In today's Albuquerque Journal, I discussed the Rio Grande Foundation's new study on public sector union collective bargaining and some ways to make Labor Day more meaningful (and prosperous) for all New Mexico workers instead of just those who work…
Did you use the original site (in my first posting) it has nothing to do with government employees. I agree with you that government is far bigger than just its workforce.
Politicians like Bill Richardson usually view "economic development" as the practice of taxing the rest of us in order to provide incentives and direct payouts to favored industries like solar and film. As Joe Bast at the Heartland Institute writes…
U.S. government outsourcing through contracting jobs not out of the country necessarily but to the private sector.
Federal Contract and Assistance Awards by Contracting Agency
http://www.usaspending.gov
From 2000 to 2010:
Defense Dept $2.775 tril…
More government control not the answer. National Education Department reform necessary, preferably shifting power to individual states with a modicum of oversight by the U.S. government.
"Voucher advocates may argue that private schools can avoid a…