Rising Hegemon
They did so, in no small part, because of what happened in their Governor's race in 2010.
And with 38 percent of the vote they got this guy.
Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) recently bullied state workers to resolve unemployment claim disputes in favor of businesses, according to an investigation by the Maine Sun Journal published on Thursday.Yes, how dare judges independently apply the law to provide assistance to people fired -- often in the name of better executive bonuses.
According to the paper's report, LePage called a mandatory meeting on March 21 with more than a dozen state Department of Labor employees. He allegedly scolded the hearing officers and their supervisors, complaining that they too often decided against businesses that challenge laid-off workers' unemployment claims.
That's not how a three-way is supposed to work.
[cross-posted at Firedoglake]
6 comments:
Well, with a little luck and common sense, Maine will be rid of this knuckleheaded Tea Party twit in a couple of years.
Yes, let us get back to a Democrat, so we can pay out more in Welfare and food stamps. We'll probably have to raise taxes, but you can stay home on your disability, which is quite obvious from your post...
Um, Anonymous, I'd be willing to bet you get a fair amount of government help, like highways, fire protection, postal services, and so on. Depending on where you live, you may get utilities that are federally supported (f'rinstance, TVA). You have cops to chase the minorities off your lawn. Oh, yeah, you also have the military to keep those scary brown folks away.
Go back to your Rand Paul fantasy world. And keep right on voting against your own interest.
Dickwad.
grover norquist + low tax crowd can just leave + go to their PARADISE somalia. freeloaders. the lot of them.
This is what the teatards mean by "Run government like a business" -- authoritarian bully managers, no employee rights and endless corner-cutting mendacity to make the megic numbers come out right.
one on the bottom always gets the shaft...
feralcrj
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