For many years, apologists for California’s forced-unionism status quo have sought to downplay the significance of the ongoing transfer of the Golden State’s traditional manufacturing jobs and mid-level managerial jobs to other states with less burdensome taxes and more reasonable…
As the great 20th Century classical liberal economist W.H. Hutt demonstrated in books such as The Economics of the Colour Bar (1964), in South Africa under apartheid, government-authorized monopoly privileges for union bosses were a principal tool for the oppression…
Regardless of their general opinion of Pennsylvania Democratic politician Michael Nutter, the people of Philadelphia undoubtedly agree overwhelmingly that, as their duly elected mayor, he should be able to address the city council without being drowned out by a mob.
Rex Sinquefield is an American success story, now devoting his life to ensuring others can take advantage of economic opportunities just as he did. After growing up in the Saint Vincent Orphanage in St. Louis, Sinquefield went on to receive…
The pull quote: “'You can tell them we’ll take the Super Bowl and shove it,' said Combs, the Teamsters organizer." From BigGovernment.com: Recently, former-SEIU Radio Voice, current-MSNBC Host Rachel Maddow and Indiana State Rep. Scott Pelath appeared eager to see Big Labor’s anticipated disruption of Super Bowl Week in Indianapolis, site of the 2012 event. Threats of using the Super Bowl to intimidate lawmakers have been increasing over the past weeks. From the Associate Press: Facing a legislative vote that would make Indiana a right-to-work state … Labor activists are deciding whether to go ahead with protests that could include Teamsters clogging city streets with trucks and electricians staging a slowdown at the convention center site of the NFL village. “The last thing the city needs is a black eye,” said Jeff Combs, organizing director for Teamsters Local 135. [But, apparently Combs is willing to give it one.] “You can tell them we’ll take the Super Bowl and shove it,” said Combs, the Teamsters organizer. Teamsters gathered at the Statehouse Wednesday wearing T-shirts with the roman numerals 46, referring to the Super Bowl, crossed out on the back. He said truckers would be willing to risk arrest by causing traffic jams.