Pelosi: Jobs Less Important Than Unions
Two years ago, South Carolina Boeing workers voted 199-68 to decertify their union. The NLRB has filed suit against the company for choosing to locate a new plant there instead of Washington state. And House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi thinks it’s just fine if those jobs go the way of the dodo if they’re not [...]
Washington, D.C. Now Wealthiest Area Of The Country
Government has been a booming business over the last decade or so, and the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area has benefited greatly: Washington, D.C., is now the country’s wealthiest metro area, jumping ahead of Silicon Valley, according to new data from the Census Bureau. The average household income for residents of D.C. metro area was $84,523 [...]
Ten Years Ago Today…
Ten years ago today, the Bush tax cuts passed. They were a landmark piece of legislation which definitively demonstrated the truth of supply side economics by pushing government revenues to all-time highs, keeping the budget in balance, and unleashing an unprecedented wave of economic growth that continues to this day. Oh, wait…. Never mind.
Budget Cutting That’s Beyond Imprudent and Well Into Stupid
The House GOP wants to virtually eliminate Federal funding for poison control centers. The nation’s network of 57 poison control centers takes four million calls a year about people who may have been exposed to a toxic substance. In three-quarters of all cases, the centers are able to provide treatment advice that does not require [...]
More Evidence Of Union Slowdowns During NYC Blizzard Cleanup
As I noted last week, there were reports that New York City’s lackluster response to theĀ Christmas blizzard was due at least in part to work stoppages by city sanitation workers. Now, there’s further corroboration of unionized workers slacking during the the blizzard. First, it looks like a much higher percentage than normal of workers [...]
Second Quote of the Day, WikiLeaks Edition
“A popular Government without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy, or perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance: And a people who mean to be their own Governors, must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.” – James Madison
A Note to Krugman: Don’t Be So Stupid
Krugman links to a story at Think Progress about how firefighters let a house burn down because the owner didn’t pay the fee. Paul, baby, next time do a bit of fact checking. This isn’t the market failing, it was a government run fire department. You can tell from this part of the Think Progress [...]
Chris Dodd: “Limited Amount of Time” for Fed Nominees
The Wall Street Journal reports that Senator Chris Dodd does not believe that Federal Reserve nominees will get a vote prior to November. He said the issue of whether to bring the nominations up for a debate and vote hadn’t been discussed when Senate Democrats met Tuesday afternoon to discuss strategy. “We’ve got a limited [...]
Quote of the Day, Religious Freedom Edition
“The bill for establishing religious freedom, the principles of which had, to a certain degree, been enacted before, I had drawn in all the latitude of reason & right. It still met with opposition; but, with some mutilations in the preamble, it was finally passed; and a singular proposition proved that it’s protection of opinion [...]








































