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Boeing Union Bosses

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Once again union leaders roll the dice hoping the NLRB will save them. The Wall Street Journal explains. Boeing’s eight-year contract offer included a 1% wage increase every other year starting in 2016 on top of annual cost-of-living increases. Pension accruals would be frozen, and traditional defined-benefit plans would be replaced with 401(k) accounts with […]

Obamacare Gone to the Dogs

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Colorado’s health care exchange mistakenly signed up a man’s dog for coverage. FoxNews explains here. Fort Collins resident Shane Smith told KDVR he received a letter last week informing his dog,Baxter, that a health insurance account had been opened for the pup through Connect for Health Colorado. Smith told the station he had to sign […]

10 Budget-Cutting Suggestions

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You can read here the 10 Budget-Cutting Suggestions for Paul Ryan and Patty Murray by Chris Edwards. Chris is the director of tax policy studies at Cato and editor of www.DownsizingGovernment.org. He is a top expert on federal and state tax and budget issues. Federal policymakers will have to make spending cuts sooner or later, and the sooner […]

Who’s Stealing Your Kid’s Lunch Money?

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“We have seen meaningful progress in the labor market,” Federal Reserve Vice Chairwoman Janet Yellen said last week during her testimony. “What the [Fed] is looking for is signs that we will have growth that’s strong enough to promote continued progress.” That could be a while. Take a look at the special unemployment rate U-6—those […]

Obamacare’s Most Valuable Antagonist

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If you want to know just how bad Obamacare is then spend a few minutes talking with Cato’s director of health policy studies, Michael Cannon. Becky and I had a chance to visit with Michael at the last Cato retreat. In addition to his expertise, it’s his bulldog like attitude that makes you thankful he’s […]

We the People

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Daniel Henninger of the WSJ points out here what “We the People” really means to this president: We know what President Obama thinks it means. In every speech given during his presidency, and in virtually every policy direction he has proposed in those speeches, it is clear that when Mr. Obama says “we,” he means […]

The First Ford Mustang

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Gail Wise bought what’s believed to be the first Ford Mustang on April 15, 1964 for $3,447.50, as reported here. Next year the legendary Mustang will celebrate its 50th Anniversary. Ford is expected to unveil the new look ‘Stang in December but images have already been leaked.