FEBRUARY 28, 2011 Collective bargaining on a broad scale is more similar to an antitrust violation than to a civil liberty. By ROBERT BARRO How ironic that Wisconsin has become ground zero for the battle between taxpayers and public- employee labor unions. Wisconsin was the first state to allow collective bargaining for government workers (in
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FEBRUARY 26, 2011 The Republican governor wants a new social contract. By JOHN FUND The state Capitol building in Madison has been occupied round-the-clock by protesters for nearly two weeks. Fourteen Democratic state senators are still on the lam, refusing to allow a vote on a budget-repair bill. And Gov. Scott Walker has been called
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FEBRUARY 26, 2011 By NEIL KING JR. Corrections & Amplifications Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels favors a dramatic reworking of Social Security benefits, but not for those who would enter the system in the next 10 or 15 years. This story doesn’t make clear that the changes wouldn’t apply to those receiving or about to receive
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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 25, 2011 If the president is so upset with Wisconsin’s labor law reforms, why won’t he allow federal workers to bargain collectively? By KIMBERLEY A. STRASSEL The union horde is spreading, from Madison to Indianapolis to a state capital near you. And yet the Democratic and union bigwigs engineering the outrage haven’t directed their
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THEBLAZE.COM Blaze Exclusive: International Socialists Orchestrate Unions‘ Rally to ’Save the American Dream’ Posted on February 25, 2011 at 5:18pm by Meredith Jessup Excerpt From This Article: Here in Washington, D.C., leftist activists at MoveOn.org are co-hosting a rally Saturday with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). But behind the scenes, The Blaze has exclusively learned
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February 24, 2011 By Victor Davis Hanson President Obama established a bipartisan debt-reduction commission — and then ignored its findings, which called for unpopular reductions in entitlements and across-the-board spending cuts. His first two budgets led to the largest deficits in U.S. history. The ensuing $3 trillion dollars in red ink prompted the tea party
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We’re helping lead an emergency call for rallies in every state capital this Saturday at noon to stand in solidarity with the workers of Wisconsin. Clicking below will add your name to the call for action, then you can help get the word out: Dear MoveOn member, Moments like these don’t come along often. Newly-elected Tea
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February 23, 2011 Van Jones Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress, American Progess Action Fund Posted: February 22, 2011 10:19 AM Introducing The ‘American Dream’ Movement In the past 24 months, those of us who longed for positive change have gone from hope to heartbreak. But hope is returning to America — at last —
