Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Today's Teamster News 06.22.11

Republicans in Legislature may try to make recalls harder  Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel   ...Gov. Scott Walker - speaking with reporters in Washington - called the recalls a "distraction" for most Wisconsin residents...
Extension of aid to jobless goes unused  Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel   ...The change to state law would not touch the state's struggling unemployment insurance trust fund and would provide 13 more weeks of benefits to workers who have been without employment for roughly a year and a half...
State Budget Director John Nixon says Michigan government built 'on a house of cards'  mlive.com   ...“We could have balanced the budget without taxing pensions,” Nixon said...
Poor targeted in Pa. budget  Philly.com   ...The cuts would amount to ending Medicaid coverage for 100,000 Pennsylvanians, says Sharon Ward,...
Benefit cuts not appealing as fix for deficit  The Tennessean   ...nearly 58 percent of respondents believe people with household incomes of at least $250,000 should pay higher taxes to help balance the next federal budget...
President Clinton, The Economy Started Losing Manufacturing Jobs While You Were in Office  cepr.net   ... not only were we losing manufacturing jobs during his last three years in office, but the trade deficit was soaring...