Monthly Archives: February 2011

Links 2/18/11

It’s warm here. For a day. But I’ll take it! And in exchange, you get some links.
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Wisconsin’s False Fiscal Crisis

Union busting won’t even solve the purported problem. This is the economic equivalent of invading Iraq to stop Al-Queda. Walker blew a surplus just so he could pay public sector workers less.
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Posted in Conservatives, Funding, Unions | 2 Comments

Re Social Security Cuts, If Egyptian Copts and Muslims Can Stand Shoulder to Shoulder…

then maybe the middle-aged and the young in the U.S. can too?
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Following the Money in the Wisconsin Pension Battle: Wall Street’s Fifteen Percent Cut

The state of Wisconsin would just be better off putting the money in the mother of all Vanguard index fund accounts.
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Posted in Bidness, Unions | 10 Comments

A Democrat Who Understands the Political Climate

Finally, a Democrat who publicly acknowledges that there is no room for compromise, that there are fundamental and “unreconcilable” differences between the two parties, and, most importantly, that these differences should be and must be part of the political landscape.
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Links 2/17/11

Go Wisconsin Freedom Fighters! Links for you.
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Viva the Free Wisconsin Resistance! Or Something

Wisconsin Senate Democrats on the run.
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Posted in Democrats, Unions, Voting, WhatEVAH! | 11 Comments

Why We Really Don’t Have a Social Security Crisis

It’s all about the RGDP, baby!
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Boeing and the Myth of Beneficial Outsourcing

Outsourcing is more efficient. Except when it increases development costs from $5 billion to $20 billion.
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Posted in Bidness, Economics, Management | 8 Comments

NIH Budget Cuts Looming

If you care about science, then contact your representatives and ask them to oppose the Republican NIH funding cut proposals.
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Posted in CDC, Funding, NIH | 1 Comment