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    Morning Bell: Big Labor Is Bankrupting Our Country

    November 13, 2009 at 10:06 am

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    Last month when the White House released its visitor log for the first six months of the Obama presidency, one name appeared far more often than any other: Service Employee International Union (SEIU) President Andrew Stern. Stern has every right to expect to be welcome in the Obama White House. … More

    Automaker Bailout Sold on Empty Promises

    November 12, 2009 at 11:37 am

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    Have an idea but strapped for cash? Not sure if the idea is going to pan out? That’s all right, just ask the government for a few billion dollars. That’s what the automakers did. USA Today reports: If you believed all the talk from Chrysler about how our tax dollars … More

    Is the House Trying to Start a Trade War?

    July 30, 2009 at 10:18 am

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    Is the House of Representatives trying to start a trade war in the midst of the worst economy in a generation? Sure seems that way. When the House passed the Energy and Water appropriations bill they included a protectionist provision that is not only misguided, but it is poorly applied. … More

    A Union Divided Against Itself: The UAW’s Conflict of Interest

    July 1, 2009 at 3:20 pm

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    In the wake of the General Motors and Chrysler’s bankruptcies, United Auto Workers finds itself in a complicated position. In some sense it has achieved a Marxist ideal: it has gained (at least some) control of its means of production. The UAW owns 55 percent of Chrysler and 17.5 percent … More

    Sen. Alexander (R-TN) Wants to Give Govt’s GM, Chrysler Shares Back to Taxpayers

    June 10, 2009 at 3:53 pm

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    On a blogger conference call this morning, Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) discussed a bill he introduced last week that would distribute the Federal government’s recently acquired GM and Chrysler stock to taxpaying Americans. “Instead of the Treasury owning 60 percent of shares in the new GM and 8 percent of … More

    The Majesty of the Law

    June 9, 2009 at 4:47 pm

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    It takes an expensive lawyer…scratch that. It takes a very expensive lawyer, from Sullivan & Cromwell no less, to explain to the Supreme Court that when your client’s CEO said he would “never walk away” from a certain deal, what he really meant was that he would run away from … More

    Is An Automaker a “Financial Institution”? You Decide

    June 9, 2009 at 10:21 am

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    Yesterday afternoon, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg issued an order delaying the sale of Chrysler’s assets to a new firm controlled by Fiat, in order to more fully consider claims by a group of Indiana pension funds that the process violated federal law. A key argument made by the … More

    INSTANT ANALYSIS: Supreme Court Delays Sale of Chrysler

    June 8, 2009 at 4:52 pm

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    According to the Associated Press, the U.S. Supreme Court has taken the extremely rare step of issuing a stay on the sale of Chrysler to Fiat, after three Indiana state pension and construction funds petitioned for the delay pending an appeal of a lower court decision. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg … More

    Rule of Law: Good for Retirees or Only Terrorists?

    May 21, 2009 at 5:44 pm

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    Today President Obama stood on the world stage and demanded that suspected terrorists be treated under the “rule of law.” In fact, he used the phrase “rule of law” eight times. It is now time for him to use the phrase “rule of law” when it comes to Americans. In … More

    News Flash: Obama-Appointed GM CEO Supports Obama

    May 19, 2009 at 11:37 am

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    Here’s a shocker. Among the cheerleaders for President Obama’s plan to increase federal fuel efficiency mandates were General Motors and Chrysler — two companies that are, at the moment, virtually run by the federal government itself. GM’s Fritz Henderson, who was made CEO when Rick Wagoner was effectively fired by … More

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