Category Archives: unions

LinkSwarm for July 19, 2013

Posted on July 19, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Detroit went bankrupt. One stranger was acquitted for shooting another stranger. Which do you think the media spent more time covering? “Progressive politicians, wonks, and activists can only blame big corporations and other liberal bogeymen for so long. The truth … Continue reading →

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Texas vs. California Roundup for July 11, 2013

Posted on July 11, 2013 by Lawrence Person

The hot days of summer are here. Texas is now into its usual 100° summer days. However, if it’s any consolation, Death Valley hit a record 129° in June. Texas’ business climate is a lot like our summers: hot, hot, … Continue reading →

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European Debt Crisis Update for July 10, 2013

Posted on July 10, 2013 by Lawrence Person

The ongoing European Debt Crisis hasn’t ended, it’s merely undergoing a summer hiatus while the various bankers and Eurocrats involved in the shell game take their customary 8 week vacations. As such, expect a new round of crisis headlines to … Continue reading →

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Texas vs. California Update for June 27, 2013

Posted on June 27, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Time for another update of just how hard Texas is kicking California’s ass: Chuck DeVore has the skinny on California’s recent “growth:” The BEA revised California’s real GDP growth downward from 2009 to 2011 in each of three years by … Continue reading →

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Texas vs. California Update for 6/17/13

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Time for another Texas vs. California roundup! California’s mullet budget: conservative in the front, but with a long greasy, tangled mane of liberal spending and debt in the back. “Public pension costs are increasing simply because liabilities are growing faster … Continue reading →

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Greece: More Bailouts, More Fake Austerity

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Lawrence Person

While attention was focused on the Boston bombing, Gosnell, and gay marriage, Greece just got another bailout. This is in exchange for further “austerity.” What sort of “austerity” is Greece practicing? The sort that involves

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Texas vs. California Update for April 16, 2013

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Time for another Texas vs. California update: The Stockton Bankruptcy: Alarm bells have been ringing loudly in the heads of municipal bond investors…If you’re the chief of municipal bond investing for a big bank, whether on Wall Street or in … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for April 12, 2013

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Time for another Friday LinkSwarm: Mary Steyn on Margaret Thatcher: “A generation on, the Thatcher era seems more and more like a magnificent but temporary interlude in a great nation’s bizarre, remorseless self-dissolution. She was right and they were wrong, … Continue reading →

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And Even More on Margaret Thatcher

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Lawrence Person

And still more on the late, great Margaret Thatcher: Thatcher was right, and the left was wrong. An appreciation by Paul Johnson. Thatcher didn’t just smash paralyzing, militant trade unions, she also smashed the traditional British class structure. Reagan’s greatest … Continue reading →

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More on Margaret Thatcher: Quotes, Videos and Tributes

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Lawrence Person

More on the late Margaret Thatcher: In her own words. A few choice examples: “I am not a consensus politician. I’m a conviction politician.” “There is no such thing as society. There are individual men and women and there are … Continue reading →

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