.

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  • OneBuckeye
    Posted on February 26, 2011 at 7:49am

    Raising taxes is the best way for Unions to have a bigger pool of money to steal…

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 8:02am

      It also demonstrates my theory that politicians and union leadership are all actually devolved forms of monkeys who are desperate for the attention of superior simians.

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    • 912828Buckeye
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 8:12am

      Richard Trumka supports communism and is buddy,buddy with the
      President and his Chief of Staff. I hope Senate Bill 5 passes in Ohio.

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    • Tnredneck
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 9:07am

      The best way to get this country out of debt is to eliminate 80% of all federal jobs outside of defense. Seriously, what benefit do you get out of federal job? We are ripe for a huge expansion and lowering our debt would cause an expansion of private business and the federal workers could get a job in the private sector. Get rid of the IRS and go to a national sales tax that way every one contributes. No more free rides. By the way the guidelines have changed for organ transplants. Now age is considered. First on the list doesn’t get the next organ as a younger person may bump an older person…..death panels!

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    • Stoic one
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 10:05am

      @ 912828BUCKEYE

      so do I!

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    • CatB
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 12:35pm

      @ONEBUCKEYE

      And Enough is never ENOUGH … the more they get the more they want … 2012 end of an ERROR!

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    • WHITE LOTUS2x
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 12:59pm

      ONE EYE: It would most definately give them a pocket full of money and keep the union workers biusy as well. 9 million jobs in 5 years? how many people that dont have ajob can wait even 1 year. The fox is in the hen house and is going to cause as much damage as he can. God help us all.

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    • RedHarley
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 1:10pm

      So if every billion spent would create 35,000 JOBS, think of how many more JOBS would be created if all of the contracts were not subject to union labor or prevailing wage ?

      Since Trumka is all about JOBS, he would certainly agree to waive any privilege that the unions would have on these “infrastructure” projects.

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    • Robert-CA
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 7:50pm

      Albert Einstein A+B+C=More Jobs…if
      A = Less Taxes
      B = Less Regulations
      C = Keep you mouth shut Richard Trumka

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  • Vince Foster
    Posted on February 26, 2011 at 7:48am

    This idiot sounds just like Barack Mohamed Obama.
    .
    Are we sure the quote is accurate?
    .

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    • what4
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 7:52am

      Sure thing Dick we’ll just raise taxes……NOT!!

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 7:52am

      Most likely one gave the quote to the other; as they say birds of the same feathering think alike, and in this case, it is along the same old and tired path of most unions, leftist, progressive and clueless leadership ever of the “I have all the money I will ever need, so tax everyone else to death.”

      For so long they have been out of touch with the real world, in addition to seeking to make it into their own mega nightmare of a utopia no one wants or needs, they have forgotten that when more money is availible to reinvest, and for people to spend togeather then new jobs are created, new jobs means more taxable income…simple.

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 8:01am

      @NZkiwi (when you read this)

      Best wishes to those caught up in the quake a few days ago, I heard about the couple who decided to go on with their wedding even among the great devastation of their town; the news accounts said it brought a great spot of cheer and delight amid the middle of the loss. Please convey the prayers and hopes of all the Blazers are with them for the recovery of each one of them and of the town.

      @Grandmaof5 (when you read this)

      Morning, we get to see once again in the article what a real lunatic the union leaders have become, and now even refering to the president in the other article is now ‘racist’ to declare. Honestly, this at times makes me feel the administration is trying to do Monte Pythons Flying Circus routines.

      It is nice and chilled today, kitty is staring at a road crew working out front, and we may have some rain. Also, in case you missed the post yesterday, there is a new picture in my gallery, concept 029 and you can go there by clicking the screen name of mine.

      Enjoy the weather in Fl.

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    • tifosa
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 8:01am

      “AFL-CIO Boss: Raising Taxes is ‘Best Way’ to Create Jobs”~~~once again an inaccurately-titled article to gin-up ire.

      tifosa  
    • thegrassroots
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 8:11am

      So, who’s the POTUS? Obama? Trumka? Hard to tell — they speak with the same mouth!

