by Dan Mitchell | Sep 6, 2010 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
In a free society, people obviously should be free to join unions and companies should be free to negotiate with unions. But that also means that companies should be free to resist union demands and hire non-union workers. There is no right or wrong in these battles,...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 14, 2010 | Blogs, Education
A very powerful video from the folks at Reason.tv. I hope the spokeswoman from the Nurse’s union suffers from guilty nightmares.
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 28, 2010 | Blogs
The Chicago Tribune reports that a bunch of government bureaucrats went to the capital of Illinois and protested in favor of higher taxes. But it’s not exactly news that looters want more looting. The amazing thing to note is that the Democrats have complete...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 18, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Free Market
Dan Henninger authored a fascinating column in the Wall Street Journal a few days ago comparing people who became rich honestly to those who used government favoritism. He warns that Obama’s policies will encourage the latter version – meaning that smart...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 8, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs
I’d say only a government would be stupid enough to sign a contract that obligates them to pay somebody more than $100K each year for doing nothing, though it’s possible the corporate bureaucrats at the auto companies may have done something equally...
