Ed Barnes of FoxNews has a nice recap on Barack Obama’s appointment of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Chief Andy Stern to his deficit reduction panel.
Barnes tells us that Obama’s appointment of Stern set off a “round of criticism.” That’s putting it mildly.
President Obama’s decision to appoint his close political ally, union leader Andrew Stern, to the newly created National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform has set off a firestorm of criticism from business and conservative groups who charge he is a political radical who should be investigated for failure to register as a lobbyist.
The failure to register as a lobbyist charge is over the fact that Stern was one of the most frequent visitors to the White House but never registered as a lobbyist to legally cover his visits. Whatever the case is concerning the legality of Stern’s constant visits to the Obama White House, those that criticize this appointment couldn’t be more right.
The placement of Andy Stern on a deficit cutting panel is laughable at the very least. This man’s main goal is to cause the federal government to spend many thousands of times MORE tax money on government employees and government contracts. Putting him on a panel that is supposed to assess where cuts can be made is the height of idiocy.
Obama should retract this foolish appointment.
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