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    • avenger
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 8:12am

      sure….and the best way to cure cancer is to consume vodka till you kill the cancer…frigging marxist pig…

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    • drbage
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 8:16am

      Are these “jobs” the same ones “created or saved” by Porkulus I,II, and III or are they new ones?

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    • LSX
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 8:19am

      True – but – raise taxes to 75% of gross income for ONLY union members and their leaders.

      I’m down for that!

      “Spread the wealth”

      *

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    • grandmaof5
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 8:29am

      Thank you, SNOW, I will take a look. Gloomy here right now, but warm. 2 inside cats are watching the birdfeeder with tails flicking, if only…..I guess all these pundits and those attached to the hip of POTUS are on the same page, pounding out the same tired message, hoping to teach by rote those who are only used to learning by rote. This due to only teaching to standardized tests, over and over again. It is not a way to measure student’s progress, it is a way for teachers to teach to the test, and kids never learn to think for themselves (outside the box). I could go on but it would ruin my mood. Have a great day!
      NZKIWI, you don’t know me but I wanted to tell you how sorry I am NZ had this awful tragedy. I am so happy to see that you are okay and my prayers go out to those who lost loved ones and those who were injured.

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    • Cemoto78
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 8:33am

      Speaking of taxes, I would love to see Trumpka’s tax filings for the past five years. It would be a real eye opener for all the members of the AFL-CIO to see how much this guy rakes in as income and how he is able to manipulate the tax codes in his favor. This is one of those “rich” people the progressives are always talking about taxing more to pay for all the entitlement programs. Wall Street bonuses are extreme at times, but what kind of bonuses do the leadership of the AFL-CIO get? That would be very interesting.

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    • grandmaof5
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 8:40am

      Very nice, SNOW, didn’t remember “In the garden” but I really love the way you draw flowers too. Whiskers on one, maybe? Thanks for helping beautify the world.

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    • sissykatz
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 8:42am

      Boy this makes me feel better!! I had been concered about Obama and his lack of experience and incompetance, but now that he has brought in a Daley from Chicago and brought Immelt from GE to help and now he may be taking advise from a crooked, corrupt, UNION BOSS my fears have all been put to rest. NOT

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    • seeker9
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 8:53am

      Trumka, the economist. If his tax plan does’t work, claim it wasn’t enough. Just like the stimulus. That’s why he is an organizer rather than an actual doer.

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 9:02am

      @Grandmaof5

      Thank you, the idea of whiskers I have been developing for the male cat folks I am working on; not got too many yet, just wait till you see their beards! Will be worth it.

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    • Sinista Mace
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 9:04am

      Trumka is right for a change

      Raising taxes is a GREAT way to create jobs….

      …OVERSEAS.

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    • cnsrvtvj
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 9:09am

      That’s no coincidence Vince. He is Barack Obama. They spent over 100 million dollars getting him elected and now they want payback. Trumka is another guy who hates the rich, even though he’s rich. How’s that hope and change working out for everyone?

      http://www.donsmithshow.com – see the society in decline video

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    • Rob
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 9:21am

      Get your hands out of my wallet your damn, dirty ape!

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    • Rogue
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 9:41am

      Translation: we are going to create union jobs, whether you like it or not. And if you aren’t in a union, we are going to get our dues from you anyway.

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    • Boojer56
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 9:54am

      Raising taxes will only create government jobs. The private sector will go away. Sounds like a communist plan to me. Am I wrong?

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    • Welcome Black Carter
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 9:55am

      Raising taxes good for jobs? Yeah, why not. We’ve been told handing out unemployment checks is good for the economy… our “open society” should be doing very well! Just think of all the “green jobs” that will open up when gas hits $12 a gallon.

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 10:03am

      This guy reminds me constantly of one figure I had seen in the early 90s on c span late in the night; he proposed, with charts as well, how a 100% tax rate on everyone would bring in all the needed funds for future programs; he also suggested 100% confiscation of all goods and wealth for the usage by the federal government to build wealth…in short, he would take everything and allow nothing to be left save scorched earth.

