By Steve Stanek President Barack Obama apparently does not understand basic economics or even simple math. Such as: There are two sides to every equation. In just the past few days the president has announced a new program to help mortgage borrowers refinance their homes, and another to help college students reduce their loan amounts.…
Heartland Institute, Robert M. Carter, Tom Harris
Wasted ‘Climate Change’ Cash Could Save Lives Instead
By Tom Harris and Robert M. Carter When it comes to climate change, our leaders would do well to follow Buddhist advice: when struck by an arrow, first remove it before seeking out your assailant. Otherwise, you will die. But most governments and charitable foundations today do exactly the opposite. They try so hard to…
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Classroom Socialism
IN GOD WE TRUST When the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great, but when government takes all the reward away, no one will try or want to succeed. Is this man truly a genius? Checked out and this is true … it DID happen! An economics professor at a local college made…
Gary Wickert
Recall Walker Crowd Goes For Guinness Record
The public employees, liberal activists, and union lackeys who have been halfheartedly gathering signatures to recall Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker since November 15, should be given the benefit of the doubt. Nobody I have talked to has actually seen the alleged recall signature sheets they are passing around. Given the fact that public employees are…
Christian D'Andrea
Failure to Adjust Union Contracts in Milwaukee, Kenosha Leads to Most Teacher Reductions in Wisconsin
Milwaukee and Kenosha combined for a reduction of 869 full time teaching positions for the 2011-’12 school year. Despite educating approximately one seventh (14.6 percent) of the students covered in the WASDA survey, they constituted over half of the educator losses. 51.9 percent of the vacant jobs recorded in the raw data are from the…
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Steve’s Say . . . Scott Walker: The Teacher’s and Union’s Best Friend
I look forward to every future discussion with the malcontent crybabies known as Wisconsin educators in support of the recall effort of Governor Walker. I look forward to explaining to them why Governor Scott Walker has been the best thing that could have ever happened to them and that he is, in fact, their best…