Charles Krauthammer on Michigan unions: The “moral calculus” of higher wages combined with higher unemployment

By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  December 14th at 07:00 PM  | 

Charles Krauthammer: But there is another factor at play: having a job in the first place. In right-to-work states, the average wage is about 10 percent lower. But in right-to-work states, unemployment also is about 10 percent lower. Higher wages or lower unemployment? It is a wrenching choice. Although, you would think that liberals would be more inclined to spread the wealth — i.e., the | Read More »

The Democratic convention that’s at Bank of America stadium, and run by the North Carolina Democratic Party

By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  May 1st at 02:09 PM  | 

I’m rather bullish on Romney’s prospects.  I think he will either lose by very little, or win, and perhaps win big.  I’m confident Florida and North Carolina will be solid Republican wins in 2012. On paper, I guess it made sense for Democrats to schedule this year’s national convention in North Carolina, which voted for Bush in 2004 but Obama in 2008.  I’m not sure | Read More »

Graph: Compare National Economy, Before and After Federal “Stimulus”

By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  September 9th at 11:39 AM  | 

From Veronique de Rugy at National Review Online (click for graph): “In 2009, President Obama promised that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act would ‘create or save’ 3.5 million jobs over the next two years and that the unemployment rate would not rise above 8.5 percent. By the end of 2010, he promised, unemployment would have dropped to 7.25 percent. Furthermore, White House economists forecast that without | Read More »