President Obama gave his fourth State of the Union address on Tuesday and with only a few exceptions it was little more than a rewording of his prior annual addresses. Obama kicked off his address by quoting from a speech […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The GOP was in an uproar when four State Department officials “took one for the team” by resigning in the wake of a report about the department’s failures in the September 11 terrorist attack in Benghazi; but fear not because […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The state most closely identified with the unionization of America, Michigan, may well be the next state to adopt a “right-to-work” law, making the payment of union dues voluntary. Today Republican Governor Rick Snyder said he would now support Michigan […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
If you ignore bad news, good news look a lot better; such is the story with the news media’s glowing reports of the unemployment rate dropping from 9.0 to 8.6 percent. Beneath the new unemployment numbers you’ll find a story […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In President Obama’s speech to a joint session of Congress he said, “Pass this jobs bill, and thousands of teachers in every state will go back to work.” The president assumes that there are thousands of teachers that should go […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Remember when President Obama was faced with the dilemma of allowing all of the Bush era tax cuts to expire at the end of 2010? Obama wanted to allow the cuts on those making more than 200k to expire but […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s not surprising that Republicans and Democrats measure the value of government spending differently. They both have their pet projects, however one would expect that the safety, effectiveness and compensation of the military wouldn’t be a contentious matter. Apparently if […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Why are Wisconsin unions pointing fingers at Virginia? It doesn’t seem to make any sense, unless facts are less important than scoring points. Virginia has been a right-to-work state for quite some time. It’s not that we don’t have union […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Anyone who understands the origins of labor unions in the United States, realizes that it started as a way to gather persons of a given skill together into a brotherhood where they could stand together to protect their rights against […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…