In a new study released by the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, Senior Fellow Daniel DiSalvo found that the increasing cost of binding union contracts is forcing state and local governments to “crowd out” other services, and spend less money on roads, libraries, and—not surprisingly—schools.
On May 22, 2013 the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions approved President Barack Obama’s five nominees for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).
Another week has expired, and with it so has our ever shrinking pool of economic freedoms under the unconstitutional appointees to the National Labor Relations Board. It seems as if every other day another employer is told who they can and cannot bargain with, or for that matter what group a worker can or cannot affiliate with. Without further ado, here is another week in declarations from America’s foremost unconstitutional fount of ever expanding regulations.
Use by state and local governments of tax dollars to reward special interests is a longstanding plague on the health of our government finances. But it was not always so. Indeed, early in the 19th century, American taxpayers demanded elected politicians cure their sickness by erecting a wall of separation between government and private business.
