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Washtenaw County GOP calls on Snyder, Richardville to pass Right to Work law Posted by Tony DeMott

Posted 06/09/11 Last updated 06/09/11

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Republicans in Gov. Rick Snyder's own backyard are urging the GOP chief executive, state Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville, R-Monroe, and other area legislators to support enactment of a state Right to Work law that would protect employees from being forced to join or pay dues to a labor union as a condition of employment.

The Washtenaw County Republican Executive Committee Thursday night -- by vote -- adopted a resolution proposed by the Willow Run Tea Party Caucus saying a Right to Work law will "guarantee individual freedom of choice and help attract and create new jobs in Michigan."

"No person (should) be required as a condition of obtaining or continuing public-sector or private-sector employment to: resign or refrain from membership in, voluntary affiliation with, or voluntary financial support of, a labor organization, (or) become or remain a member of a labor organization, or pay any dues, fees, assessments, or other charges of any kind or amount...to a labor organization," the resolution said.

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Judy McCoy, a member of the GOP committee, said Right to Work legislation "is a civil rights law that will protect employees from job discrimination on the basis of union membership or financial support. No employee should be discriminated against and fired for choosing to join or support a union, or for choosing not to. Every person should be free to choose either way without fearing loss of their job."

"With overwhelming Republican majorities in both houses, and a Republican in the governor's office, the only people in Lansing who can prevent Michigan from passing a Right to Work law are, obviously, Republicans," McCoy said. "We're calling on those Republicans to take the lead in making Michigan a Right to Work state, starting with Gov. Snyder who's from Washtenaw County, and Sen. Richardville, whose district includes our county."

McCoy said the county party's action is consistent with the platform adopted at the Republican National Convention in 2008, which states: "We affirm both the right of individuals to voluntarily participate in labor organizations and bargain collectively and the right of states to enact Right-to-Work laws." http://www.gop.com/2008Platform/Economy.htm#5

Representative Greg MacMaster pledges his support for Right to Work in Michigan Posted by Tony DeMott

Posted 06/08/11 Last updated 06/08/11

From: Rep. Greg MacMaster
Subject: Right to Work State
To: Removed to protect privacy
Date: Wednesday, June 8, 2011, 4:08 PM

Dear Stephenie,

Thank you for calling my office, I appreciate you doing so. As per your conversation with one of my staffers, I am writing you in regards to Michigan becoming a right to work state. Unfortunately due to a busy week and new information arising; I have not had a chance to update some of my staffers upon my position with this issue, and I would like to clarify that I am in favor of a right to work state wide.

By Michigan becoming a right to work state, it allows workers to chose whether they want to be a union member or not. This does not diminish union representation and the unions still can function as a business.

However, considering the current climate by many, I believe that regional right to work might be an option at this point in time, but my overall opinion is that for Michigan to truly become a competitor for international business, right to work needs to be implemented.

Again I thank you for contacting my office, and I apologize for the mis-information you originally received. If you ever have any other questions, concerns, or comments please feel free to contact me or my office.

Regards,

Representative Greg MacMaster
Michigan's 105th House District
S1329 House Office Building
PO Box 30014
Lansing MI 48909-7514
Phone: 517-373-0829
Toll free: 1-855-DIST 105
Fax: 517-373-1841

Justin Amash on The Frank Beckmann Show Posted by David Dudenhoefer

Posted 05/11/11

Justin spoke with guest host Kathy Hoekstra of the Mackinac Center to discuss his new role in D.C. and still remaining true to his principles.

http://www.wjr.com/FlashPlayer/default.asp?SPID=34613&ID=2181334

Libya Intervention Posted by year1913

Posted 03/19/11 Last updated 08/11/11

The U.S. is making a big mistake by participating in military interventions in Libya.
Regardless of whether we have or do not have the navigating or controlling hand in this intervention, this will be an additional example, among countless, of our terrible foreign policy and its predictable future consequences of "blowback", worsening economic conditions at home for the U.S., and ultimately a weaker than could be United States National Defense.

For our political 'leaders' to make 'official statements' on our behalf effectively and purportedly stating our official positions on this issue is something that I personally resent and I hope that others will at least put into question if not repudiate.  These positions of intervention were as usual not voted on by our elected leaders in Congress.  The interventions are Un-Constitutional (please don't forget, the U.S. Constitution is the Supreme Law of the land, which makes this intervention illegal).

Sadly, too many people see the uprisings in the Middle East as the cause of the rising oil prices, when IN TRUTH, the uprisings are occurring for the same reason as the oil prices are rising.  That is, the destruction of the US Dollar currency (inflation).

Bless our troops. 
PLEASE let's show our troops the greatest possible gratitude by bringing them home to defend OUR homeland, OUR families and OUR economy.  I firmly believe the others will find Freedom much faster without us trying to select their next leader.

In Liberty,

Scott Ochodnicky

The Mechanics of the Federal Reserve System Posted by dangobe

Posted 03/29/11

The Mechanics of the Federal Reserve System

The Federal Reserve System is a Conglomerate of many Banks fused together as one Central Bank by the Federal Reserve Act of 1913.  This Central Bank has been given the power to create money and does so in the form of loans.  Most of these loans go to the federal government and to private Banks at the discretion of the private Federal Reserve. 

The Federal Reserve Act has given the federal government the ability to borrow endlessly.  When Congress wants more money than they can collect in taxes, they get a loan from the Federal Reserve Bank.  The Federal Reserve then writes them a check and when the check is deposited in the Federal Reserve Bank, the new money is created out of thin air.  Note that the check cannot be deposited anywhere else because no other Bank is allowed to create money from nothing.

For this service of creating money out of nothing, the Federal Reserve is paid interest on the money it loans.  As a result of the interest payments, the private Bankers running the Federal Reserve get to deplete the money supply, which causes even more demand for the money they created out of thin air.  The increased demand causes more loans to be taken out and thus even higher interest payments, and the cycle continues, until the private Federal Reserve Bankers own everything.

Today we have an existing national debt of over 14.2 trillion dollars, and an M1 money supply of about 2.2 trillion dollars.  Thus if the government were to strip everyone on earth of all their Federal Reserve Notes to pay down the national debt, it would still leave a balance of $12 Trillion.  So where did the $12 Trillion go? If the government were creating the money, as is done in many other counties with fiat currency, there would be 14.2 trillion dollars in circulation and the dollar would lose its value as more is created, but that is because there would be no interest.  The $12 Trillion went back to the private Federal Reserve Bankers in interest payments.

It is also Interesting that the Federal Reserve Bankers hold about 12 Trillion dollars of the nations debt.  So the entire U.S. dollar money supply of $2.2 trillion plus $12 trillion owed to the FED does seem to add up to the $14.2 trillion debt.  Even without the money owed to the FED, the national debt is about equal to all the u.s. money in curculation, which means we are flat broke as a nation. So, what can we do end this very creative Scam without causing total chaos? 

Congress has it within their power to Repeal the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 and allow the U.S. Treasury to create money.  This new money should be backed by silver and a dollar of it could be worth 1000 federal reserve notes, or the market could be left to determine the value of the failed Federal Reserve note.  The key here is that the new treasury issued money would be instantly redeemable for those on Social Security fixed incomes, and those that are working. 

The Federal government will have to keep a balanced budget with real money out there and so much of the federal government will have to be cut.  There should therefore be no doublicate programs.  If a service is being done, or can be done, at the State level then that service should be left to the States.  Congress and the federal government should be restricted to those powers listed in Article 1 section 8 of the Constituion, for these are the only powers mutually agreed to be given up by the States.