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Especially interesting in these challenging economic times, a new report finds federal workers are receiving higher salaries than their private sector counterparts, and are really costing employers (i.e. the taxpayers) a lot more in benefit costs–more than four times the cost. Read more »

Recalcitrant labor unions figure prominently into the equation of the U.S. Postal Service’s problems as unreasonable demands intersect with economic realities. The agency’s business model is so irredeemably bad to the point where it cannot be salvaged. Read more »

A video interview with Michelle Malkin on her new best-seller “Culture of Corruption.” She talks about the dark reality behind the smiling polished media image of First Lady Michelle Obama, Chicago-style politics comes to the White House, union paybacks at the taxpayer’s expense, and American reaction to the new culture of “change” to corruption. Read more »

The best of the best at Dakota Voice last week including: Mysterious woman mouths the words as 11 year old asks question at Obama ‘town hall, Rep David Scott Corrects Unruly Serf on Health Care, Kenneth Gladney Launches Project Liberty Tour, A Look at Government Health Care: Go to the Reservation, Concerns over Govt Health Care are Totally Warranted, Senate Cmte Drops ‘End of Life’ Provision from Senate Health Care Bill, Rasmussen Poll: Large Majority of Americans Oppose Govt Health Care, Rep. Herseth Sandlin Holds Stealth Health Care Meeting and more. Read more »

These are the best of the best from a great week at Dakota Voice. A look back includes: an interview with the man assaulted by union thugs, town hall chaos, your taxpayer dollars up in smoke in Cash for Clunkers, encountering raw patriotism, Health Secretary Sebelius tells union thugs ‘Keep doing what you’re doing,’ video of Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler’s fall, Florida considers rejecting federal health care scheme, and who should pay for the exercise of your rights? Read more »

President Obama’s Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius must be happy with the job the SEIU union thugs did on Kenneth Gladney in St. Louis last night because she held a conference call with SEIU members this afternoon, telling them, “Keep doing what you’re doing.” Surely she knew about the beating perpetrated by SEIU members last night… Read more »

An interview with Kenneth Gladney, the man assaulted by union thugs at a St. Louis health care town hall meeting last night. Ken talks about how the incident started, the racial slurs used against him by the union heavy, and how he was hit in the face and kicked by several union members. Read more »

Union thugs came out to defend the socialist takeover of healthcare in America last night. They hurled racial slurs at a black conservative and assaulted him. Many people were turned away at the door, while others–who looked like union people–were allowed in. Still, inside the town hall meeting in St. Louis, Rep. Russell Carnahan heard from Americans who will not stand for their freedom being robbed by the government. Read more »

If you’re like me, you constantly struggle not to spew when watching liberal, excuse me, “mainstream” media activists acting as news anchors who fume like Nikita Kruschev against the policies that made America great and free, while tossing gentle softballs (and more than a few rose petals) to socialists and other anti-Americans who are busy trying [...] Read more »

You’ve probably noticed that the “middle class” is a political football in American politics.  Every day we hear about all the things we need to do “for the middle class.”  Probably the only bigger footballs in politics are “the poo’er” and “the children.” 
Now we hear from CNS News that President Barack Obama has started a [...] Read more »

By Isaac MacMillen
ALG News Bureau
As Congress prepares to debate the Employee “Free Choice” Act (EFCA), supporters and opponents are lining up, ready to do battle over a bill which would profoundly impact the right of workers to market their own labor free of union compulsion
At stake is Big Labor’s nefarious “card check” scheme—which would deprive [...] Read more »