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View of Unions ‘Plummeted’ Since 07

Feb24
 

-By Bret Jacobson

(click here for more polls on union officials)
One hates to surmise, but it seems probable such a shift comes from such little things as crippling the Big 3, pushing card check on working Americans, cutting disgusting deals to exempt their members from a [...]

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ACORN is Dead?

Feb22
 

The news has it today that young Mr. James O’Keefe and Andrew Breitbart have laid low ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. ACORN is dissolved, they say.
Don’t believe a word of it. Yes, it is obvious that ACORN was materially hurt by [...]

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Public Employees Unions Destroying California

Feb21
 

Mark Tapscot echoes our current theme here on the blog by reporting that California is once again in a disastrous budget shortfall and one of the biggest reason that this is so is the undue power of the recalcitrant public employees unions. Tapscot says that [...]

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Kaus: Unions Are Crippling Obama

Feb20
 

Lefty website Slate.com’s Mickey Kaus is another one of those left of center folks that are realizing that unions are killing Obama. Of course, I’d go one farther and say that unions are killing America, but Kaus is only worried about helping Obama. Regardless, he’s [...]

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Pension Failure in Illinois Worst in Country

Feb19
 

According to the Pew Center on the States, Illinois’ public employee’s pension system is in the worst shape of all states. The Associated Press reported that pensions in Illinois are underfunded and over promised.

Illinois was rated the most troubled pension system during the study period, [...]

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