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Why corporations blackmail government–because they can

December 23, 2013 Arthur Lieber Business, Consumer issues, Corporations, Economy, Employment, Energy, Financial reform, Labor and unions, Politics, States Leave a comment

If Boeing wants to build the 777X jetliner in the state of Missouri, the state will have to shell out $1.7 trillion, and St.

The muscle and sweat behind Labor Day

August 30, 2013 Renee Shur Consumer issues, Economy, Employment, History, Labor and unions Leave a comment

Before you fire up the grill this Labor Day or check out the discounts at the stores, how about taking a moment to consider

Senator Sanders holds town halls on the Danish “solidarity” system

May 30, 2013 Madonna Gauding Banks, Ethics, Financial reform, Government, Labor and unions, Social Sec/Medicare Leave a comment

“I won’t dispute for one second the problems of a system that demands immense amount of fund-raisers by its legislators,” Jim Himes—a Democrat from

Jobs policy has to be key to full economic recovery

May 28, 2013 Arthur Lieber Budget, Business, Cities, Congress, Consumer issues, Economy, Employment, Financial reform, Infrastructure, Labor and unions, Obama, Politics Leave a comment

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics recently released statistics on eleven cities where workers are disappearing. Note that workers disappearing is different from jobs

Raising Social Security’s minimum age is bad economics

April 30, 2013 Arthur Lieber Budget, Charity & Justice, Consumer issues, Economy, Employment, Health care, Human Rights, Labor and unions, Poverty, Social Sec/Medicare, Taxes Leave a comment

Among the ideas that have been floated for reducing the Social Security budget is to raise the eligibility age to receive benefits. It is

Increasing Congressional pay is a good idea

February 12, 2013 Arthur Lieber Budget, Campaigns, Congress, Corporations, Economy, Employment, Health care, Labor and unions, Politics, Senate, Voting/Elections One comment

Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina is resigning his seat in order to become head of the Heritage Foundation. Though he didn’t say so,

Which “freedoms” are legislators protecting?

February 1, 2013 Mary Clemons Civil Rights, Government, Guns, Health care, Labor and unions, Missouri region, Politics, States 2 comments

“We’ve trended toward more freedoms for law-abiding citizens.” That’s how Missouri State Senator Brian Munzlinger recently described the outlook of the Missouri legislature. I