FEBRUARY 25, 2011 How can fringe benefits cost nearly as much as a worker’s salary? Answer: collective bargaining. By ROBERT M. COSTRELL The showdown in Wisconsin over fringe benefits for public employees boils down to one number: 74.2. That’s how many cents the public pays Milwaukee public-school teachers and other employees for retirement and health […]
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FEBRUARY 22, 2011 The New York Governor tries to clean up Tammany health care. One under-reported story of 2011 is the revolt of the Governors, who are looking in horror at ObamaCare’s permanent expansion of Medicaid and begging Washington for more flexibility. The White House is telling them to kiss off, though less expected is
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By DICK MORRIS & EILEEN MCGANN DickMorris.com February 18, 2011 A bi-partisan Senate working group which includes Republican Senators Tom Coburn (Oklahoma), Mike Crapo (Idaho), and Saxby Chambliss (Georgia) is considering back door, automatically triggered tax increases as a way to bring down the budget deficit. The Wall Street Journal reports that the plan which
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NEWS&OBSERVER Feb 18, 2011 Red ink and raw cynicism by Charles Krauthammer WASHINGTON Five days before his inauguration, President-elect Barack Obama told The Washington Post that entitlement reform could no longer be kicked down the road. He then spent the next two years kicking – racking up $3 trillion in new debt along the way
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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 The GOP’s fiscal leader explains why House Republicans will vote to reform Medicare and why the public is ready to listen. By PAUL A. GIGOT Washington Paul Ryan doesn’t look like the menacing sort. He’s amiable in a familiar Midwestern way, his disposition varies between cheerfully earnest and wry, and he uses
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FEBRUARY 18, 2011 Unlike years past, the budget debates in the House were vigorous and democratic, not stage-managed by the leadership of the majority party. By KIMBERLEY A. STRASSEL Washington and Lincoln—those birthday boys—ought to be smiling. The 112th House of Representatives spent the week debating how to fund the rest of fiscal 2011. In
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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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