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What’s the Opposite of a “Clean Extension”?0
- TRANSPORTATION - Miscellaneous
- September 2, 2011
While the Antiplanner was in Montana, President Obama asked Congress to pass a “clean extension” of the surface transportation laws. By this, he meant that Congress should continue spending money like a drunken sailor the way it has been spending it for the past several years (more specifically, spending it faster than it has been […]
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September ‘Tis Season for Colo. School Employees Who Want to Opt Out of Union Dues or Fees 0
- EDUCATION - Blogs, EDUCATION - Labor, EDUCATION - Teachers
- September 1, 2011
In Colorado schools across the state are back in session, which puts us in the short time frame in which union members in several school districts can choose to opt out of a year’s worth of union dues (and in a few cases for non-union members to opt out of paying hundreds of dollars in union fees). You can find a complete list of membership revocation information for all teachers and school employees.
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Another Bad Idea 0
- TRANSPORTATION - Miscellaneous
- August 31, 2011
Someone named Marc Fasteau urges the United States to adopt an industrial policy. Because, after all, it worked so well in Japan (two lost decades of nearly zero economic growth), China (rapid growth but rampant corruption), and Germany (which has fined one of its biggest manufacturers more than $1.5 billion for bribing local officials to […]
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Honolulu Showdown 0
- TRANSPORTATION - Miscellaneous
- August 30, 2011
The Antiplanner is at a conference this week so postings will be light. In the meantime, readers might want to discuss this editorial against the Honolulu rail project, which it says “would change the landscape in ways many are unwilling to accept.” Only subscribers can read more than the first couple of paragraphs, but Honolulu […]
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