Today's Washington Examiner reports on the Stimulus II that is being discussed by the Obama Administration. According to the Bureau of Labor statistics, unemployment in the public sector last month was 3.4 percent. The private sector unemployment rate is above 9 percent. So why are the Democrats planning a bill to bail out public sector employees (can you say SEIU)?
According to the article:
"President Obama is now pleading with Congress for $23 billion to prevent teacher layoffs, $25 billion for state health care programs and $2 billion for police and firemen. Bear in mind that the original stimulus, which passed in February 2009, already contained a $53.6 billion "State Fiscal Stabilization Fund," which included $39.5 billion for local school districts to prevent teacher layoffs and program cuts. Public-sector unions, the primary beneficiaries of this largesse, were already calling for a second stimulus in July 2009 -- less than five months after the original one passed."
This adds up to another $50 million dollars in government spending. The unions that public sector employees belong to support bigger government--that's where their jobs are! Last month American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) president Gerald McEntee pledged to spend $50 million to protect Democrat's "incumbency in the House. We've got to protect the incumbency in the Senate." I guess we know where the money will come from.
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