‘Shared Sacrifice’ Means Government Workers, Too

By: Brian Faughnan (Diary)  |  May 8th at 09:23 AM  | 

I’ve started writing a regular column at the newly-expanded American Issues Project site. My first column is about the one constituency that seems to be skating past the current economic downturn: government workers. While private sector employees are dealing with layoffs, threats of layoffs, loss of savings (especially retirement savings), downward wage pressure, and the promise of higher taxes, government workers are doing relatively well. | Read More »

Obama Team’s Disorganization Slows Down Stimulus

By: Brian Faughnan (Diary)  |  December 31st at 03:43 PM  | 

James Pethokoukis points to an item in the Wall Street Journal on Democratic concerns that the timetable for the stimulus may slip as Barack Obama’s transition team fails to deliver its requests on time:

Transforming the Big 3

By: Brian Faughnan (Diary)  |  November 17th at 03:10 PM  | 

Barack Obama and the Congressional Democrats are clearly determined to extend Detroit a ‘loan’ that runs into the tens of billions of dollars, and which seems unlikely ever to be repaid. But as the Bush administration negotiates with Congress over the package, it’s clear that Democrats in Washington don’t want to ‘save’ the automakers. Rather, they want to run a car company and ensure that | Read More »