Obama Appoints SEIU's Stern to Debt Panel [Veronique de Rugy]

SEIU chief Andy Stern

2.27.10 - So now, with a union boss on the debt commission and these many public employees unionized...

Obama Appoints SEIU's Stern to Debt Panel   [Veronique de Rugy]

Look at this chart. It shows that in 2009, for the first time ever, more public-sector employees (7.9 million) belonged to a union than did private-sector employees (7.4 million) despite there being five times more wage and salary workers in the private sector.

So now, with a union boss on the debt commission and these many public employees unionized, with 33 percent of the education industry unionized and 31 percent of union members belonging to the education industry, what do you think are the chances that the stimulus spending on education will be made permanent?

Same question with the transportation funds.