by Henry Oliner | Jan 28, 2017 | Economy, Politics
From Peggy Noonan at The Wall Street Journal, Trump Tries to Build a ‘Different Party’: The lengthy, public and early meeting with the union leaders was, among other things, first-class, primo political pocket-picking. The Trump White House was showing the Democratic...
by Henry Oliner | Sep 9, 2015 | Economics
from Kevin Williamson at The National Review, What Makes American Workers Great: Workers get paid more because they produce more, not because there’s some coddled predatory halfwit threatening to pass out picket signs. Investment, not union extortion, is what...
by Henry Oliner | Jun 4, 2015 | Democrats, Economics, Politics
From Mark Hemingway in Reason Magazine, When Open Government Slams Shut: excerpt: Consider the case of organized labor. For all of the Democratic Party’s grandstanding about campaign finance transparency, documenting their biggest fund raising source turns out...
by Henry Oliner | Jan 20, 2015 | Business, Politics
Amity Shlaes reviews “Government Against Itself: Public Union Power and Its Consequences” by Daniel DiSalvo in the Wall Street Journal: Excerpts: The facts: Public-sector unions are not underdogs. Since 2009, membership in unions such as the American Federation...
by Henry Oliner | Feb 2, 2014 | Economics, Politics
from The Federalist, 11 Facts About The Minimum Wage That President Obama Forgot To Mention: 3) Most Minimum Wage Workers Are Under The Age Of 25 According to federal data, over 55 percent of all federal minimum wage workers are under the age of 25. Unsurprisingly,...