      The laughable part is his projections of wealth made went on and up for the next thirty years, even when one of his colleges showed that if everything is taken, nothing is left to be taken or taxed.

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    • missionarydad
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 10:05am

      Yeah sure that is what should happen, more money to be funneled to your union. How much of that missing stimulus money did you get? My guess is a pretty hefty chunk, these union thugs make me sick.

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    • freeus
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 10:22am

      Stay out of it Trumka! You have screwed up things enough.

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    • Lt_Taz
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 10:49am

      You had asked if the quote was correct, from a reprobate like Trumka I would have to say YES, just have to steer most of the contracts to states with “Right to Work Laws” and they could hire all non-union workers. That would be payback in spades for this mental midget.

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    • Bermuda Onion
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 10:50am

      Obama, Trumka and Daley; three Dicks!

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    • banjarmon
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 11:59am

      More fools are born ever day. This so call boss needs Rand Paul to teach him about economics.

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    • TruthDarts
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 12:26pm

      JOB CREATION….by GREASE-MY-PALMS-AFL-CIO???

      I’ll give you a tidbit to digest that DWARFS the “job creation” Obama Pay-ola to AFL-CIO…

      WHERE’S THE MEDIA ON THIS ONE???????????????????????

      via NILE TV (that’s EGYPT where people are demonstrating), spring 2010…

      “Egyptian Foreign Minister Abul Gheit said on the ”Round Table Show” that he had had a one-on-one meeting with Obama–who swore to him that:

      “…(he–Barack Obama) was a Muslim, the son of a Muslim father and step-son of Muslim step-father, that (his) half-brothers in Kenya were Muslims, and that (he) was loyal to the Muslim agenda. (He asked) that the Muslim world show patience. (Obama promised) that once (he) overcame some domestic American problems (Healthcare), that (he) would show the Muslim world what (he) would do with Israel.”

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    • Showtime
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 12:27pm

      Don’t forget — The best way to increase the number of people receiving unemployment benefits is to kill jobs my raising taxes. That’s good, too?

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    • AmericanSoldier
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 12:28pm

      Do they not understand that raising taxes to pay for public work projects THAT ARE TEMPORARY is not the solution for how horrible our jobs market is in America?

      We need manufacturing to return to America. You can’t do that by RAISING taxes. The only real way is for us to accept a lower standard of living and taking the cut. There’s just no other way. Once we can reduce the costs of manufacturing, they might return to America. Maybe.

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    • CatB
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 12:33pm

      I’m sure he will ask for a exemption … just like Obamacare … the “payments” are only for us litle old non union people — or as I like to call us … TAXPAYERS!

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    • michael48
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 12:37pm

      well let’s just start with ALL PUBLIC JOBS….50% taxes and PAY YOUR OWN BENIES…you seem to be the RICH, ELITE…PAY YOUR FAIR SHARE….COMRADES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    • watchtheotherhand
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 1:17pm

      You wanna know why some of the wealthiest people in the country want “so called” increase taxes on the rich, which would necessarily include them? Think of it this way. They are already mega-wealthy to an absurd level. Currently others that own businesses and what not can become quite wealthy. No they don’t begin to approach the level of the mega-wealthy, but they wield enough influence that those who are meg-wealthy have there influence and power bases diluted, and this is currently an ongoing assault which historically as been quite an exclusive club. Therefor if they (the mega-wealthy) push for an increased tax on the rich they can decrease others ability to accumulate wealth to a significant degree and therefore gradually erode their degree of influence to shape policy and maintain dominance over others. Look at it this way. I will use extreme numbers to illustrate my point. take a person who is worth 10 million and one worth 10 billion. Lets say both have their “progressive style” tax of 75% (just to illustrate the point, you can pick any percentage). The millionaire ends up with what ………2.5 million left over (nothing to sneeze at but significant loss of over all wealth and therefore influence. The billionaire ends up with 2.5 billion. Even though you may think the ratio dollar to dollar has stayed the same you need to evaluate it in light of other factors. The progressive tax scale favors and helps concentrate wealth (not in dollar value but in influential power by limiting others expendable income that is most certainly maintained by the mega-wealthy). It occurs because those who are trying to accumulate wealth at a significant tax rate will never be able to achieve the influence of expendable income that those who already possess significant wealth. Therefore the mega-wealthy (although I am sure some are true believers in social justice) can actually ensure financial dominance through this type of system. Theirs is a strategy of actually protecting their wealth and survival of their dominance. Of course someone who still has 2,5 million lives well, I think you can see that the billionaire actually increases their influence when taxed more heavily because their expendable income remains significantly higher compared to other more ordinary wealthy individuals. It also creates a more dependent population on the redistribution of those tax increases which then again plays right into their ability to influence and exert dominance over larger groups of people all under the “heart tugging strings” of caring for the poor. Who would oppose that?? This has been some of the discussions that have occurred among the Bilderdergs. Some of the most wealthy influential people on the planet. Don’t believe me do your own research on Bilderberg meeting minutes !!!!!!!! If you think for a second that the mega-wealthy of this country and the world have a truly benevolent heart for the poor and down trodden then you have to ask yourself how these people got to be some of the wealthiest in the world? They are not well intentioned. Of course they think they are but as CS Lewis has stated…………Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.

