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Gee, another $26 billion to bail out the teachers unions

The RINO twins came through for Harry Reid again. The ostensibly Republican senators from Maine, Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe, voted to shovel another $26 billion of our tax dollars into the coffers of the teachers unions.

Because what the profligate spenders in our state governments really need is another reason to lavish more money on teachers. At a time when guys like Chris Christie and Mitch Daniels are finally getting a handle on the escalating cost of state government here come the Democrats to keep the public employee gravy train barreling along.

The legislation would provide $10 billion to retain teachers who might otherwise lose jobs to cutbacks, and an additional $16 billion to help states struggling to close budget deficits.

Because you know cutting spending is just too darn hard.

In Obamaville the money grows on trees! We don't have to care where money comes from; there is an endless supply of "rich people" from which it can be harvested confiscated.

Let me see if I've got this straight now. Nancy Pelosi said that if you or I were collecting unemployment that would be good for the economy. She did say that, right?

"We had a choice," said Rahm Emanuel, the White House chief of staff. "Either teachers could be in the classroom or they could be on the unemployment lines."

So.... Teachers on unemployment are bad?

Oh I get it! Teachers are unionized! Union employees overwhelmingly vote Democratic!

It all makes sense now. Except for why the RINO Twins don't just switch parties already. It's not like they're doing us any good.

Posted at 20:57 by Chris Wysocki   [/democrats]   Comments | Archived | Perm Link |
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