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<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/author/daver2112/> SEIU
Goonion
Outrage<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2011/11/11/seiu-goonion-outrage/>by
Dave <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/author/daver2112/>
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Unions suck. They just do. And with the possible exception of the AFL-CIO,
ths suckiest one of them all is the Service Employees International Union,
or SEIU.
Warning: If you suffer from high blood pressure, you might want to skip
this.
Via
washingtonexaminer.com<http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/seiu-siphons-dues-mich-medicaid-payments>(emphasis
mine):
*SEIU siphons 'dues' from Mich. Medicaid payments*
*by Joel
Gehrke<http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/author/joel-gehrke>Commentary
Staff Writer
*
If you're a parent who accepts Medicaid payments from the State of Michigan
to help support your mentally-disabled adult children, you qualify as a
state employee for the purposes of the Service Employees International
Union (SEIU). *They can now claim and receive a portion of your Medicaid in
the form of union dues.*
Robert and Patricia Haynes live in Michigan with their two adult children,
who have cerebral palsy. The state government provides the family with
insurance through Medicaid, but also treats them as caregivers. *For the
SEIU, this makes them public employees and thus members of the union, which
receives $30 out of the family's monthly Medicaid subsidy. The Michigan
Quality Community Care Council (MQC3) deducts union dues on behalf of SEIU.*
Michigan Department of Community Health Director Olga Dazzo explained the
process in to her members of her staff. "MQC3 basically runs the program
for SEIU and passes the union dues from the state to the union," she wrote
in an email obtained by the Mackinac Center. Initiated in 2006 under
then-Gov. Jennifer Granholm, D-Mich., *the plan reportedly provides the
SEIU with $6 million annually in union dues deducted from those Medicaid
subsidies.*
“We're not even home health care workers. We're just parents taking care of
our kids,” Robert Haynes, a retired Detroit police officer, told the
Mackinac Center for Public Policy. “Our daughter is 34 and our son is 30. *They
have cerebral palsy. They are basically like 6-month-olds in adult bodies.
They need to be fed and they wear diapers. We could sure use that $30 a
month that's being sent to the union.”*
-You will find the rest of the article at this
link<http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/seiu-siphons-dues-mich-medicaid-payments>
.
Little wonder the State of Michigan is swirling in the bottom of the loo.
*-Dave *
(h/t: boortz.com <http://www.boortz.com/>)
*Dave <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/author/daver2112/>* |
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