EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: The irony of laments by Democrats such as Mr. Obama about (Republican) money in politics is that most outside dollars are being spent in the service of liberal candidates and causes. The progressive left has spent the better part of a decade building an archipelago of tightly linked third-party groups; MoveOn.org, Democracy […]
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WALL STREET JOURNAL SEPTEMBER 14, 2010 Obstacle to Deficit Cutting: A Nation on Entitlements By SARA MURRAY Efforts to tame America’s ballooning budget deficit could soon confront a daunting reality: Nearly half of all Americans live in a household in which someone receives government benefits, more than at any time in history. At the same
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SEPTEMBER 15, 2010 Union Power and the Christie Effect After decades of expanding political clout, organized labor is finding voters increasingly unreceptive to its high-tax message. By STEVE MALANGA In the midst of the contentious 2009 gubernatorial race in New Jersey, the state’s teachers union took a poll of its own members and found only
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SEPTEMBER 7, 2010 Education Reform Starts With Pension Reform Because pensions aren’t portable, teachers lose big if they move or switch careers. By WILLIAM MCGURN This week children across the country are returning to the classroom, and with the new school year comes a renewed debate about the best way to challenge the culture of
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WALL STREET JOURNAL SEPTEMBER 4, 2010 How Government Unions Became So Powerful While politicians have opposed the right to strike, public-sector labor leaders have focused on pay increases and constitutional guarantees. By AMITY SHLAES This weekend we celebrate Labor Day in a country divided between two kinds of workers. The first is the private-sector worker,
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AUGUST 30, 2010 Alinsky Wins at the SEC A new proxy access rule will help activists and unions, not shareholders. The Reaganites who came to Washington in 1981 used to say that “personnel is policy.” Flash forward to 2009 at the Securities and Exchange Commission, where Chairman Mary Schapiro handed senior roles to former union
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Opinion Obama tells the U.N. how great he is Examiner Editorial August 30, 2010 President Obama’s administration sent a 29-page report to the United Nations on American human rights that portrays Obama’s policies as great leaps forward. (Jae C. Hong/Ap file) President Obama’s administration recently submitted a report to the United Nations on human rights
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AUGUST 27, 2010 Public Pensions and Our Fiscal Future Few Californians in the private sector have $1 million in savings, but that’s effectively the retirement account they guarantee to many government employees. By ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER Recently some critics have accused me of bullying state employees. Headlines in California papers this month have been screaming “Gov
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AUGUST 27, 2010 The SEC’s Sop to Unions Under the new rules, average shareholders won’t muster the numbers to influence corporate elections. By PAUL ATKINS The Securities and Exchange Commission is busier than ever in the wake of the financial crisis and the most significant financial legislative changes since the 1930s. So it has been
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