Monday, July 31, 2017

Trump - Week 27: America is back


 
AMERICA IS BACK

Have you seen the markets lately? Company after company is announcing record investments in America by the billions of dollars and thousands of American jobs. Foxconn––a world leader in manufacturing for computers, communications, and consumer electronics - announced this week plans to build a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility for the production of LCD panel products in Wisconsin. This week’s announcement is just the latest vote of confidence in President Trump and his economic agenda. Under President Trump, America is back!

THANK YOU OHIO

President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump joined the incredible men and women of Youngstown, Ohio for a rally this week. The crowd was amazing and was one of the largest rallies yet! It was great to be back with the American people, who helped make Donald Trump our 45th President of the United States. Despite the fake news, the rally provided an opportunity for the President to discuss this administration's accomplishments and the work ahead.

Make America Great Again

VISITING OUR BRAVE SOLDIERS

Vice President Pence visited Walter Reed Hospital yesterday morning and met with wounded members of the United States Armed Forces. These brave soldiers and their families have sacrificed so much for this nation — the American people will be forever grateful for their service.

Make America Great Again

THE PRESIDENT DONATES HIS 2ND QUARTER SALARY TO EDUCATION

SEBAC - The Faceless Union Monolith

Image may contain: 1 personCommentary by Chris Healy

If they win Monday’s vote to ratify a far-reaching deal with the state of Connecticut, the leaders of SEBAC – State Employee Bargaining Agent Coalition, the faceless union monolith can sleep soundly again and they will have their protectors in the Democrat Party to thank.

SEBAC had always won. In the end, they can instill fear without peer. The other interest groups do their thing, telling heart-felt stories about what budget cuts will mean to their clients. Some work while others just add to the white noise.

But when the state employees and teachers call – it’s a whole different matter. Incumbents start to ponder a primary challenge, a well-funded one – matched by “we’ll leave this up to the voters’ response from leadership.

With the exception to one Democrat who would prefer to have SEBAC as a foe for political survival, all the House renegades, who met openly in the halls of the Capitol to discuss their initial skepticism of the budget proposal – all approved the SEBAC package. All Republicans opposed the agreement after spending hours pointing out its serious and obvious flaws.

In a 18-18 state Senate, the common wisdom is there is only one Democrat state Senator who might cross the proverbial aisle to save the next 10-20 years of having state employees have operational control of our entire state government. This senator has said “no” to tax increases and other liberal convention, but there are only a few rare examples of who can live with being the only bird on the wire.
SEBAC and their fawning patrons in the legislature have explained that even if you don’t like the SEBAC agreement, turning it down would create further budget chaos, and social service carnage since no one can possibly figure out how to find $1.5 billion if required by the reality at hand.
Then there are paying teachers, saving Hartford from a financial meltdown, paying non-profits and of course, the new passenger rail line for New Haven to Springfield.

After this vote, the next will be the state budget and it would seem likely that after taking one for SEBAC, some of the Democrats who want to vote against the budget, have lost one of their key arguments – the unions are not giving nearly enough. Since they gave away the store, quietly go along for the rest of it seems the path of least resistance.

The public, most of which is oblivious to the current debate, will forget it, get used to the taxes and the dysfunction. They are used to this storyline. It worked before. Why not now?

But will it?

School Supplies Needed to "Fill the Bus" at Big Lots Parking Lot, This Saturday!

Fill The Bus

Saturday, August 5, 2017 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
BIG LOTS PARKING LOT
820 WASHINGTON ST, MIDDLETOWN, CT 06457



The items collected at this event will be distributed to the community at the Cross Street A.M.E. Zion Church Cultural Bazaar (scheduled for Saturday, August 26, 2017).  
Items Needed:

spiral bound notebooks (wide rule)
spiral bound composition notebooks (college rule)
notebook paper (wide rule)
notebook paper (college rule)
pocket folders
#2 pencils
ball point pens (black)
calculators
ball point pens (blue)
colored pencils
packs of 16 or 24 crayons
highlighters
packs of colored markers
pencil boxes or pencil holders
glue sticks



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