Category: Economy

Video: Daily Show Humiliates Unions that Hire Non-Union Picketers

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

The United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) is attacking Walmart (and has been for years) and how are they doing it? By picketing, of course. Yes, they send their members down to Walmart to protest the evil, evil Walmart that refuses to hire union folks and…what? Wait. The union doesn’t send their members to […]

 

The libertarian fallacy

Posted on by Ron Coleman

Kevin Williamson at National Review online — the in-house newsletter of the U.S. conservative establishment (comments on columns may be made only during banking hours) — offers up this formulation, which I got to via Instapundit: Some fellow at The Economist has taken me to task for my description of socialism and communism: “The difference […]

 

A Teamsters High? Dope Growers Join Union

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Can you imagine the Teamsters mellowed? Can you think of them being more interested in munchies than in beating up non-union workers? Imagine them just hanging out instead of doing some mobster’s bidding on the mean streets. The good news today is that we may finally see the violence and agitation in which Teamsters have […]

 

Senate Dems Pushing Another Big Union Payoff

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Senate Democrats, Harry Ried in the lead, are once again attempting to bestow a big payoff to unions by attempting to defeat Senate Resolution 30. This resolution would turn back a union payoff that Democrats slipped by the nation last May. A rules change made by Obama’s National Mediation Board, a federal agency that regulates […]

 

Remember That Business About Healthcare Being Cheaper and You Could Keep You Coverage…

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

… well, we are finding out now that millions of seniors will have to change their Medicare prescription plans because of “double-digit hikes” in costs. Premiums will go up an average of 10 percent among the top 10 drug plans that have signed up about 70 percent of seniors, according to an analysis of Medicare […]

 

At Bargain Ticket Prices Obama Can’t Even Fill a 650 Seat Room!

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Over at the left-wing Daily Beast, Gail Sheehy has a story that should make every Obamaite tremble in fear of November 2. As Sheehy reports it, in New York President Obama couldn’t even fill a room that holds 650 even though they slashed the ticket prices from $500 to $100 a person to get in. […]

 

A Two Step Process That Would Do More To Alleviate Poverty Than The Entire “War On Poverty.”

Posted on by John Hawkins

“You will always have the poor among you.” — Mark 14:7 What a waste of time and money this will turn out to be. Obama unveiled a new “big hearted” but “hard headed” US aid policy to push the poorest countries toward prosperity. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon launched a 40 billion dollar drive to […]

 

Obama to Dumb Down Car Ratings Stickers

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Earlier this month the Obama administration floated a trial balloon about changing the way vehicle information stickers on new cars would be structured. The administration floated the idea of letter grades instead of the more full information that vehicle stickers now contain. The most fuel-efficient would get and “A” rating with less green cars having […]

 

Net Neutrality Update

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

If you are as worried as I am about the left’s effort to force ever larger amounts of big government onto our lives, then you should be looking into the issue of Net Neutrality. To that end a few times a week I’ll be posting some links and info about Net Neutrality to help you […]

 

Newt Gingrich: Winning in ’10 Means Utilizing the Power of 10

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Joe Biden has been telling everyone that will listen to him that the summer of 2010 was “recovery summer.” In a way he was right, but only if we take up the banner and drive the socialists out of office in November. If we can get as many good conservatives and Republicans in office in […]

 

Sen. Sherrod Brown Now Blames Green Energy Stimulus Fail On……China!

Posted on by William Teach

Let’s spin the Wheel Of Blame Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) is warning that Chinese trade practices in growing markets for renewable energy components could undermine the goals of U.S. energy spending in the big 2009 stimulus law. “They absolutely can,” Brown said in an interview broadcast Sunday. The 2009 stimulus law steered tens of billions […]

 

Right Nation 2010 — Anita MonCrief, John Fund, Dick Armey Speak

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

I am here today at the Right Nation 2010 conference in the western suburbs of Chicago (straight west of O’Hare Airport). This afternoon began with three speakers remarks, ACORN whistleblower Anita MonCrief, Wall Street Journal writer John Fund, and former Majority Leader Dick Armey. Anita was up first and she told us of her early […]

 

