Government employees getting hurt on the Job

Unwin, a Federal Bureau of Prisons employee for 16 years, hasn’t worked since. He doesn’t have a full range of motion in his right shoulder, he said, and has been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. He has short-term memory problems, sleeps irregularly and faces seizure risks.

The saving grace: He is covered by a 96-year-old compensation program for injured federal workers. Under the Federal Employees Compensation Act of 1916 (FECA), he receives 75 percent of his former salary, tax-free; his monthly income is within a few hundred dollars of his previous salary.

Legislation pending in the U.S. Senate, however, ultimately would cut Unwin’s benefits and could affect many other government workers — especially those with modest incomes — in the future.

      Try being employed in the dreaded private sector.  Time to revisit the 96 year old compensation program and cut it, not increase the benefits.  Tax free money for the rest of your life?  Sounds great.

How can any company compete with government give-a-way programs and increases to those of us left that do pay taxes.  It was reported today on the news that people retired will now be eligible to collect food stamps!  U N S U S T A I N A B LE

Back to the real question, who really thinks that any new president or politician can stop this spending frenzy???? 

It could happen here

  How sad this article is.  I am told we are a world economy. Does it also mean we are a world of nit-wits and should act like robots, to be dictated to by a few?  I am just inclined to say we should do away with second and third prices, of any type, no need, we do not recognize personal individuality or achievement anymore.

British government will argue against right to wear crucifix at work

The British government is prepared to argue against the right of employees to wear a crucifix while at work.
In a case pending before the European Court of Human Rights, two women have argued that they were the victims of religious discrimination because they were told not to wear crosses at work. The government plans to argue against the women’s case, the Daily Telegraph has revealed.
The government will argue that because Christians are not obliged by their faith to wear a cross, it is not an infringement on their religious liberty to forbid them from doing so.

 

Imagine, a country being concerned about illegal immigration................

France:

PRESIDENT Nicolas Sarkozy has threatened to pull France out of the visa-free Schengen zone unless the European Union makes progress on reducing illegal immigration.

The remark was made in a speech at a key election rally on Sunday in the Parisian suburb of Villepinte in which Mr Sarkozy called for a "revision" of the Schengen Agreement, but also threatened to "suspend [France's] participation" if a new government policy was not implemented within twelve months.

The Schengen treaty is intended to guarantee the management of migration by controlling the external borders of Europe, however this relies heavily on neighbouring countries. 400 million Europeans in the Schengen zone can cross borders without a passport. Illegal immigrants who access the area can also take advantage of this ability to move freely between countries.

It is thought that Sarkozy, who recently criticised the number of foreigners in France, made the threat in the hope of destabilising Socialist candidate Francois Hollande who is currently leading in pre-election polls.         


      Are they also able to vote with no ID?.......just saying

Why do you vote Democrat?

    1. I voted Democrat because I believe oil companies' profits of 4%
on a gallon of gas are obscene, but the government taxing the same gallon of
gas at 15% isn't.
   
    2. I voted Democrat because I believe the government will do a
better job of spending the money I earn than I would.
   
    3. I voted Democrat because Freedom of Speech is fine as long as
nobody is offended by it.
   
    4. I voted Democrat because I'm way too irresponsible to own a gun,
and I know that my local police are all I need to protect me from murderers
and thieves.
   
    5. I voted Democrat because I believe that people who can't tell us
if it will rain on Friday can tell us that the polar ice caps will melt away
in ten years if I don't start driving a Prius or a Volt.
   
    6. I voted Democrat because I'm not concerned about millions of
babies being aborted so long as we keep all death row inmates alive.
   
    7. I voted Democrat because I think illegal aliens have a right to
free health care, education, and Social Security benefits, and we should
take away the social security from those who paid into it.
   
    8. I voted Democrat because I believe that business should not be
allowed to make profits for themselves. They need to break even and give the
rest away to the government for redistribution as the Democrats see fit.
   
    9. I voted Democrat because I believe liberal judges need to rewrite
the Constitution every few days to suit some fringe kooks who would never
get their agendas past the voters.
   
    10. I voted Democrat because I think that it's better to pay
billions to people who hate us for their oil, but not drill our own because
it might upset some endangered beetle, gopher or fish.
   
    11. I voted Democrat because while we live in the greatest, most
wonderful country in the world, I was promised "HOPE AND CHANGE".
   
    I, myself do not vote Democrat, I am of clear mind and choose to think for myself.

Mine is bigger than yours..............

   Or gone are the days of small business and in this world economy the game is how much money the tax payer will donate to companies to make sure they can survive or at the least stay in business.  Gone are the days of a better product and fair competition through the simple bidding process.

 The United States said Monday that the World Trade Organization has confirmed that Europe's unfair trade subsidies to aircraft maker Airbus have dwarfed U.S. aid to Boeing.
By contrast, the European Commission said the WTO appeal ruling confirmed billions of dollars in U.S. subsidies to Boeing were illegal under WTO rules.
"This decision is a tremendous victory for American manufacturers and workers -- and demonstrates the Obama administration's commitment to ensuring a level playing field for Americans," Ron Kirk, the U.S. Trade Representative, said in a statement before a WTO appeals panel published its findings.
"It is now clear that European subsidies to Airbus are far larger -- by multiples -- and far more distortive than anything that the United States does for Boeing," he said.
The U.S. highlighted that the WTO had found last May that the European Union gave Airbus $18 billion in subsidized funding that resulted in lost market share and sales of 342 U.S.-made large civil aircraft.

Next, more or your money to any still in business solar panel manufacturers in the states to compete with the forces and industry in China.

 Audit cites risk in DOE loan program

Who pays for your pension and do you even still have one?

   West Virginia: beautiful country side, nice place to go hunting, rich in coal, people still with homes obligated with their property tax to pay for the pensions of public employees.  Unsustainable!  Time to revamp this generous pension fund for public employees who in some states only need work no more than 20 years to be guaranteed a paycheck for the remainder of their life. 

In the session that ended Saturday (March 10), lawmakers approved legislation proposed by Governor Earl Ray Tomblin pledging $30 million a year in personal income tax collections to help reduce the gap between what the state promised to pay its retired employees for health care and what it set aside to meet those obligations. West Virginia’s retiree health care debt, which had reached $10 billion, was one of the highest per capita burdens in the country. 
Tomblin says the health care obligation was the last big debt confronting West Virginia, jeopardizing the strength of the state’s finances. “We’ve struggled for the last three or four years to find a solution,” he told Stateline. “Now, as far as I know, we’re the first in the country to address it.”