Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Today's Teamster News 07.19.11

Wisconsin Recall: Sen. Dave Hansen (D) looking dominant for tomorrow's election  DailyKos   ...If PPP's poll over the weekend is accurate, Democratic recall target Dave Hansen is set to blow out his Republican opponent, David Vanderleest...
Stop sign or green light for Kasich's bus? (opinion)  Toledo Blade   ..."I don't want to live in the Ohio envisioned by Governor Kasich. We are in a class war and for now, the wealthy are winning...
50-something Michigan pensioners take biggest hit under new tax plan  mlive.com   ...Taxpayers in just about every income group and age category will pay higher income taxes in 2013 under the tax overhaul Gov. Rick Snyder and the Republican-led Legislature pushed through last spring...
SEIU tears apart budget deal, calls compromise ‘irresponsible’  Minnesota Independent   ... the union does not believe Dayton should have given ”in to the demands of the GOP leadership, who have refused to negotiate in good faith, and who would use the state’s children, middle class and working families as a human shield to protect 7,700 multi-millionaires from having to share any of the burden of the state’s fiscal problems,...
Goldman Sachs slashes economic forecast  Market Watch   ... Do we just muddle along with slow growth or do we sink into another recession?...
Fall in Property-Tax Revenue Squeezes Cities   Wall Street Journal   ...Local governments have endured the first back-to-back declines in quarterly property-tax revenue on record, Census Bureau data show, in part because some have been unable or unwilling to raise tax rates fast enough to offset drops in home prices...