mcconell led republicans causing coal miners loss of pensions
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It's one of the many reasons why you are better off voting for Ds in elections if you're a working man or woman.
Did you ever offer a pension or 401k?
If not did any of the dems ever elected or whom you voted for provide you or your employees a pension or 401k?
Did you ever offer a pension or 401K ?
I was never promised my pension and healthcare would be provided by the U S government for life. Coal miners were.
That's weird. I didn't see anything in the link that said repubs are responsible. Did Dtard even watch the video???
No one is "taking their pension away". Sadly basic economics and complete incompetence in understanding how a pension is funded.
Another failed Union promise.
No one is "taking their pension away". Sadly basic economics and complete incompetence in understanding how a pension is funded.
Another failed Union promise.
Yep. Where's the union now? Oh wait their President of the Union is making 400k a year.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY'S #1 GOAL HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO DESTROY UNIONS.
RONALD REAGAN DECLARED OPEN WAR ON UNIONS WHEN HE FIRED THE
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS 35 YRS AGO.
AS FOR PROOF THAT MCCONNELL BLOCKED PENSION MONEY FOR COAL MINERS, IT
IS STATED IN THE VIDEO - FOR THOSE WHO DID NOT WATCH - MCCONNELL DOES NOT
DENY THE FACT.
McConnell’s office had delivered its own blow to Appalachian coal towns: It blocked efforts to rescue health and pension funds on which thousands of retired and disabled miners rely.
A plan that would ensure the solvency of the funds nearly made it through Congress in December as part of the bipartisan budget deal that cleared both chambers. But the bailout attempt — backed by key lawmakers from both political parties — was excluded from the deal at McConnell’s request, according to four Senate officials directly familiar with the events.
McConnell’s spokesman does not dispute that telling of events. And McConnell has not publicly explained his opposition to the measure.
Last year, the Obama administration proposed an infusion of aid to hard-hit mining states under an initiative dubbed “Power Plus,” which calls for more than $1 billion in spending for job training and economic development as well as shoring up for workers’ pensions and health funds. Administration officials reintroduced the proposal in the 2017 budget plan unveiled on Tuesday.
Last year, the Obama administration proposed an infusion of aid to hard-hit mining states under an initiative dubbed “Power Plus,” which calls for more than $1 billion in spending for job training and economic development as well as shoring up for workers’ pensions and health funds. Administration officials reintroduced the proposal in the 2017 budget plan unveiled on Tuesday.
“Benefit cuts to this very large group of retirees, who are the poorest and most vulnerable pensioners in the country . . . would violate the commitment we have made,” said Jason Walsh, a senior White House economic adviser.
Republican leaders have shown little interest in backing initiatives to expand job training and Internet access in the coal belt and to hire ex-miners to clean up abandoned mines.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...ink-of-failure-one-senator-is-blocking-a-fix/
RONALD REAGAN DECLARED OPEN WAR ON UNIONS WHEN HE FIRED THE
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS 35 YRS AGO.
AS FOR PROOF THAT MCCONNELL BLOCKED PENSION MONEY FOR COAL MINERS, IT
IS STATED IN THE VIDEO - FOR THOSE WHO DID NOT WATCH - MCCONNELL DOES NOT
DENY THE FACT.
McConnell’s office had delivered its own blow to Appalachian coal towns: It blocked efforts to rescue health and pension funds on which thousands of retired and disabled miners rely.
A plan that would ensure the solvency of the funds nearly made it through Congress in December as part of the bipartisan budget deal that cleared both chambers. But the bailout attempt — backed by key lawmakers from both political parties — was excluded from the deal at McConnell’s request, according to four Senate officials directly familiar with the events.
McConnell’s spokesman does not dispute that telling of events. And McConnell has not publicly explained his opposition to the measure.
Last year, the Obama administration proposed an infusion of aid to hard-hit mining states under an initiative dubbed “Power Plus,” which calls for more than $1 billion in spending for job training and economic development as well as shoring up for workers’ pensions and health funds. Administration officials reintroduced the proposal in the 2017 budget plan unveiled on Tuesday.
Last year, the Obama administration proposed an infusion of aid to hard-hit mining states under an initiative dubbed “Power Plus,” which calls for more than $1 billion in spending for job training and economic development as well as shoring up for workers’ pensions and health funds. Administration officials reintroduced the proposal in the 2017 budget plan unveiled on Tuesday.
“Benefit cuts to this very large group of retirees, who are the poorest and most vulnerable pensioners in the country . . . would violate the commitment we have made,” said Jason Walsh, a senior White House economic adviser.
Republican leaders have shown little interest in backing initiatives to expand job training and Internet access in the coal belt and to hire ex-miners to clean up abandoned mines.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...ink-of-failure-one-senator-is-blocking-a-fix/
The United States government is the guarantor, not the union.
Under what other circumstance would you have a problem with someone making 400k who represents 30,000 workers?
So what we have here is a desire to eliminate the Corporate Welfare Greed is always crying about...right?
Why should the federal govt guarantee pensions because mining companies (and its unions) are being put out of business? Being put out of business from yet another big govt entity nonetheless......EPA.
Why should the federal govt guarantee pensions because mining companies (and its unions) are being put out of business? Being put out of business from yet another big govt entity nonetheless......EPA.
Hey, doesn't bother me. If people want to pay dues to that then so be it. Not for me, but go ahead and when you are on strike/out of job just remember the fat cat is still there down at the union.
Unions are nothing more than big business themselves.
hey sister - tell the right wingers who fought for your black lung health & disability
benefits when mitch mcconnell and all those corp coal fat cats where telling you
to go fvck yourself.
give these right wing fools living in RONALD REAGAN LAND a little real life experience.
tell 'em who was for you and who was trying to kill you.
Yeah, it does bother you. And if unions were nothing more than big businesses you'd be defending them and all for giving them tax breaks.
Lets get real. Unions don't pay taxes anyway. That's the beautiful thing about the non profit world. You always depend on someone else to supply the cash while you spend it as fast as it comes in.
Unions do payoff Dem party members though. That's where countless $$$millions of those pension funds ended up over the years. In elected officials pockets. And those Union bosses sat by and kept quiet while the EPA slowly slit their members wrists to bleed out. Another govt promised Ponzi scheme goes poof.
Unions do payoff Dem party members though. That's where countless $$$millions of those pension funds ended up over the years. In elected officials pockets. And those Union bosses sat by and kept quiet while the EPA slowly slit their members wrists to bleed out. Another govt promised Ponzi scheme goes poof.
My grandpa is 97, lost his pension when Patriot went under. This concept is not new it was in place before Bush left office. With that being said I think it's pathetic that any party supports this. A man that survived WW2, then a 30 year career as a miner should not lose his company pension in his 90's.
