Cuts and Concessions before Police Layoffs

Every city employee should pay their own retirement contribution with the city's matching capped at 5%.

Every city employee should pay 20% if their health care premium, with standard deductibles and co-pays.

Every city position possible should be eliminated before a single police officer is layed off, even if the Mayor has to answer his own phone.

If contracts are preventing this from happening, then the City should declare insolvency, go into receivership, and let a state trustee determine new contracts, benefits and wages.

We Are The World Foundation

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

For the Sake of Health

A new government study has found that GM cars are the safest, most efficient cars available in America, surpassing Mercedes, Volvo, Ford, and even some privately built armored cars.

Therefore, because driving of less-safe cars may lead to expensive medical bills (some of which will not be paid by the drivers and might be absorbed by the tax payer) the government is now passing new automobile reform legislation.

All Americans will be required to purchase GM cars. If they do not, they will be fined and eventually charged with the crime of refusing to drive a GM. Those who cannot afford a GM car will be issued a GM by the government paid for by tax dollars. The existing car makers are free to compete with GM for the business, but only if they convert all their automobiles to the standards and equipment found in GM cars. IF they cannot do so, and sales plummet because their customers fear imprisonment for not driving a GM or GM equivalent, then they those manufactures will go out of business, leaving their employees jobless.

Mechanics who are not licensed or certified to repair GM cars, will be re-trained. The congress will establish rules for what GM licensed mechancis can charge for an oil change, ball joint repair, and what major overhauls are appropriate. Those who continue to repair other brands based on agreements with their owners will be subject to criminal prosecution and stripped of their certifications. Crossing into Canada or Mexico to have your vehicle repaired will be a criminal act, GM or other brand.

Pay no attention to the fact that the government owns GM. This is for your own good, and the good of the millions of Americans, and illegal immigrants, who can't afford cars. This legislation will be passed REGARDLESS of your position on its constitutionality or benefits.



This is the health care reform that is currently being pushed through congress.

Your freedom and liberty removed. Your choice removed. Government "studies" determining what health care is necessary and safe --- IE new mammogram standards.

Jail for refusal to choose health insurance. Massive cost increases on taxpayers and the destruction of private health care insurance providers, and all their employees jobless. Doctors told what tests, procedures and care can be provided, no private contracts for care, and cross boarder excursions to see a physician operating abroad illegal.

Stop this massive unconstitutional power grab now.

Call, email, write your congress and the president. Rally your friends and like minded. Attempt to logically argue the point with liberals you know -- this is a matter of freedom and choice, not the tragedy of the uninsured.

TAHL - Tom Sullivan

Communist - Plain and Simple

Government ownership of private business.

Government telling private business and citizens what wages they may receive.

And now, the President determining which news outlets will be "allowed" to interview or be present for press conferences with government officials. THIS IS COMMUNISM.

The sad thing is, the citizenry is so ill informed, or uneducated on history, that our President does not even have to hide his agenda.

The Constitution has become a distraction to him and his Congress. His oath is a fraud.

TAHL

This tax --- shall not be treated as a tax -- Health Care Bill

This is actual language from the Health Care Bill, page 174, addressing the tax (2.5%) imposed if you choose not to purchase health care.

‘‘(6) NOT TREATED AS TAX IMPOSED BY THISCHAPTER FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES.—

The tax imposed under this section shall not be treated as tax imposed by this chapter for purposes of determining the amount of any credit under this chapter or for purposes of section.

I'm only on page 174 of 1017, so I am sure there is more to come.

Here is the Bill.

http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=111_cong_bills&docid=f:h3200ih.txt.pdf


TAHL