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 »

Pew Research and CNN predict a clear win for Mitt Romney

By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  November 5th at 01:00 AM  | 

As people smarter than me have said, such as RedState’s Dan McLaughlin and The Weekly Standard’s Jay Cost, there is no precedent for BOTH the national polls being correct, and Barack Obama winning re-election.  If Obama wins, either national polls have been wrong about Independent voters, or Obama sets a new precedent. Here are national exit polls for 2000, 2004, and 2008. In 2000: George W. Bush won | Read More »