Imagine the following scenario: After work you and a couple of your co-workers gather at the local pizza joint for a few slices and a beer. They are buying! When you arrive, one of your co-workers puts a “sign in” sheet (see below) under your nose while you are choosing what pizza you want to order. Congratulations! Under the rules of the dishonestly named Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), you’ve just voted to unionize your workplace. During Monday’s “Consequences of the Employee Free Choice Act” panel discussion at The Heritage …
There has been considerable debate over whether the proposed economic stimulus bill will actually stimulate anything other than an avalanche of new government spending and higher taxes. Well, the Senate has now ensured that its version of the bill will stimulate growth in yet another undesirable area: illegal immigration. Passed by the House last week and currently under consideration in the Senate, the economic stimulus bill could provide employment for illegal immigrants. Whereas the House version of the bill explicitly barred the employment of illegal aliens in stimulus-funded construction projects, …
