Tag Archives: Unions

Quick Takes – Madness Of The California Legislature: Speeding Cars Beep; Taxpayer Funder Union Dues; Doubleplusungood Deepfakes

Posted on October 24, 2024 by The Political Hat

     Another “quick takes” on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on.      The focus this time: What’s more crazy than a California Governor? The California Grand Soviet, … Continue reading →

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California: Politicians Subsidize Unions & Unions Subsidize Politicians

Posted on October 12, 2022 by The Political Hat

     Unions take their members dues and use it, in part, to buy off politicians. That’s hardly news. Politicians doing favors for unions is also not news. California has decided, via AB 158, to be open and indirectly subsidize those same … Continue reading →

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Look For The Union Rent-Seeking

Posted on April 18, 2022 by The Political Hat

     California inches towards its purported workers utopia of leisure and fulfillment. And by “utopia” I mean crushing businesses by requiring them to pay the same amount of money and benefits for 80% or the work. “A proposed bill winding its … Continue reading →

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Firing Line Friday: What Have We Learned from the Failure of British Socialism?

Posted on May 24, 2019 by The Political Hat

     In the hopes of encouraging a more civil, and illuminating, discourse, here is another episode of William F. Buckley, Jr.’s “Firing Line”.      With Britain having just voted in a European Parliament election despite supposedly being scheduled to have left the … Continue reading →

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Ten Reasons We’re Against Unions: A Fisking

Posted on August 15, 2018 by The Political Hat

     As in most things, one can have a reasonable debate over issues. However, sometimes there is such idiocy, such as this pithy little cartoon regarding unions, that deserve… a fisking!      And on to the belittlement…      Union bosses do want to … Continue reading →

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California Proposal to Officially Celebrate Communist Holiday in Schools

Posted on May 22, 2018 by The Political Hat

     The first of May, often referred to as “International Workers Day”, and better known as “May Day” (or alternatively, Victims of Communism Day), was proposed to be an official paid holiday in California schools, if AB 3042 passes: “SEC. 2. … Continue reading →

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Dear Comrade Bernie, “The Hunger Games” Is Not A How To Guide

Posted on May 7, 2018 by The Political Hat

     Twelve poverty stricken districts ruled over by a rich and degenerate capital. This is the setting for the “Hunger Games” trilogy; it is also the economic plan that Sen. Bernie Sanders (I – VT) has come up with. “[Sen. Bernie] … Continue reading →

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From Separation of Powers to Administrative Oligarchy

Posted on March 28, 2018 by The Political Hat

     The Federal government and all state governments have a tripartite division of power into the legislative branch, the executive branch, and the judicial branch—usually quite explicitly in state constitutions—de jure; now-a-days it is increasingly no longer de facto.      The administrative … Continue reading →

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Progressivism and Tram-Ride Democracy

Posted on August 3, 2016 by The Political Hat

     During the recent failed coup in Turkey, Erdoğan called on the people and even the opposition to oppose the in order to uphold the “principles of democracy”.  The irony of a man who called democracy a tram that one rides … Continue reading →

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Labor Unions Are A Scam

Posted on April 19, 2016 by The Political Hat

     Labor Unions have fought for, and won, a $15 minimum wage for everyone in many California… everyone except their own members! “When Los Angeles City Council members voted two years ago to give hotel workers a raise, Bill Martinez was … Continue reading →

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