The 2012 presidential election is going to be about jobs. That’s why it makes sense to look at the 22 right-to-work (RTW) states that nourish them. No one in America should be forced to join a union as a condition of employment, but today that occurs in 28 states. It’s time politicians are held to […]
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America’s Job Creator in Chief
America’s Job Creator in Chief It just keeps getting better and better in Texas, thanks to governor and potential 2012 Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry, who signed pro-business tort reform legislation last week—forcing loser-pays rules for groundless lawsuits. The state is already a leader in tort reform and job creation, making Rick Perry “America’s Job […]
You Should Have Been a Lifeguard
You should have been a lifeguard. Like the handful in Newport Beach, California, who are pulling swimmers from the water and in some cases making $200,000 a year in salary and benefits. “It was reasonable at the time,” says city manager David Kiff. “When we were negotiating, people were making such ridiculous amounts of money […]
A Path to State Bankruptcy
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end? To be stuck inside of Mobile With the Memphis blues again?” -Bob Dylan To be stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis blues again is to describe the bankruptcy filing in 2009 by Mobile suburb Prichard, Alabama. The city’s lawyer said it was forced to file Chapter […]
An American Greek Tragedy
You may have heard. Greece couldn’t adhere to its deficit-reduction targets. Investors want nothing to do with its debt. It takes a 15.7% yield to entice them into Greek bonds. The European Union will have to step in because Greek taxpayers are about as real as ancient Greek mythology. Apparently there is no such thing […]
S&P Negative Outlook: The Beginning of the End
OK, so Standard & Poor’s has slapped a negative outlook on the U.S. government. Too bad we can’t eat our debt. All I can say is thankfully they haven’t lumped state and local municipal finances into the outlook. Who’s going to bail us out of this mess? France? Please. The nonpartisan Pew Foundation just released […]
Wisconsin’s Lord of the Rings
“This is the Master-Ring, the One Ring to rule them all.” The Lord of the Rings, by JRR Tolkien Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin is in the fight of his life to destroy the Master-Ring of Wisconsin: collective bargaining by public union employees. For it is collective bargaining that empowers public-sector unions over the fiscal […]
MULE/ARV-A(L)
Lockheed Martin is developing the Future Combat System (FCS) Multifunction Utility/Logistics and Equipment Vehicle/Armed Robotic Vehicle-Assault (Light) vehicle (MULE) under a contract for the FCS Lead System Integrator, The Boeing Company. The vehicle was selected to move into the System Development and Demonstration phase in 2003 and ultimately into production. The MULE offers an extraordinary […]
Wisconsin Students Not Sure Why They Are Protesting
Students are being brought to protests in Wisconsin, little do they know they are only hurting themselves. Who do they think will be paying the outsized pensions of their teachers in 20 years?
The Truth Booed Lustily
This morning’s post speaks for itself. It’s an excerpt from Peggy Noonan’s article at the Wall Street Journal, most of it is quotes from Governor Chris Christie’s speech before 7,500 firefighters telling them why their benefits were cut. The truth hurts, but its better than being lied to. As Mr. Chrisie recounted it: “You can […]
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