We need less federal intrusion

According to Investors Business Daily (June 15, 2010), Sen. Harry Reid is sponsoring legislation to federalize employment policies of local governments throughout the nation.

Investors Business Daily states, "While a boon to unions, this law would seriously damage our federalist system by taking away a large measure of local control over police and firefighters unions and lead to higher costs to local governments and taxpayers, costs that neither will be able to affect at the ballot box."

According to Opencongress.org, the accompanying house legislation is H.R. 413. The purpose of the bill is to direct "the Federal Labor Relations Authority to determine whether state law provides specified rights and responsibilities for public safety officers."

Jo Ann Emerson is listed as a sponsor. One has to wonder why she would want to expand federal bureaucracy to overrule employment policies of local governments. We need less federal intrusion, not more.

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