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Obama economic advisor Buffett against 'card-check'
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 44th Estate ^ | March 9, 2009 | Salena Zito

Posted on 03/09/2009 8:20:18 AM PDT by Salena Zito

Obama supporter, campaign economic adviser and super-rich guy Warren Buffett says he is against 'card-check'; "Let's make it a perfectly flat statement" Buffet said on CNBC this morning.

Just last week at a posh hotel in Miami Florida both President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden told the AFL-CIO that they were behind the 'card-check' bill, known officially as the Employee Free Choice Act.

In July of last year, Obama touted Buffett as one of his "core economic advisors" in an interview with Tom Brokaw on NBC's Meet the Press.

Card-check is legislation that makes it easier for employers to join unions — it the number one legislative priority of labor unions this year and for business large and small it is the most important bill to defeat.

(Excerpt) Read more at pittsburghlive.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: 111th; agenda; barackobama; bho2009; bho44; bhobudget; bhoeconomy; buffett; business; cardcheck; economy; efca; first100days; obama; secretballot; socialism; specter; taxes; toomey; unions; zeronomics; zito

1 posted on 03/09/2009 8:20:19 AM PDT by Salena Zito
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To: Salena Zito

.................Card-check is legislation that makes it easier for employers to join unions .................

WHAT?? Employers don’t join unions!
This twit has it all backwards, this “choice” enables goons to intimidate workers if they don’t sign the card.

“Sign here, or your red chevy in the parking lot is going to have an “accident” or your cat is in trouble!”


2 posted on 03/09/2009 8:44:49 AM PDT by aShepard (Maybe 12/6 is the time to launch a constitutional amendment that lays out POTUS requirements!)
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To: aShepard

Hi, I am that twit, and it was a blackberry writing mistake.


3 posted on 03/09/2009 8:49:41 AM PDT by Salena Zito (http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/blogs/fortyfourthestate/)
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To: aShepard

twit has fixed


4 posted on 03/09/2009 8:51:48 AM PDT by Salena Zito (http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/blogs/fortyfourthestate/)
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To: Salena Zito

Maybe, just Maybe Buffet just bought himself a President . . . a pay to play scheme.
Buffet is bleeding Green and no end in sight unless someone TURNS BHOle in a business direction.


5 posted on 03/09/2009 8:55:45 AM PDT by 4Speed
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additional:

Buffett: Secret ballot is important...”I’m against card check.”
CNBC interview | March 9 | PghBaldy
Posted on 03/09/2009 5:43:29 AM PDT by PghBaldy
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2202390/posts


6 posted on 03/09/2009 9:21:26 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/____________________ Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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Card-check is legislation that makes it easier for employers [sic] to join unions
s/b
Card-check is legislation that makes it easier for a tiny minority of employees to drag everyone else working at the same place into union whether they want to go or not

7 posted on 03/09/2009 9:22:56 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/____________________ Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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