Archive for November, 2011
Unions Win: Right-to-Work Fails in New Hampshire
photo credit: pweiskel08 Just moments ago, the New Hampshire House attempted to override Gov. Lynch’s veto on Right-to-Work. Unfortunately, the veto override failed 240-139, a mere 14 votes shy of the needed two-thirds. However, the supermajority vote in the Senate and near-supermajority vote in House shows that there is very strong support in New Hampshire for [...]
Illinois Policymakers say: “The deal is, they take three months of grocery money in exchange for chips and a sandwich”
In a saga that falls into the category, “you just can’t make this stuff up” . . . Illinois policymakers recently enacted one of, if not the largest, tax hike in state history only to find themselves faced with threats of companies leaving the state. The response, give away special tax breaks of course! Both [...]
The State of America’s Private Sector 28: October, 2011
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis recently released their monthly personal income data for October, 2011 (pdf). The chart below shows the private sector share of personal income from January 1959 to October 2011. For October, the private sector share of personal income was 70.8 percent. While a tad higher than September, it’s only because [...]
What do the Tea Party and the Local Food Movement Have in Common?
photo credit: Fibonacci Blue The fight against excessive government regulation! From the Maine Tea Party: On Wednesday, November 9, Dan Brown, owner of Gravelwood Farm in Blue Hill, Maine, was served notice that he is being sued by the State of Maine for selling food and milk without State licenses. Blue Hill is one of five [...]
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