NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE www.nationalreview.com By Victor Davis Hanson August 16, 2012 12:00 A.M. Driving across California is like going from Mississippi to Massachusetts without ever crossing a state line. Consider the disconnects: California’s combined income and sales taxes are among the nation’s highest, but the state’s annual deficit is still about $16 billion. It […]
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July 9, 2012 America Has Too Many Teachers Public-school employees have doubled in 40 years while student enrollment has increased by only 8.5%—and academic results have stagnated. EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: Since 1970, the public school workforce has roughly doubled—to 6.4 million from 3.3 million—and two-thirds of those new hires are teachers or
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June 7, 2012 What’s Changed After Wisconsin The Obama administration suddenly looks like a house of cards. By PEGGY NOONAN What happened in Wisconsin signals a shift in political mood and assumption. Public employee unions were beaten back and defeated in a state with a long progressive tradition. The unions and their allies put everything
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May 15, 2012 McGurn: Jerry Brown vs. Chris Christie More states are realizing that the road to fiscal hell is paved with progressive intentions. By WILLIAM MCGURN In his January 2011 inaugural address, California Gov. Jerry Brown declared it a “time to honestly assess our financial condition and make the tough choices.” Plainly the choices
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April 15, 2012, 5:59 p.m. ET Reform School on the Bayou Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal’s choice and tenure changes could be a national milestone. Governors of both parties have promoted education reform, but so far no one has delivered more than Louisiana’s Bobby Jindal. This week he’ll sign two bills that offer a national model
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LINKS RE WISCONSIN RECALL ELECTION – GOVERNOR SCOTT WALKER AND LT. GOVERNOR REBECCA KLEEFISCH https://www.facebook.com/notes/sarah-palin/as-goes-wisconsin-so-goes-america-support-lt-governor-rebecca-kleefisch/10150645375753435 http://michellemalkin.com/2012/03/28/the-war-on-wisconsin/ http://www.rebeccaforreal.com/ http://www.scottwalker.org/
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Updated March 23, 2012, 7:37 p.m. ET The Democrat Who Took on the Unions Rhode Island’s treasurer Gina Raimondo talks about how she persuaded the voting public, labor rank-and-file and a liberal legislature to pass the most far-reaching pension reform in decades. By ALLYSIA FINLEY Providence, R.I. So this is Gina Raimondo? The state treasurer
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March 14, 2012, 7:18 p.m. ET The Message of Motown Detroit and its public unions head toward bankruptcy. EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: That’s because the city, which has twice as many retirees as workers, is spending more on retirement benefits than wages. Pensions make up about two thirds of the public-safety payroll, and many collective-bargaining
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March 13, 2012 California’s Greek Tragedy No one should write off the Golden State. But it will take massive reforms to reverse its economic decline. By MICHAEL J. BOSKIN and JOHN F. COGAN Long a harbinger of national trends and an incubator of innovation, cash-strapped California eagerly awaits a temporary revenue surge from Facebook IPO
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