World-News

If one looks at the following cable, one can infer that the US government views workers that try to wield political power and unions which wage battles against governments as players that could threaten a country's economic stability.

http://wlcentral.org/node/1351



Wisconsin: Walker threatens layoffs

Walker said Tuesday in a statement to The Associated Press that the layoffs wouldn't take effect immediately. He didn't say which workers would be targeted.

http://bit.ly/fyekxu



Fox News Airs Chants Of "Fox Lies" From Protesters In Wisconsin

From the February 18 edition of Fox News' Your World With Neil Cavuto.
http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/201102180032



Wisconsin protesters shout down Fox News

Protesters in Wisconsin shout "Tell the truth" while Fox News tries to interview Brett Healy of the MacIver Institute, a free market think tank.

http://www.rawstory.com/rawreplay/2011/02/wisc-protesters-shout-down-fox-news/



Thousands of US veterans homeless'

Nearly 76,000 US military veterans were homeless on a given night in 2009, and close to 136,000 veterans resided in shelters that same year, a study has shown.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/166561.html



It's the Inequality, Stupid

Eight charts that explain everything that's wrong with America.
http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/02/income-inequality-in-america-chart-graph

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Getting the raw end in Wisconsin

C4SS Center for a Stateless Society
by David D'Amato

02/21/11

In the political phraseology of the United States, bogged down in the vacuous false choice of Republican versus Democrat, proponents of the 'free market' are allegedly not supposed to concern themselves with scoundrels like government workers? unions. They are rather to be regarded as the enemy, as conducting an incessant attack on taxpayers in order that they might get something for nothing. But the anti-union turgidity of the Republican variant of the 'free market' obscures what are the actual ? as against the imagined­ ? effects of the state?s pervasive interventions in the economy...

http://c4ss.org/content/6222



Why Wisconsin matters to you

Our Future Blog
by Bill Scher

02/22/11

Why are so many who are not part of a union so committed to protecting the role of organized workers in our government and our economy? 1. Weak Economies Need More Demand: Our economy is struggling and our state budgets are distressed because increased unemployment and falling home prices have reduced economic demand. Weakening the ability of any workers to negotiate fair pay and secure retirements will only weaken demand further, hurting the overall economy...

http://tinyurl.com/4se75gq


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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