Obama names labor leader to fiscal commission

[babylonsister]

Obama names labor leader to fiscal commission
By Eric Zimmermann - 02/26/10 09:53 AM ET


President Obama announced today his appointees to a recently created bipartisan fiscal commission, including prominent labor leader and Democratic activist Andy Stern.

Stern, chairman of the Service Employees International Union, is one of the most powerful figures in the labor movement and has pushed aggressively for a number of Democratic causes, including healthcare reform.

Other appointees include Alice Rivlin, former vice chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ann Fudge, former CEO of Young and Rubicam Brands, and Dan Cote, CEO of Honewell. Obama had previously named former Sen. Alan Simpson (R-Wyo.) and Clinton official Erskine Bowles to co-chair the group, which wil make recommendations for reducing the nation's long-term debt.

The choice of Stern is already drawing fire from business groups.

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http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/83889-obama-names-labor-leader-to-fiscal-commission

[Jennicut]

1. Oh, a labor man is so scary! Business groups have their representation there already

with two CEOs. They can shut up already.

[sandnsea]

2. Bold choice

I was surprised when I saw that. Impressive list overall.

Bios here:

http://obama-mamas.com/blog/?p=1418

[Lasher]

3. It's good to see a union leader included in government for a change.

Bring on the manufactured outrage.

[Kingofalldems]

4. And yes--the people are finally represented

K and R

[denverbill]

5. Fucking A. 5 multi-millionaires, 1 representive of organized labor.

How about an ordinary teacher or college professor? How about some nurses? Maybe a couple people living on Social Security.

This 'panel' should represent a cross-section of America, because if it did, there would be ONE millionaire and 99 ordinary people, and the deficit would be fixed easily. Raise taxes on the wealthy. Problem solved.