Economic Recovery from a Manufacturer’s Point of View By Ron Johnson As I’ve spent 31 years in the private sector as a manufacturer, I’ve been watching what’s been going on in Washington and shaking my head. But rather than continuing to place my faith in career politicians to manage our country, I decided to step…
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Government Circus
Senator Boxer Addressed Properly Do you remember the scene? The Senate. Barbara Boxer hearing from a Brigadier General? Silly General! He addresses Barbara as “Ma’am”, and she CORRECTS him, telling him she’s “worked SO hard to earn the title, “Senator”, so please to use that when speaking to her. Get a load of this letter!…
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Ten Principles of Privatization
By Leonard Gilroy and Adrian Moore WHY DO WE NEED 10 PRINCIPLES OF PRIVATIZATION? Privatization means shifting some or all aspects of service delivery from government to private-sector providers. It is a strategy to lower the costs of government and achieve higher performance and better outcomes for tax dollars spent. A Widely Used Tool Policymakers…
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Regalia Comments on July Jobs Numbers
U.S. Chamber’s Regalia Comments on July Jobs Numbers ‘Policies that have increased taxes, increased regulation, and increased uncertainty have clearly not been a prescription for returning America to work,’ Chief Economist Says WASHINGTON, D.C.—Dr. Martin Regalia, chief economist for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, issued the following statement on the July jobs numbers: “While the…
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Uncivilized Unrest in Milwaukee’s Third Ward
By Brian Fraley A MacIver Institute Perspective Last week, I did lunch with the sophisticated and civilized people. I knew the Midwest High Speed Rail Association’s ‘brown bag lunch’ at the Milwaukee Public Market last Thursday was going to be interesting when the first announcement was about how to get your automobile parking vouchers validated.…
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Steve’s Say . . .
Fight for Freedom: Don’t Take the Money! A new and blatantly transparent effort now underway by the Obama administration promises cities lots and lots of funding – huge amounts – in return for these cities implementing policies which will put them on a “smart growth” path for the future. Smart growth, of course,means all those…