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Employee Free Choice Act: Organized Extortion Made Possible by Federal Labor Laws
by Thomas A. Bowden
(September 15, 2009)
Congress should not only reject the transparent power grab known as the Employee Free Choice Act, it should start hacking at the root of the complex federal regime that denies free choice in bargaining. That means repealing the Wagner Act, so that labor law can recognize and protect the absolute right of companies and employees to deal with each other on an entirely voluntary basis.
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The Blame Game
by Thomas Sowell
(May 12, 2009)
Most people don't have time to spend digging into the Congressional Record and other sources to find out the ugly truth being covered up by the blizzard of lies coming out of Washington and echoed in much of the media.
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Mob Rule Comes to Washington: Capitalism as a Scapegoat for Government Intervention
by Peter Schwartz
(April 10, 2009)
Like any mob, Washington desires a scapegoat. It blames capitalism for the mortgage and credit crisis, in order to divert attention from the real culprit: government intervention.
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Misrepresenting "How We Arrived at This Moment": Obama Evades Government's Role in the Financial Crisis
by Alex Epstein
(April 9, 2009)
Unfortunately, Obama (along with most of the Washington establishment) has created only misunderstanding. In calling for a massive increase in government control over the economy, he has evaded the mountain of evidence implicating the government. While Obama has not sought a real explanation of today's economic problems, Americans should.
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AIG is Left Holding the Government's Bag
by Ron Pisaturo
(March 23, 2009)
AIG and other financial institutions indeed were reckless. The essence of their recklessness was that they trusted and unwittingly bailed out the US Government.
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The Case For Unrestrained Profit
by Raymond C. Niles
(February 22, 2009)
Profit is the engine of production.
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Government Bailouts are Unjust: Let Bankruptcy Courts Take the Wheel
by Thomas A. Bowden
(February 20, 2009)
Under bankruptcy, the risk of financial loss stays right where it belongs, on those who assumed the risk of non-payment by voluntarily dealing with a badly managed company. But in Barney Frank's bailout universe, Congress can simply paper over the reality of business failure by shifting those losses to taxpayers, competitors, and consumers--in short, everyone who doesn't deserve to pay.
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As Wall Street Bonuses Go, So Goes the Liberty of All of Us
by Raymond C. Niles
(February 4, 2009)
Government should not be handing out bailouts, nor should it be telling employers whether they can pay bonuses.
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Stop the Assault on our Public Markets
by Amit Ghate
(February 3, 2009)
The proposed transaction tax would eliminate the majority of short term trading, causing market liquidity to vanish.
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Congress' Financial Mess
by Walter Williams
(January 14, 2009)
What kind of assumptions do politicians and news media make about the intelligence of Americans to expect us to buy the idea that our current mess results from deregulation and free markets?
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