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The Arrogance of The Public Employee Union Member

Aug25
 

In a recent story detailing the efforts of 3,000 postal employee union members marching against USPS management in Detroit, one quote by a union member stuck me as wholly emblematic of the arrogance of government employee union members and it shows the disconnect between the [...]

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Ebay, Adobe, EA Games, Many Others Leaving California For Utah Over Confiscatory Tax Rate

Aug24
 

Computer software giant Adobe, computer game monster EA Games, and Internet auction king ebay are abandoning California to set up shop in Utah. Why? California’s horrid business climate and high taxes.
Adobe Systems, maker of a suite of graphics programs such as Adobe PDF, Illustrator, Photoshop, [...]

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UAW Joins Push For ‘Green Jobs’

Aug23
 

The United Auto Workers has announced that it will join a coalition of unions called the BlueGreen Alliance in an effort to push “green jobs.”
I was amused by what BlueGreen Alliance founder Leo Gerard said of this addition to the group.

“The American auto industry is [...]

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Was the Austrian Oak Cut Down To Size?

Aug22
 

-By Tim Cavanaugh
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger won’t leave office for another five months, and I’ve already got breakup remorse.
Time and again, Reason has criticized the Gubernator. Time and again, I have criticized the Gubernator. But as he closes out his time in office with yet another [...]

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Obama Trying to Make it Up to Teachers Unions?

Aug22
 

Teachers unions have been mad at the president. Despite that he bends over backwards for unions and has since day one, the teachers still aren’t happy. So, he’s trying what Politico is calling a “truce with teachers.”

In the past few weeks, President Barack Obama delivered [...]

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