This latest astroturfed event was sponsored by your friends at Organizing for America, along with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). Made possible by the union dues that the SEIU, amongst others, confiscated from their rank and file. From Atlas Shrugs:
"Teamsters and other workers were bussed in to the State Capitol in an increasing effort by the White House to interfere in relations between states and public sector unions.
Union protestors seemed to have taken to heart President Obama’s admonition to “get in people’s faces”. Thankfully, they did not act on Rep. Michael Capuano’s (D-Mass.) words to union members today, when he told them “Every once and a while you need to get out on the streets and get a little bloody when necessary.” If not for the presence of state troopers who controlled the howling union goons, this protest could have had a violent outcome.
Nonetheless, Obama’s supporters put on a disgraceful display of incivility and paranoia-fueled administration propaganda, which is exactly what Obama and Organizing for America have been encouraging."
Another prime example of the left being who they truly are. This is why they were shellacked in November. The biggest issue taxpayers have with public sector unions, is that im many cases, the results of their labor don't justify what they already have.
"Just about half of Colorado students in grades 3 through 10 are below proficient for their grade levels in writing test scores. And it’s worse than that for math. These union workers understand that their paycheck depends on getting money out of the productive sector of society. The more people are taxed, they believe, the more benefits and pay increases they can expect in the future. Unfortunately, what states like Wisconsin have discovered is that bloated bureaucracies and entitlements become unsustainable when you run out of other people’s money to spend."
The unions know full well the schools they run are underperforming, which is why they so viciously fight any efforts to implement merit based pay. Shouldn't parents be protesting them for such poor quality? Instead, they send their kids to other typs of schools, or homeschool their kids. Look for more of that in the future.
Of all the signs displayed at this union protest, this one stood out the most to me:
That's Collectivism Personified.
Background Reading:
Atlas Shrugs: Moochers and Looters vs. Producers In Denver
Colorado Springs Gazette: CSAP: Annual test results reveal poor writing scores
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