FEBRUARY 18, 2011 Where the Leaders Are In a time of crisis, two governors show Washington the way. By PEGGY NOONAN There were two big speeches this week, and I mean big as in “Modern political history will remember this.” Together they signal something significant and promising. Oh, that’s a stuffy way to put it. […]
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FEBRUARY 19, 2011 Who’s in charge of our political system—voters or unions? By JOHN FUND This week President Obama was roundly criticized, even by many of his allies, for submitting a federal budget that actually increases our already crushing deficit. But that didn’t stop him Thursday from jumping into Wisconsin’s titanic budget battle. He accused
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FEBRUARY 18, 2011 A seminal showdown between public unions and taxpayers. For Americans who don’t think the welfare state riots of France or Greece can happen here, we recommend a look at the union and Democratic Party spectacle now unfolding in Wisconsin. Over the past few days, thousands have swarmed the state capital and airwaves
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February 10, 2011 Jerry Brown: A Modern-Day Sisyphus By Victor Davis Hanson California Gov. Jerry Brown must rapidly close a $25 billion budgetary shortfall. But right now it seems almost a hopeless task since the state’s disastrous budget is a symptom, not the cause, of California’s much larger nightmare. Take unemployment. It currently runs 12.6
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CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Two approaches to state budget shortfall You Democrats spent us to death; now we must make tough decisions. By N.C. Sen. Bob Rucho Tuesday, Feb. 08, 2011 Excerpts from a speech Rucho, R-Mecklenburg, delivered on the N.C. Senate floor last week: “Here we are in a situation where we’ve got double-digit unemployment. And
WALL STREET JOURNAL FEBRUARY 7, 2011 Twenty-one governors representing more than 115 million Americans have written to Kathleen Sebelius asking for more flexibility on health-care reform. By MITCH DANIELS Unless you’re in favor of a fully nationalized health-care system, the president’s health-care reform law is a massive mistake. It will amplify all the big drivers
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