Bloated Employee Contracts Push Profligate States into Fiscal Crisis – The Market Center Blog Many state politicians want multi-billion dollar handouts from federal taxpayers. But a superb Wall Street Journal column notes that the real problems are excessive annual spending increases in the short run and extravagant benefits for government …
It’s bad enough that there are already legions of lobbyists lining up in Washington for their slice of the upcoming $700 billion-plus pie. But when our nation’s local government leaders join the bailout parade, you know our nation’s sense of personal responsibility has significantly deteriorated. Earlier this week the U.S. …
Big labor apologist EJ Dionne Jr. asserts in the Washington Post today: The failure of the Big Three is regularly attributed to the high wages and benefits earned by members of the United Auto Workers union, and it’s true that the Detroit-based auto companies operate under heavy “legacy costs” for …
Michael Schellenberger and Michael Nordhaus already have taken plenty of heat from the enviro/left for their book Break Through: From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility. Their latest article in the American Prospect is not going to mend any fences. Schellenberger and Nordhaus write: Like conservatives who …
Like everything else that comes out of Congress, the initial intentions were good: to build a visitors center that shields citizens from extreme heat and humidity and provides greater security for people working in or visiting the U.S. Capitol. But what began as a $265 million project in 2000 ballooned …
If Unions Are So Great, Why Doesn’t the Economy Show It? – InsiderOnline Defenders of unions have a very interesting response to critics of the proposed automaker bailout. The opponents of a bailout, say defenders of unions, want to force the automakers into a chapter 11 restructuring so that they …
