Reckless GOP Obstructionism Means No Easy Choices

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.afscme.org/press/33873.cfm

For IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Tuesday, December 07, 2010
Reckless GOP Obstructionism Means No Easy Choices

Statement of AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee on the tax compromise

Washington, DC — “Unless Senate Republicans could keep the tax breaks for billionaires, they were willing to raise the taxes of every American working family. They put the interest of billionaires ahead of the needs of millions of unemployed workers and America’s middle class. Their repugnant and reckless obstructionism should now be clear to all. They were willing to do real harm to millions of families if they didn’t get their way. There are no easy choices facing us when GOP senators are willing to sacrifice the middle class in order to protect the interest of Wall Street and the very wealthy. We will continue the fight to require the wealthiest Americans to pay their fair share.”

AFSCME’s 1.6 million members provide the vital services that make America happen. With members in hundreds of different occupations – from nurses to corrections officers, child care providers to sanitation workers – AFSCME advocates for fairness in the workplace, excellence in public services and prosperity and opportunity for all working families.

[MisterP]

1. I don't think that the AFSCME's new role as "Presidential excuse generator" will serve the labor

movement well...

their job is to represent the workers, not cheerlead Bush tax cuts or any- and everything a Dem President produces

then again, they insist that the Insurance Reform bill and its mandates give us all access to healthcare...