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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JOURNAL SENTINEL.COM Unions want to overturn election result Feb. 16, 2011 Say you generally liked Gov. Scott Walker’s move to rein in government labor costs but had a few doubts on his method. The last few days should have cleared that up nicely. The public-sector union tantrums, meant to make lawmakers wobble, have an inadvertent
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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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JANUARY 31, 2011, 7:36 P.M. ET Don’t Just Cut Government, Reinvent It Across-the-board reductions will not improve efficiency. By LOUIS V. GERSTNER JR. The hottest topic in Washington, D.C., and many state capitals is cutting the cost and size of government. Understandably so—we are living way beyond our means, and the future of our nation
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JANUARY 24, 2011 Saved by Washington, the union wants to write its own labor laws. The top priority for the United Auto Workers this year is to organize one of the foreign, or so-called “transplant,” car makers. That makes perfect sense—for the UAW. Their rich labor contracts and stifling work rules helped bring low Detroit’s
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JANUARY 20, 2011 Unless the party confronts its allies in the public-employee unions, it will continue to lose credibility with voters around the country. By DOUGLAS E. SCHOEN There is a crisis in state and municipal finance. That much is clear. What hasn’t been fully understood is that the fate of the Democratic Party is
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JANUARY 19, 2011 The state adopts 401(k)s for new state employees. As Illinois and New Jersey struggle to reform their broken public pension plans, we thought you might like to hear a success story for change. Witness Utah, which last March replaced defined benefit pensions with a 401(k)-style plan for new state and municipal workers.
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JANUARY 15, 2011 The city may abandon half its schools to pay union benefits. Detroit was once America’s fourth largest city, though today large sections of its inner core are abandoned to the elements, and monuments like Michigan Central Station are returning to dust. Another emblem of civic decline is a plan to desert nearly
January 17, 2011 – carolinajournal.com Carolina Journal Exclusive State May Get No Pension Help From Washington By Anthony Greco RALEIGH — While no specific bailout plans are under consideration, U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, has introduced H.Res. 23, stating Congress’ opposition to any federal intervention meant to “bail out state and local government employee pension
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