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    • TSUNAMI-22
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 1:20pm

      Raising taxes is the quickest way to deplete Americas wallet.

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    • JoeNY
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 1:23pm

      “he’s shown the President a $256 billion plan to improve infrastructure. If every billion spent on infrastructure creates 35,000 jobs, as he claims, this package would create close to 9 million jobs over the next five years.”

      Two things: 1. “He’s shown”…. oh yeah, he gets to see the President every few days. I guess he’s the new “job czar”. 2. $1B=35,000 jobs. For how long??? We’ve spent about $1T so far, so where are the 35,000,000 jobs?? Just curious.

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    • independentvoteril
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 1:31pm

      How does raising taxes HELP.. raise my taxes again I BUY LESS.. turn down overtime.. heck why should I work harder for someone else…

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    • constitutionparty
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 1:34pm

      If 35,000 iobs per billion is accurate then the $800 Billion stimulus should have created 23,000,000 jobs and that didn’t happen. I have heard of fuzzy math before but these are just plain lies.

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    • P C BE DAMNED
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 1:35pm

      I want this union boss to fight me. If I win, they go away. If he wins, we destroy the unions anyway, which we are going to do.

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    • DiamondDog
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 1:39pm

      The Dem’s killed the high speed train in favor of a Runaway Train!

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    • GreatAmericanBeckFan
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 3:29pm

      Him and Obama both have way too much power and way too little brains, in reality they are just peons of the puppet master. You know he was told to say this by Obama who passes on the marching orders from Soro’s. I hope they enjoy their Gladys Knight concert at the White House, wonder who is paying for that?

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    • taskmaster78
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 3:39pm

      These people neglect history as well since when has the union boss held a degree in economy? My knowledge he doesn‘t and shouldn’t put his useless two cents worth in the conversation. He’s nothing but a dimwit.

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    • Armed Patriot
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 4:06pm

      Didnt we used to kill commies??? Thats what they taught me to do in the US Army. Kill a commie for your mommy and the land that you love.

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    • Buck Bagaw
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 5:57pm

      Dick Trumka!!, The name is appropriate.

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    • TurnRight
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 5:58pm

      I just don‘t understand how anyone can believe a word that comes out of Trumka’s mouth!

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    • lionslayer44
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 6:26pm

      i volunteer to pull the lever at the gallows when all these communists are executed for treason.

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    • Goldenyears22
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 7:24pm

      They do see a lot of each other.

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    • DisillusionedDaily
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 7:39pm

      I just did the math. His $256 billion program would create 35,000 jobs. Gee! That’s only $7,314,285.71 per job. At the average union salary of $100,000 per anum, we can guarantee each of the 35,000 union workers benefitting from this largess 73 years of employment! What a bargin! I wonder who gets to keep the excess cash if the work is finished in less than 73 years?

