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FDR WARNED US AGAINST COLLECTIVE BARGAINING WITH THE GOVERNMENT

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NewYorkTimes.com Wisconsin’s Blow to Union Power Will the governor’s fight against public employees’ collective bargaining rights sweep the nation? F.D.R. Warned Us Updated February 19, 2011, :James Sherk is the Bradley fellow in labor policy at the Center for Data Analysis at the Heritage Foundation. “It is impossible to bargain collectively with the government.” That […]

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IRAN’S GREEN MOVEMENT LIVES

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FEBRUARY 19, 2011 By AMIR TAHERI ‘Hang them! Hang them!” the mob shouted while goose-stepping towards the podium. Some beat their chests and others raised clenched fists. “Allah is the greatest!” chanted the turbaned clerics. This was the scene Tuesday in the Islamic Majlis, Iran’s ersatz parliament. Members raged against the “heads of sedition,” calling

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DID BERNANKE AND ETHANOL SINK EGYPT?

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Published on Washington Examiner (http://washingtonexaminer.com) By Lawrence Kudlow Feb 2 2011 Did Bernanke and ethanol sink Egypt? Decades of autocratic government and a lack of free elections are, of course, the main drivers of the political upheaval in Egypt. But did the sinking dollar and skyrocketing food prices trigger the massive unrest now occurring in

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WHAT’S AT STAKE IN WISCONSIN’S BUDGET BATTLE

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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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MADISON, WISCONSIN – ATHENS IN MAD TOWN

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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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WISCONSIN – PUBLIC-SECTOR UNION TANTRUMS

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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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