WOULD BREAKING UNIONS ALLOW GOVERNORS TO SAVE MILLIONS?

Some people have suggested that all of the states should follow the example of Indiana, where collective bargaining by unions was done away with by the governor. Gov. Mitch Daniels says his move allowed him much more flexibility to change the way the government operates and to save money in the process. Here is the TerryReport response:

A VOICE FOR CALM REASON IN THE BATTLE BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND UNIONS

The dispute in Wisconsin is over whether unions of government employees should have the right, any right, to negotiate on salaries and benefits. It is a struggle for the future of America because unions represent one of the few forces that can push back against lower wages paid to every worker, including those not in unions. Just about everyone in America has gotten pay increases over the last decades, but here’s the problem: for most people, the hikes haven’t kept up with inflation or the basic costs of living. Those at the very top, and just below, have gotten huge increases, but the rest have been getting much less. Without unions, what would happen?

KEITH OLBERMANN STARTS A NEW, NON PROFIT WEBSITE, COMPETING DIRECTLY WITH TERRYREPORT FOR NOT MAKING MONEY. DRATS!

Keith Olbermann has a new website. Now he’s taking his brand of anger and more or less constant reproach to the Internet. It is bound to be popular and here’s hoping it is informative, too. Below, you can see some clips from his opening front page. The TerryReport hasn’t included a link. No one is going to have any trouble remembering the title, right?

	The Official Not-For-Profit Blog of Keith Olbermann

HOW LONG BEFORE A REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT STARTS HERE?

A commentary on efforts to strip public employee unions of negotiating rights 

All of those people with their large backsides resting comfortably in office chairs, the governors, the members of Congress and others who say that decent pensions are far too much for ordinary workers to get should cut their own pay and pensions. Let them go first. Why is it "reasonable" for one person to make 14 million dollars a year and unreasonable for the next one hundred people to make 45,000? What happened to America that we no longer accept the idea, even a small notion, of fairness?

GOVERNOR WALKER OF WISCONSIN PRAISED AND CONDEMNED

Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin got caught the other day talking to a fake Koch brother about the protests in his state over his attempts to strip away bargaining power from public employee unions. Now, people are trying to shout down each other on the Internet and cable outlets over who came off worse, the governor or the blogger who faked the call. This is not a very productive exercise.