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Government employees ready to gobble up the economy
Any perceived economic gains made in the last four years will more than be wiped out by the looming public pension crisis, The Washington Examiner‘s editorial board writes Sunday. They write, in part: State and local governments are getting squeezed ever more tightly and something is going to have to give. They will be forced […]
Read moreConsumer, investor confidence plunges to lowest level since January
“The Rasmussen Consumer Index, which measures consumer confidence on a daily basis, fell three points on Monday to 81.2,” the polling firm of Rasmussen Reports finds. “That’s the lowest level measured since Jan. 27 and is just two points above 2012′s low. The Consumer Index is down five points from a week ago, down 12 […]
Read moreThree in four support cutting back on government employee perks
The public has some advice for Libertarian officeholders looking to trim government fat — start with how you finance government employee benefits. 74 percent of adults favor “requiring public employees to contribute more toward their own pensions and health care,” and 24 percent oppose, a new Reason-Rupe survey of Wisconsin finds. “The Reason-Rupe poll asked […]
Read moreThe Real 1%: Government Employees
With Greece in flames, the United States’ credit rating downgraded and many cities and states teetering on bankruptcy, Libertarian National Campaign Committee Chairman Wayne Allyn Root takes on the real “one percent” looters: the bloated government workforce. Root writing for Fox News, states in part: The truth is that government employees are the true 1%. […]
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