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New Obama Administration Rule Greases Union Wheels, But Runs Over Taxpayers

By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, April 15 2010

Barack Obama promised to bring an end to old-style crony politics during his “post-partisan” 2008 presidential campaign. This week, he again betrayed the fatuousness of his self-professed political raison d'etre by issuing a rule transparently rewarding his Big Labor campaign benefactors. But don’t worry, America. The new rule promises to increase federal spending and the nation’s budget deficit even more. What a small price to pay for keeping labor bosses happy. Under the Obama Administration’s new rule, federal agencies can only award…

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