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Our State Government Victory Nine-and-a-half months ago, on January 25, the Hoosier House of Representatives voted 54-44 to adopt H.B.1001, legislation making Indiana 23rd Right to Work state. On February 1, the Indiana Senate, which had already passed another version…
Seven Lowest-Ranking States For Cost of Living-Adjusted Income Lack Right to Work Laws (Click todownloadFact Sheet) Economists who wish to compare living standards among various countries routinely use purchasing power parity (PPP) in their calculations. As its Wikipedia entry explains,…
Survey: Voters have more favorable view of Obama http://www.bls.gov/lau/ststdsadata.txt As everyone knows by now, American voters reelected Democrat Barack Obama to a second four-year term as U.S. President yesterday. By several standards, President Obama’s victory was unimpressive. Most notably, while the…
Daily Kos: President Obama’s remarks at Green Bay, WI, campaign … NEA Recognizes Need for STEM Teachers – Michigan Capitol … As Election Day nears, one of the few specific second-term initiatives President Obama is campaigning on is to “recruit 100,000 math and science…
Ohioans Are No Fools: Obama Did NOT Save Your … – Forbes Union members campaign for Obama on frontline of … – The Guardi It is a matter of conventional wisdom among media pundits that whichever candidate wins Ohio in this year’s…
Annual State-Local Tax Burden Ranking (2010) – New York Citizens .. The Democratic Party’s Secret Attack On The Middle Class A background paper published this week by the nonpartisan, Washington, D.C.-based Tax Foundation shows there continues to be a strong,…
Blue States Are From Scandinavia, Red States Are From Guatemala … Red State, Blue State – William Voegeli – National Review Online How can you tell it’s election time, and Big Labor candidates’ prospects are less than stellar? When bitter diatribes against “red” state…
Forget Republicans: Unions could destroy Democratsagain (Susan J. Demas column) As recently as 1980, a candidate for U.S. President could carry every single Right to Work state and still amass just 173 electoral votes, or nearly 100 fewer than the…
Despite High Cost of Living, New Jersey Has Yet to Bump Up Its … Professional economists and ordinary Americans alike understand that the purchasing power of a dollar varies widely from state to state. That’s why employees who are considering relocating to…
Total Debt as a Share of Annual Personal Income 50% Higher Than in Right to Work States (Click here todownloadFact Sheet) As many observers of Organized Labor have noted, there has been an enormous shift of power within union officialdom…