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Email Doug Stephens. On his government email. “In a confidential way…”

August 17, 2011 by

“Utah could break the back of the teachers’ union,” a friend told me over lunch. “They could do it tomorrow, if [legislators] wanted to. All they would have to do is look into the corruption, fraud and waste in the school .” Well, now. That’s a bold statement. And it’s exactly the over-the-top type thing […]

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News Flash: Unions limit liberty, contribute to fiscal stress

February 25, 2011 by

I’ll let Chris Edwards commentary at CATO speak for itself: Statistical studies find that unionized public sector workers earn a wage premium of about 10 percent over non-unionized public sector workers… employee compensation represents half of all state and local government spending. Aside from inflated wages, public sector unions have pushed for excessive pension benefit […]

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Killing the golden goose in Wisconsin

February 23, 2011 by

Greed: what is it good for? In my other life, I play a member of one of the major political parties, and I regularly engage in issues, campaigns, and debates on a partisan level. In all of my activities, however, I try to maintain a level of civility that encourages healthy debate and discussion that allows […]

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