By News on the Net -- The Federalist——Bio and Archives--February 26, 2023
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Can Americans be bribed with their own money? The powers that be are certainly putting that question to the test. In recent years, we’ve seen inflation-inducing cash giveaways associated with “Covid relief.” We’ve seen the ongoing attempts at profoundly inequitable student loan forgiveness. In December, we saw a $1.7 trillion pork pie omnibus appropriations bill passed by a Congress that had no time to read it.
Lost in all of this has been one spectacular giveaway: $100,000 per
beneficiary of the Central States Pension Fund (CSPF). The fund provides
pension benefits to nearly 360,000 private-sector workers and retirees, mostly Teamsters Union members. U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, called the deal out
in December, noting it was “the largest private pension bailout in
American history” that benefited only “a tiny minority of workers.” ---More...
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