Public union wages and benefits have bankrupted many cities and states. The way to fix the problem is to get rid of public unions not increase their power.
Archive for May, 2011
May 24, 2011 05:16
Netanyahu and Obama in their twenties. Which one would you want to depend upon?
Defender of Democracy or Marxist community agitator?
May 24, 2011 05:04
Public-Sector Unionism: A Review
[G]overnment negotiators share the goals of unions to increase spending and are able to conceal the full price of bargaining agreements to voters in the form of current or deferred compensation (e.g., enhanced pension formulas and benefits). Governments may resort to debt finance, spending deferrals, or intergovernmental aid, thus enabling the government to increase employment and wages (either current or deferred) for union workers while concealing the true cost to voters.
May 24, 2011 04:36
Pawlenty only candidate to to take on sacred corn subsidy
The fact that Iowa is the first state in the presidential race is one reason why it’s always been so hard to get rid of ethanol subsidies, which conservatives and a growing number of liberals agree is awful policy.
May 24, 2011 04:25
Thousands face volcanic ash cloud flight cancellations
Airports likely to be affected from 1300 to 1900 BST include Londonderry, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Prestwick, Durham Tees Valley, Newcastle and Carlisle, air traffic services company Nats said.
May 24, 2011 04:18
Washington Post Whitewashes Obama’s Illegal War
Obama says it was sufficient that he got support for the military operation from the Arab League and the United Nations.
May 24, 2011 04:08
Obama Faces Criticism Over Ties to Wall Street, Black Community
Princeton University professor Cornel West criticized President Barack Obama last week, saying he has a predilection toward the upper middle class and keeps his distance from “free black men who will tell him the truth.” In tonight’s Impact segment, Bill spoke to Marc Lamont Hill, a professor at Columbia University, about West’s comments and why some of Obama’s supporters feel the Civil Rights activist’s words are justified.
May 24, 2011 04:03
Herman Cain: Americans Want Problems to be Solved
The American people want common sense solutions. Herman Cain wants to provide those solutions.
May 23, 2011 05:54
Excited by power, Obama ignores legal restraints
Start with an administration set on “changing America,” and that rejects strict construction, the 10th Amendment, and the separation of powers, and you get what we have in Libya today: an illegal war, and a White House that doesn’t mind.
May 23, 2011 05:21
U.S. Energy Crisis is a Liberal Power Grab
Democrats and liberal Republicans, acting at the behest of groups hiding behind environmental cover to push policies giving government more power, are directly responsible for our current situation. This is deliberate on the part of some, while others are simply dupes who have been used.
