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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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Great Scott Stephen F. Hayes February 20, 2012, Vol. 17, No. 22 Throughout the 2012 election cycle Republicans have pined for a bold, conservative reformer—a leader courageous enough to make difficult choices and articulate enough to explain them to a skeptical public. The good news is they have such
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Watch out, Obama By Richard McGregor Washington Correspondent Financial Times March 2 2012 Come November, many American men such as these – white, blue-collar and angry – will turn their back on the Democrats and vote Republican Randy Newman, ex-car yard worker: ‘In November, it will be anyone but Obama’ In his union office in
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What is the Frankfurt School? How has it affected our country? This article tells us in chilling detail exactly how our country’s culture, traditions, values and institutions have been quietly targeted by the members and followers of the Frankfurt School. To be aware of what is happening to us is the first step in being able to
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posted on February 16, 2012 by Gary DeMar Obama Pushes Global Tax EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: Earlier this week, White House economic adviser Gene Sperling announced his support for changes in the tax structure. “[W]e need a global minimum tax so that people have the assurance that nobody is escaping doing their fair share as
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FEBRUARY 14, 2012 What happens to countries that choose economic decline. Rioters torched shops and offices, with banks and foreign businesses the main targets. Pensioners wearing gas masks joined a blockade of Parliament and squared off against some 4,000 police officers. The city’s best-known cinema was burned to the ground, along with nine other national-heritage
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DETROIT NEWS February 14, 2012 Romney op-ed: U.S. autos bailout ‘was crony capitalism on a grand scale’ By Mitt Romney Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney campaigns in Portland, Maine. The candidate contends that the Obama administration should sell its ownership in GM and return the money to taxpayers. (Robert F. Bukaty / Associated Press) I
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FEBRUARY 11, 2012 The States Are Leading a Pro-Growth Rebellion The message from Indiana and elsewhere is that aligning yourself too closely to unions is a losing strategy. By ARTHUR B. LAFFER After the 2008 election, Democrats controlled both houses of Congress and, of course, the presidency. They used that victory to push through an
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