Fox Guarding the Henhouse?  John Fund of the Wall Street Journal in video interview this morning discusses  the latest appointee to Obama’s “Deficit Reduction Commission” of 18 members—most are Congressmen, but not the newest member.  It’s Andy Stearn of the SEIU (now at least he will get a paycheck for all those visits to Capitol Hill!).  Congress should technically be able to take charge and reduce the deficit but won’t, no one will take a leadership role and do the tough thing, so they formed a committee to make it look like someone is doing something.  What’s more, SEIU actually lobbied AGAINST a deficit reduction commission.  So what exactly is Andy’s role—some kind of “self-regulation”?  Cronyism runs rampant, more than ever before, not really change you can believe in.  And conveniently, the Commission “reports” Dec 1—AFTER mid-term elections.  What do you think Stearn’s idea of a “fix” will be for the deficit?  John Fund says it will be rampant new taxes…. and appointing Stearn “basically guarantees you are not going to address one of the biggest problem we have with government”—-the labor unions.

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