Unions Struggling to Get Members to Rally Behind Dems

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

When voters are not enthused even unions find it harder to get their supporters to rally to an election and this is one of the worst years for Democrats on record. Unions are finding their efforts hard slogging just like the rest of the Democrat Party is. It’s so bad even The New York Times […]

 

Top Obama Advisor John Holdren Wants to “De-develop” America

Posted on by Dave Blount

Before you accuse the radicals surrounding Obama of being communists, bear in mind that Science Czar John Holdren wants to “use the free market” to “de-develop the United States.” “A massive campaign must be launched to restore a high-quality environment in North America and to de-develop the United States,” Holdren wrote along with Paul and […]

 

Elite Favors: Congressmen Payoff Staffer’s College Loans

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

They call it a “recruitment tool,” but it is little else but yet another way for Congressional elites to give each other favors on the taxpayer’s dime. As Americans are increasingly losing jobs, even their homes, congressmen are using taxpayer’s dollars to pay off the student loans of their staffers. Worse, this has been going […]

 

Politico Cries Over Lost Jobs of Hill Staffers in November

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

“I think people underestimate how disastrous this could be,” says a Democrat Congressional staffer who worries over losing his job once all the new Republicans sweep into Congress after the November elections. Politico’s Erika Lovley seems also to worry about the “massive layoffs” that will come to staffers in November. But to me this is […]

 

Michigan Home Healthcare Workers Sue State Over Forced Unionization

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

So imagine that you are working out of your home or the home of a friend. Say you are helping care for your own developmentally disabled relative or that of another. You are working for a family, not a company, and you are not employed by the state. Then one day you get a letter […]

 

What is Wrong With Net Neutrality?

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

-By Dave McClure, President and CEO of the US Internet Industry Association Net neutrality. It sounds harmless enough, right? Wrong. Net neutrality is the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) misguided and misunderstood attempt to regulate the Internet. Net neutrality has taken many chameleon-like shades in the evolution to its current state, but its inherent dangers to […]

 

Video: $20 Mil Wasted on Obama Propaganda Signs

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

All hail the Obammessiah, the savior of our jobs… well, at least $20 million went to a few sign makers so that Obama could pretend that he saved folk’s jobs, anyway. You can help shine a light on this wasteful federal spending by taking a photo of an Obama propaganda sign on the side of […]

 

Net Neutrality Update

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

If you are as worried as I am about the left’s effort to force ever larger amounts of big government onto our lives, then you should be looking into the issue of Net Neutrality. To that end a few times a week I’ll be posting some links and info about Net Neutrality to help you […]

 

SEIU and NUHW Goes Head-To-Head in Big Labor Death Match

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

For more than a year I’ve written off an on about the vicious fight between the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and offshoot union the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW). The NUHW left the SEIU in a huff several years ago when the SEIU implemented a hostile takeover of the California-based NUHW that it […]

 

Why is L.A. Mayor Villaraigosa Trying to Kill Jobs?

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa recently admonished oil companies Valero and Tesoro for their support of Proposition 23. Prop. 23 is a measure on the ballot in November that would suspend AB 32, the economy killing global warming bill. Villaraigosa encouraged the companies to “go home” back to Texas. But maybe the Mayor needs a […]

 

Report: 9/12 Rally At D.C.’s Capitol Hill

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

(I am finally back home where I can get to my photo editing software, so this report is a few hours late, but…) Over 50,000 patriotic Americans attended the 2010 edition of Freedom Works’s 9/12 March on the Capitol. Americans from all over the country attended and I below have a few particularly interesting stories […]

 

Party Time at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

Posted on by Dave Blount

Here’s a little follow-up on the revelation that poverty is increasing at a record rate under Obama. Break out the $100/serving wagyu steak — it’s party time in the District of Criminals: President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama have a packed social schedule this week, with two major galas and a reception for college […]

 

Obama’s Favors to Unions

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

The Washington Examiner asks a few substantive questions about unions this Labor Day weekend. Why do they seem to have such an outsized power when their dues paying members are fewer than ever, when they work in fewer industries than ever, and when they have such money troubles? Ah, but the answer is what we […]