From Human Events: Uncivil Unions By Ann Coulter As Obama rakes in historic campaign contributions from Wall Street money, liberals claim Republicans are beholden to “the rich.” However that may be, it is far more true, and far less remarked upon, that the Democratic Party is the party of public sector unions. And now, the [...]
Tags: Ann Coulter, Economics, Unions, Wisconsin
Ari returns to this episode of Strictly Right to chat about the latest horror of judicial activism, an update on the Wisconsin teachers unions, a story giving hope to Canada, and a great discussion with Michelle Malkin. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes. Follow @AndrewLawton and @AriMFine on Twitter for the latest updates. Listen online:Strictly [...]
Tags: Canada, Judicial Activism, Michelle Malkin, Scott Walker, Strictly Right Radio, Unions, Wisconsin
From the WSJ: Unions vs. the Right to Work Collective bargaining on a broad scale is more similar to an antitrust violation than to a civil liberty. By ROBERT BARRO How ironic that Wisconsin has become ground zero for the battle between taxpayers and public- employee labor unions. Wisconsin was the first state to allow [...]
From the Washington Post: By George F. Will Hitherto, when this university town and seat of state government applauded itself as “the Athens of the Midwest,” the sobriquet suggested kinship with the cultural glories of ancient Greece. Now, however, Madison resembles contemporary Athens. This capital has been convulsed by government employees sowing disorder in order [...]
Tags: Barack Obama, Economics, George Will, Scott Walker, Unions, Wisconsin
From today’s Wall Street Journal: By STEVEN MALANGAGovernment workers have taken to the streets in Madison, Wis., to battle a series of reforms proposed by Gov. Scott Walker that include allowing workers to opt out of paying dues to unions. Everywhere that this “opt out” idea has been proposed, unions have battled it vigorously because [...]
Tags: Scott Walker, Unions, Wisconsin
Tags: Economics, Scott Walker, Spending, Unions, Wisconsin
The Strictly Right ‘Sunday Feature’ – where we take news and opinion pieces from the week that was and post them for you on Sundays. __________________________________________________ Follow @AriMFine, @AndrewLawton and @RyanWRuppert on Twitter to stay up-to-date on any and all important news. __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ Washington Post: Hubris heading for a fall By: George F. [...]
Tags: Abortion, Arizona Shooting, Barack Obama, Budget, China, Debt, Debt Limit, Deficit, Donald Trump, Economics, Government, Gun Control, Guns, Keith Olbermann, Liberty, Obamacare, Repeal, Sarah Palin, Socialism, Unions, Western Civilization
This week the house voted to repeal healthcare, Governor Haley stands up to big unions, and democrats do their best to tone down the political rhetoric. —————————————————————————– Our pledge was to repeal Obamacare. Why? Because it is going to increase spending, increase taxes and destroy jobs in America. – House Speaker John Boehner on the [...]
Tags: Freedom of Speech, Health Care Reform, Healthcare, John Boehner, Nikki Haley, Obamacare, Political Correctness, Steve Cohen, Steve King, Unions
The Strictly Right ‘Sunday Feature’ – where we take news and opinion pieces from the week that was and post them for you on Sundays. __________________________________________________ Follow @AriMFine, @AndrewLawton and @RyanWRuppert on Twitter to stay up-to-date on any and all important news. __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ Happy New Year! __________________________________________________ Political End Runs By Thomas Sowell The [...]
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