Paul Ryan answers the question: What would be Milton Friedman’s take on the current dismal Obama economy? On the 100th anniversary of the birth of economist Milton Friedman, United States Congressman Paul Ryan reflects on the state of the US Economy and offers his take on what Friedman would say about the public policy prescriptions emanating from the current Administration in Washington, D.C. Well said, | Read More »
After 16 months of chaos in Wisconsin, the result of a big-labor fueled temper tantrum, things have calmed down to some extent. But they may be bubbling up again. Since election night, Democrats have tried to put lipstick on their failed pig of an effort to recall Republican Governor Scott Walker by pointing to the fact that they won control of the Wisconsin State Senate | Read More »
It’s all hands on deck for Democrats, liberals and Big Labor in Wisconsin.
This fantastic public service commercial began running in Wisconsin today. Next time someone tries to say Wisconsin is losing jobs…you can tell them they are flat out lying.
It turns out Wisconsin actually 23,321 jobs in 2011 (57,221 more than estimates suggested). The newly-released figures are based on actual survey of more than 150,000 employers in the state. This data, is based on the replies of 96 percent of Wisconsin employers, not a survey of only 4-5% of them, really shoots the Wisconsin Democrats’ jobs message all to hell. The numbers come from a source | Read More »
The John K. MacIver Institute for Public Policy presents this mini documentary about attempts to open an iron mine in Northern Wisconsin and efforts to modernize the state’s mine permitting process. In a case of bad timing, the ill-fated bill was killed as environmental extremism and Recall Politics stood in the way.
Big Labor suffered a big loss in Wisconsin Tuesday.
The MacIver Institute examines the curious case of a proposed mine in Northern Wisconsin and efforts to modernize the state’s mine permitting process. We spent several days in Hurley, Wisconsin and coducted interviews with several generations of residents to get their take on what went wrong.
Incredibly interesting things going on in Wisconsin (so what’s new?). Public employee unions have already spent more than $8 million in their effort to recall Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker (R) according to campaign finance reports reviewed by the MacIver News Service. There are 5 weeks until the June 5 general election when it is expected that Governor Walker will face either former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk | Read More »
The success of the labor and fiscal reforms in Wisconsin continues as total savings exceed a major milestone. From today’s MacIver News Service report: [Madison, Wisc…] One billion dollars. That’s how much the state, school districts and local governments in Wisconsin have saved thanks to the budget flexibility provided by Act 10, according to the Governor’s office. “This is a significant milestone—more than one billion | Read More »
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