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    • fulcrum
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 8:51pm

      Who is this idiot trying to fool?
      Of course.. The koolaid drinkers that coincidentially also believe that by raising taxes we’ll create jobs.
      Actually we’ll create more UNION jobs from their prospective

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    • Spike143
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 9:05pm

      Have to raise taxes, after all how are we going to pay for those union pensions. (sarcasm)

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    • staggerlee32
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 10:09pm

      lol… for unions…. kill private sector jobs and create more Govt jobs with tax dollars…. till there is no more taxes to collect because the dollar crashed!

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    • staggerlee32
      Posted on February 26, 2011 at 10:10pm

      then what happens? fema camps? riots? what?

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    • Anamah
      Posted on February 27, 2011 at 2:00am

      I am sure Hugo Chavez would agree completely with his ideology… Go there Trumka, stop destroying America!!! You, Stern and Soros go there…with Huguito…

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    • oberhammer
      Posted on February 27, 2011 at 2:44am

      AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka (Obama’s best friend) makes over 7 million dollars per year being a Union Mafia Boss. He owns multiple mansions. Think the main stream progressive press will report this?
      I wonder how much money he has in off shore accounts. Maybe someone should investigate him. Hell will freeze over first before 0Bama’s administration investigates this progressive socialist crook.

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    • silentwatcher
      Posted on February 27, 2011 at 3:22am

      A really good example that the unions are working hard to raise thier levels in government……they want everyone to pay more taxes so some can keep their overpaid fat-asses in well paying labor union dues paying budget crashing positions. Then, when it catches up again, they can just keep raising taxes. The union members keep getting their raises to offset the tax increase, and the rest of the citizens will no longer be able to afford working in any position other than a union job. Simple greed of the union members is keeping them from seeing the true face of socialism. Dummies…..

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    • One1
      Posted on February 27, 2011 at 4:11am

      #1 WTF does Trumpka know about creating jobs? #2 Who will pay all those employees building the infrastucture? The tax payer. Tell me how this is sustainable? Look you Trumpka jerk, government does not make money… it takes money you idot.

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    • booya_1086
      Posted on February 27, 2011 at 11:54am

      morons all of em

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    • BlackDragon08
      Posted on February 27, 2011 at 12:16pm

      I am asking all PSU Alumni to call the Board of Trustees at Penn State and request the Trumka be removed from the Distinguished Alumni. He was voted in in 2010. If this what PSU values in thier alumni; then maybe it was not the University we all excepted and should not support them. Considering there are more alumni that are more deserving of that honor!

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    • tifosa
      Posted on February 27, 2011 at 12:20pm

      @OBERHAMMER, where did you get the info about his salary and mansions? His salary is obscene: but $239,000 is not seven million…I see nothing about him owning mansions…but I’d like to see

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    • HUGGINGMYBABIES
      Posted on February 27, 2011 at 11:22pm

      Let’s start with taxing the unions! They seem to be for profit entities, no? Hold on to your fat wallet Trumka……the taxpayers are about to play pickpocket. Although the thought of being within 100 yards of that man gives me the skeebies!! I hope his supposedly impoverished public workers can handle a fat tax hike as well :)

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    • staythecourse
      Posted on February 27, 2011 at 11:34pm

      And who elected him POTUS….

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    • Robert W
      Posted on February 28, 2011 at 2:35am

      Trumka looks like a bus driver.

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    • sleazyhippo
      Posted on February 28, 2011 at 11:23am

      The headline is not accurate!

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    • Wartface
      Posted on February 28, 2011 at 1:06pm

      Trumpka is nothing but a Union thug… He and Obummer have to raise taxes. They know that their followers will turn on them when: THEY RUN OUT OF OTHER PEOPLE’S MONEY TO GIVE THEM!

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    • zzmikey
      Posted on February 28, 2011 at 3:37pm

      I can see the snl spoof already, Trumka:”OK, you got Glenn Beck, Rush Limbough, Sean Hannity, and Bill O‘Reilley in a cage wit’ DITKA, Barry, who wins?” Obama: “DITKA”. “Bill Daley, what do you tink?” Daley:
      “Ok, DITKA, but only if my brudder da Mare helps him…” Trunka, “Obviously youse bote are geniouses, let’s get anudder picher a beer….”

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