Our Economy and Their Honor for Sale

According to the New York Post, and other sources, unions (including federal employees') will escape the tax on the premier health care plans they receive, while the rest of us will pay through the nose for it.

"Big Labor got some big love from President Obama and congressional Democrats yesterday after they agreed to exempt union workers from the whopping “Cadillac tax” on high-cost health-care plans until 2018. The sweetheart deal, hammered out behind closed doors, will save union employees at least $60 billion over the years involved, while others won't be as lucky -- they'll have to cough up almost $90 billion "

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/unions_get_pecial_treatment_in_health_AB053CwqPIJlIxXAm37DOM#ixzz0cgosDksC

Honor, integrity, constitutionalism and our economy for sale to the highest bidder, and beholden to the unions. Union membership makes up less than 15% of the American work force. So, on top of solving a 15% health insurance problem by destroying the 85% effective system, we now will exempt 15% of the nations workers from paying for the Democrat plan, at the expense of other paying citizens.

A travesty of constitutional, economic, and political justice. Overpaid unionized workers get sweetheart deals, everyone else gets the bill.

TAHL

Lima Settles with Estate of Tarika Wilson

The City of Lima has settled the case with the estate of Tarika Wilson. The City's insurers, holding a no-consent policy, settled the case over objection by the City. This is not uncommon, nor any admission of guilt by the city.

Insurance companies measure the cost of defense and trial, risk of loss at a civil trial, and potential civil verdicts in their settlement decisions. Its business for them, not right vs. wrong. Given the climate in Lima, the facts known, and the costs involved, settlement was likely a solid mathematical outcome.

More at Cops&Lawyers.blogspot.com, and Glass City Jungle.

TAHL