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Buffet Opposes Card Check

Posted By Kevin Binversie On March 9, 2009 @ 1:49 pm In Enterprise and Free Markets | 3 Comments

Warren Buffet is a known supporter of the Death Tax [1], a long-time Democrat [2], was an unofficial adviser on economic policy to President Obama during the 2008 campaign and he recently served on the President’s  Economic Advisory Board during the transition between presidential administrations [3]. Oh, and he revealed this morning that he also opposes ending secret ballots for union organizing elections:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iH0SmNFfFTQ[/youtube]

As scholars here at Heritage have chronicled [4], the bill has been a top priority of Big Labor for years.  The bill’s intent is to strip away worker’s ability to have secret ballot elections for the purpose of deciding whether to organize a labor union or not.

“I think the secret ballot’s pretty important in the country,” said Buffet. “I’m against card check to make a perfectly flat statement.”

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[1] a known supporter of the Death Tax: http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSN1442383020071114

[2] a long-time Democrat: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D90OSFE01&show_article=1

[3] President’s  Economic Advisory Board during the transition between presidential administrations: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/08/us/politics/08advisors.html?_r=1

[4] scholars here at Heritage have chronicled: http://author.heritage.org/research/labor/cardcheck.cfm

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