WHO IS RICHARD TRUMKA?

Richard Trumka. President of the AFL_CIO, in his own words has stated that he talks with the white house daily and visits at least two or three times a week. This is a very interesting fact when you look at who he is.

Richard Trumka has an extensive past with the unions.  I will only look at some of the more interesting times. Trumka was at one time the president of the United Mine workers.  During  this time he was more of a militant leader and encouraged violence against his own workers and was even quoted as saying “kick the sh*% out of every last one of ‘em” while referring to the mine workers who dared to cross the picket line so they could work to pay their bills and feed their kids. Under the direction of Trumka, the workers followed like sheep and did his bidding. They harassed other workers and former bosses, they trashed their houses, discharged firearms at the offices and even turned off the power to a mineshaft which led to 93 miners being trapped in the mines. It sounds to me like this man should be in prison. If that is not enough for you, look up the name, Eddie York. He was a non-union contractor that was shot in the head and killed by a union thug while the rest of the union thugs threw rocks at the guards that tried to help him. Instead of acknowledging this as an act of murder, Trumka tried to diminish the whole ordeal  with a less than compassionate statement. "I'm saying if you strike a match and put your finger in, common sense tells you you're going to burn your finger”. Other acts of violence seem to have followed this animal for some reason. Look up another incident in Bentleyville Pa. Remember that this man has the president’s ear.

 Are we supposed to believe all of the rhetoric about Obama being surrounded by radicals? Well apparently Trumka does not help to dismiss this argument. He has joined the likes of Fox-Piven, a socialist activist and has stated that he got into the labor movement to promote massive social change. Social change as we all know is another way of saying socialism or social justice.

Trumka has said  recently at a march 14^th union rally that the  days’ events should be seen as part of the larger fight and that the larger fight is between the “haves” and the “have nots”. I wonder which fight he is referring to. It sounds like we are in store for more of Trumka’s bullying and animalistic behavior only this time it will be on a national level.  As for the socialism, his reference to the “haves” and the “have nots” is a reference to a book called Rules For Radicals by Saul Alinski and the strategy used by the socialists and communists. If you look up his past you will find far more than the few examples that I have pointed to. I would also like to repeat the beginning of my article. Richard Trumka. President of the AFL_CIO, in his own words has stated that he talks with the white house daily and visits at least two or three times a week. One can only hope that he goes the way of Jimmy Hoffa and very soon. This man is an enemy of the country and yet another one of the socialists in power that want to dismantle the country and mold it more to the model of socialism.

to budget cut or not

So, the republicans want to kill the children and make grandma eat cat food. The democrats want to save everyone. Does anyone believe this anymore? First of all, ramen noodles are alot cheaper than cat food nowadays so I'm not understanding where they are coming from on that one. As for the republicans, they are playing politics with the budget cuts also. Of course we need a military to protect us but I'm sure there are ways to cut some excess  pork without stopping research on the next best defense project. Are we forgetting that they spend 500$ on a hammer and 1000$ for a toilet seat? Come on now. The democrats want a zero % budget cut. They have said this a few times. This was Harry Reid's platform for the first debate for cuts. So, with one side not wanting to cut at all, and the other side willing to cave in and not only accept but claim victory for a cut that only covered a portion of one month's interest alone, how are we going to get out of the mess?
          I have looked at this and found the perfect way to stop the accusations about how one side is destroying NPR for political purposes and the other is trying to kill our military. If you have ever been laid off or know someone that has been ( im willing to bet that we all at least know of someone nowadays) then you know that without enough money coming in, you'r going to have to cut some extras around the house. We all know that we spend billions of dollars in this country on things that we want and not need. I propose the same thing for the government. Without choosing a political cut or anything that can be argued as having a need and not a hand out, here is the solution. We need to cut 20% of every single program. Every program has waste and every program can learn to be a little more responsible with the money they have. This does not target a specific program so it cannot be attacked by partisans. It is  fair and more than necessary.  Because of the many spending problems we have right now, I had to use the 2010 budget and it was just an estimate. O.K. so in 2010 the total budget was 3.46 trillion dollars. If we cut 20% of that, it would be 692 billion (if my wife's math is correct haha)  Now that is a cut we could all agree on.
          Lets take it another way.  All numbers are from 2010. the defense department spent 663.7 billion dollars. If we cut 20 % of that it would be, 132,740,000,000 (thats almost 133 billion) in just one cut. remember 20% would be mostly waste. The department of transportation spent 72.5 billion. 20% of that would be 14.5 million.  Also, in waste. The department of health and human services spent 78.7 billion. 20% of that would be 15,740,000,000 (almost 16 billion). You see how fast these add up. I like this method even better because it breaks everything down one at a time. As congress cuts these programs they can add additional cuts necessary according to how relevant the program is.  With just the top three spenders of 2010, we have cut a total of 148,494,500,000 dollars.  That would be 148.5 billion dollars that we really could do without.  We personally cut 35% when i was laid off so we all know its possible and 20% is not going to kill any program.