Leaked SEIU Card Check Cheat Sheet

As if Andy Stern and Anna Burger lobbying without being registered wasn’t enough for the Service Employee International Union (SEIU) to deal with, they are still trying desperately to pass the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA). Unsuccessfully, I might add.

However, they have developed a new tool of misinformation — “Language Tips on Employee Free Choice.”

SEIU EFCA Tip Sheet_Page_2 PDF –

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Tags: Alliance for Worker Freedom, Andy Stern, Anna Burger, EFCA, lobbying
Posted Dec 12th 2009 at 8:07 am in Big Labor, Congress, Politics | 4365876 Commentshttp://biggovernment.com/brjohnson/2009/12/12/leaked-seiu-card-check-cheat-sheet/Leaked+SEIU+Card+Check+Cheat+Sheet2009-12-12+16%3A07%3A41Brian++Johnson

ObamaCare: Show Me the SEIU Money!

Throughout the debate over health care reform, there has been a great deal of discussion over the role of special interests in influencing the votes of lawmakers. Liberal democrats, progressive think tanks and mainstream media have repeatedly accused anyone who opposes government run health care of standing with special interests instead of with needy Americans, painting them as greedy and selfish. And now that a bill has passed in the House and is on its way to the Senate, big government proponents of a ‘public option’ are already attacking their fellow Democrats’ own bill, insisting that it may as well have been written by special interests.

Funny they should mention that. Because, just like the stimulus bill, it was written by special interests.

While it’s true that Republicans certainly receive their fair share of donations from the health industry, the surprising truth is that Democrats actually receive more.  Because there’s one giant special interest sector that everyone seems to be leaving out:  Big Labor.  And in the monarchy of labor these days,  there is one queen that’s at the top of the money chain, and that’s the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the top billing union in its parent coalition, Change to Win. Especially when it comes to the issue of health care.

Let’s start first by breaking down the numbers.

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Tags: 527, Andy Stern, Anna Burger, campaign finance, health care
Posted Nov 17th 2009 at 11:13 am in ACORN, Big Labor, Featured Story, Healthcare, Obama, Politics | 3091040 Commentshttp://biggovernment.com/libertychick/2009/11/17/obamacare-show-me-the-seiu-money/ObamaCare%3A+Show+Me+the+SEIU+Money%212009-11-17+18%3A13%3A33Liberty+Chick

SEIU: Building a New American Health Care Empire?

Most average Americans know little about the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). Some know them as the people in purple shirts that beat up attendees at the town halls this summer.  Some equate them to ACORN, or to the Obama administration.  While there is some truth to all of the above, there is for certain one title that every voting American should be bestowing upon SEIU, and that is the title of “special interest”.

From 2000 to current, SEIU has spent at least $187,500,000 through combined lobbying, PAC and 527s group donations and expenses on candidates and policy issues – nearly 100% of which went to Democrats and to liberal policy initiatives.  Much has been focused on influencing universal health care, as well as other indirectly related health legislation, such as public nutrition, food safety, research, and environmental health – all part of SEIU’s supposed plan for Building a New American Health Care System. Because, in their words, they “will not stop until every man, woman and child has quality, affordable care they can count on.”

So really…why is SEIU so invested in health care?

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Tags: 527, AARP, Americans for Stable Quality care, Andy Stern, Anna Burger
Posted Nov 16th 2009 at 6:51 am in Big Labor, Featured Story, Healthcare, Obama, Politics | 3151894 Commentshttp://biggovernment.com/libertychick/2009/11/16/seiu-building-a-new-american-health-care-empire/SEIU%3A+Building+a+New+American+Health+Care+Empire%3F2009-11-16+13%3A51%3A19Liberty+Chick

The Profitability of Lobbying

In a surprising development, the Washington Post discovers that Congressmen make promises of funding in exchange for votes:

“It takes a while for most start-up companies to gain the confidence of a U.S. congressman and the promise of federal funds. But last year, a small Illinois company accomplished its goal in 16 days with the help of Rep. Peter J. Visclosky, a little-known Indiana Democrat who sits on the House committee that funds the Pentagon. [...]

The congressman sponsored or supported at least $44 million in earmarks in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 for more than 15 technology firms that had hired K&L Gates as lobbyists. None of the companies operated in Visclosky’s home state, but nearly all of them donated to Visclosky’s campaign just before or soon after receiving the promise of federal money.”

This is more evidence of the twisted positive sum gain between lobbyists and lawmakers. Sure lawmakers benefit, but that’s because they have something very valuable to offer. Lobbying is a very profitable activity. According this study published in April this year, the $3 billion-a-year industry in Washington secures spectacular returns on investment such as “a single tax break in 2004 earned companies $220 for every dollar they spent on the issue — a 22,000 percent rate of return on their investment.”

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Tags: Earmarks, lobbying, Peter Visclosky, tax breaks
Posted Oct 26th 2009 at 8:30 am in Congress, Earmarks, Politics | 2098621 Commentshttp://biggovernment.com/vderugy/2009/10/26/the-profitability-of-lobbying/The+Profitability+of+Lobbying2009-10-26+15%3A30%3A13Veronique++de+Rugy