In 2011, Wisconsin Governor incurred the wrath of the left by standing up to the public sector employee unions and introducing Act 10, also known as the Wisconsin Budget Repair Bill. The bill put a stop to abusive union practices, including forcing employees to pay union dues as a condition of employment. The effect on… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Middle
White House Admits Obama Budget Has Middle Class Tax Hike
Last Friday, April 5, White House spokesman Jay Carney confirmed at a press briefing that Barack Obama’s budget would raise taxes on middle class Americans. The confession arose from an exchange between Carney and Major Garrett of CBS News, in which Garrett noted that the implementation of chained CPI as the method of measuring the… Read more »
Despite “Pivot” to Asia, Kerry Forced to Return to Middle East
MICHAEL REYNOLDS/EPA/Newscom Although the Obama Administration has proclaimed its intention to “pivot” toward Asia, Secretary of State John Kerry has been forced to pivot back to the Middle East in advance of his forthcoming trip to Asia. Kerry was originally slated to travel to South Korea, Japan, and China following the April 10–11 G-8 foreign… Read more »
Wonkbook: Obama’s budget will start in the middle. But where will it end?
Welcome to Wonkbook, Ezra Klein and Evan Soltas’s morning policy news primer. To subscribe by e-mail, click here. Send comments, criticism, or ideas to Wonkbook at Gmail dot com. To read more by Ezra and his team, go to Wonkblog. President Obama’s 2014 budget proposal will “incorporate the compromise offer Obama made to House Speaker… Read more »