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June 17, 2010 09:59 PM UTC

Brown Bailout Vote Coming Up Next Week

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  • by: ColoradoMountainGuy

(Note: I’ve written extensively about the Brown Bailout, which is embedded into the FAA Reauthorization Act, on ColoradoPols previously. You can find my entries on the subject HERE and HERE)

The buzz around town is that Senator Reid will be bringing a version of the FAA Reauthorization Bill to the floor for a vote next week. Either he’ll bring a version of the bill with the Brown Bailout provision included in it or he’ll put forward the Brown Bailout as a stand-alone bill.

In order to pass this bailout, Senator Reid will need 60 votes, so our Colorado senators will have a chance to stand up for their constituents and fight the kind of anti-business political favoritism which the Brown Bailout represents.

For anyone who is interested in making sure Senators Bennet and Udall do the right thing for Colorado’s economy, you can tell them to oppose the Brown Bailout HERE.

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4 thoughts on “Brown Bailout Vote Coming Up Next Week

  1. .

    Today, FedEx gets preferential treatment vis-a-vis UPS in the matter of what labor law prevails.  UPS has to abide by the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA,) while FedEx gets to follow the less onerous Railway Labor Act (RLA,) which covers railroads and airliners.  This inconsistency gives FedEx a significant competitive advantage.

    the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Bill would fundamentally change how FedEx Express is regulated.

    Colorado Mountain Guy asserts that UPS is comprised primarily of ground operations, while FedEx Express exists as an airline company, operating in fundamentally different ways.  

    Tell me, Ms. or Mr. consumer: do you note this distinction when selecting a package delivery service ?

    UPS is attempting to make the case that two companies should be subject to the same regulations.  CMG asserts that treating competitors the same would give UPS an “unfair regulatory advantage” over FedEx.

    I’m just not seein’ it.  

    CMG, what stake do you have in this ?  Could that be affecting your judgment ?  

    …..

    WARNING: the following is from the guy who said that Pueblo used to have 250,000 residents.

    FedEx is the result of federal largess and payola.  It grew out of a CIA front company that was financed with tax dollars to the tune of maybe a Billion dollars.  When they turned into a private company, they got their entire fleet of aircraft free, courtesy of the American taxpayer.  

    FedEx is accustomed to preferential treatment.  They could not have come into existence without it, and apparently cannot survive without it.  

    On this basis, since they are addicted to and dependent on preferential treatment from the Government, that means we are obligated to protect them forever from the vagaries of the market.

    .  

  2. For some reason (I worked for Brown for 3 months 25 years ago, great workout, lousy job, morbid curiosity??), I have read two very long diaries and I have yet to be presented with why one labor board is better than the other.

    For that matter how Fed Ex being forced to change whatever board would jeapordize rural service or why it’s anti-business.

    This isn’t Fox News, try to actually explain your positions.

  3. FedEx union members have to vote en masse to strike.  Whereas, UPS union members can vote at the local level (e.g. Teamsters in St. Louis) to strike themselves, regardless of how the rest of the union members feel.

    If these two companies should be treated equally, it should be under the rules that FedEx currently fall under – much more business friendly.  In fact, I believe they even supported UPS’ efforts to do so at one time.

    1. .

      I incorrectly assumed that is was so technically complex that it couldn’t be explained to a layman like me in less than 1,000 words.

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