If people lose their jobs because they committed economic hara-kiri, should they still be entitled to receive taxpayer-funded unemployment?
Archive for Category: "Unions"
November 19, 2012 12:08
California is Destroying Itself – U.S. is Next
The result of this fiscal insanity is that “In 2010, at least 204 companies said goodbye to the state, exactly four times more than fled in 2009. The exodus surged to more than 280 companies in 2011, when they left the state at a clip of 5.4 companies per week.” This just leaves joblessness and economic stagnation in its wake.
November 2, 2012 10:00
Unions Turn Away Non-Union Storm Help – Jobs Data Stormy
Charles Payne rants about poor employment numbers and unions turning away non-union utility repair crews in storm ravaged New York.
November 1, 2012 09:13
Obama Gave More to Campaign Donors Than Hurricane Will Cost
Billions will have to be borrowed to fund hurricane rebuilding. Obama wasted even more giving to big campaign donors.
October 23, 2012 08:02
Amtrak – The Cross-Country Union Jobs Program at Taxpayer Expense
A recent Capitol Hill hearing offered grounds for suspicion that the railroad’s 20,000 employees—who average $90,000 a year in pay and benefits—have cousins in high places. It came out in the hearing that Amtrak loses more than $80 million a year on food services. – City Journal
October 23, 2012 05:22
Obama’s Education ‘Progress’ Is Only Union Hiring Not Improving Education
The President conflates the quantity of teachers with their quality. At best, these two factors are uncorrelated. At worst—in those few states and districts which pay teachers based on performance—the two factors are negatively correlated …
October 16, 2012 06:25
Obama’s tyrannical union board trying illegal ‘micro-unions’ again
NLRB has ruled in favor of the carving out of so-called “micro-unions,” smaller grouplets of workers which the union has selected in part because it thinks it can assemble a majority within those groups if not necessarily within larger workplace aggregates.
October 5, 2012 07:45
Election May Be Decided Before November 6
Democrats and union organizers have become very skilled at exploiting early voting. The Obama campaign is already sending out hundreds of field organizers and volunteers to “chase ballots” and make sure they carry votes for Obama.
September 28, 2012 06:46
Public Unions Continue Killing California Cities
The California hit parade keeps on rolling as yet Another California city scrambles to avoid bankruptcy.
September 24, 2012 08:51
Only Hope for Bankrupt Blue States is Bailout Paid by Red States
Democrats and unions have controlled California and Illinois for decades. Now they are broke and facing bankruptcy. Their only hope is a federal bailout paid for by states that have been fiscally responsible. In Obama’s second term you can bank on more union bailouts to pay back campaign support.
