The Seismic Shift in Voter Sentiment Against Government Unions Has Begun

By Editor
06/15/2012
In the aftermath of the June 5th elections, a dramatic round that included the unsuccessful Governor Scott Walker recall in Wisconsin, and the landslide victories for pension reform in San Jose and San Diego, California, countless pundits have weighed in with their own versions of what it all means. Earlier this week, a heavier than...

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California is run for the Rich, the Poor, and the Public Employees

By Steven Greenhut
04/30/2012
A new USC study pointing to a much-slower population growth rate in California has been greeted by demographers and urban planners as good news, in that it supposedly gives our state’s leaders a little breathing room to plan better for the future. The rate of growth has slowed to about 1 percent a year, the...

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