President Obama passed a $26 billion teacher/public employee emergency funding bill on Tuesday which was marketed as emergency funding to prevent layoffs of teachers ahead of the new school year.
Besides not having a name at this time, HR 1586, also known as the _____ Act of ______ (no, really!) also stands out because Congress interrupted their six week midsummer recess to go back to Washington DC to vote on it. Personally, I liked this Congress much better when they were far far away from the Capitol.
Not surprisingly, most of these jobs that Obama and Congress rode in on their proverbial white steed and saved during the August recess are union jobs. That makes it almost a certainty that the Democrats who voted for the _______ bill will likely get funds back from the SEIU, AFSCME, NEA, AFL-CIO and other public employee unions between now and November courtesy of dues collected from members.
Don't all you red states with budget surpluses now footing the bill for dysfunctional blue states like California, Illinois and New York feel silly now?
For every Bell, CA that's out there, there's some Congresscritters out there who think everybody else has an obligation to clean up the local messes of some of these cities' own making.
Somehow, I suspect the lion's share of that $26 billion will somehow manage to avoid right-to-work states like the plague.
But there is good news! As predicted by yours truly, this Administration has suddenly found religion when it comes to deficit hawkish-ness. And the budget cuts start with the military!
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