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23 Jul 2020

Minneapolis: Progressive Utopia

Minneapolis is among the most progressive cities in the country. Some say it’s the poster child for progressivism in the U.S.

The all-Democrat City Council went above and beyond its duty to appease its ultra-liberal electorate, adopting almost every progressive policy–defunding the police, a $15 minimum wage, housing subsidies, mandatory paid leave, green targets, strong unions and the most expensive school system in the state. The result: It did nothing to reduce the racial income gap and the city’s black/white income disparity is nearly the biggest in the country.

But Minneapolis politicians are adamant, proclaiming they need more government. Says Republican Senate candidate Jason Lewis, “When you take away the incentive for work, savings and investment, you get less of it.” Here’s more with John Stossel.

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23 Jul 2013

Public Unions Vs. the Public

Cities and states are sinking under the burden of debt brought about by public service union contracts. How did it get this way and what can be done about it? Philip Howard, founder of Common Good, has answers.

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19 Apr 2013

European Union Doomed to Fail

“The European Union as we know it will not exist in 10 years, believe me,” says Barbara Kolm, president of the Austrian Economics Center in Vienna, Austria. While countries like Sweden have instituted successful reforms, according the Kolm, the high taxation, powerful unions and bloated bureaucracies in most European countries will lead to the collapse of the EU’s economy. Kolm’s advice to policy makers in the US? “Don’t become Europe.”

Kolm stopped by ReasonTV’s Los Angeles studio to talk about the economic situation in Europe, the fate of the Euro and why America should not look to the Old World for financial advice.

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16 Feb 2013

Teachers’ Unions Hurt Schools

Everyone wants to improve our public schools. So what’s standing in the way? Stanford Political Science Professor Terry Moe identifies teachers’ unions as one of the biggest obstacles to reform. H/T Prager University

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26 Dec 2012

Argentina Descends into Chaos

Rocked by high unemployment, double-digit inflation and a shrinking economy, Argentina is now teetering on the brink of mass unrest, as waves of looting are occurring around the nation. This follows the largest union strike of the past five years that effectively closed down Buenos Aires for a 24-hour period. Opposition has grown to the rule of Cristina Kirchner as the government has been unable to control the crime or straighten out the economic mess. H/T Moonbattery

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20 Dec 2012

Fist Pumping in Michigan

This just in…During protests in Michigan last week, a pro-union protester punched Fox News contributor Steven Crowder in the mouth. “But as the liberal media reported it, conservative Steven Crowder hit a union worker in the fist with his face,” says Jodi Miller. She also opines about Hugo Chavez, the Mayan calendar and Quentin Tarantino’s new film Django Unchained in this edition of NewsBusted.

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19 Dec 2012

Democrats Love Violence

Democrats love to portray themselves as the party of peace, but are the first to use violence to advance their political agenda. See the footage that proves it as Zo talks about the union thugs who beat up Fox News contributor Steven Crowder over Michigan’s right-to-work legislation in this ZoNation. H/T PJTV

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23 Nov 2012
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Walmart Hatred

On Black Friday, a timely day to resurrect this episode of Penn & Teller’s Bullshit, defending Walmart against the political stooges, unions, anti-capitalists, competitors and Left-leaning activists aligned against the retail chain.

This is one of the best takedowns ever of Robert Greenwald, the lockstep propagandist masquerading as a documentary filmmaker, who created Walmart: The High Cost of Low Price, among other works. Greenwald assails Walmart for opposing unions, but as Penn & Teller note, he’s never used union crews on his low-budget, agitprop movies. It brings to mind what William F. Buckley once told a detractor, “I won’t insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said.” (Caution: NSFW, owing to language and nudity) H/T iOwntheWorld

UPDATE: A nationwide boycott against Walmart fizzled out today. Shoppers came out in droves, and as few as 50 Walmart employees — out of a workforce of 1.3 million — staged walkouts. A union-backed group, Our Walmart, was leading the fight and garnered plenty of media coverage, but apparently its support was all Astro-Turf.

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08 Sep 2012

The Education Machine

Did you know that we are spending more money on education than ever, but we’re not seeing better results for our children? That’s because the money going to schools isn’t designed to improve grades or test scores, but instead to fuel a well-greased, perpetual-motion machine involving teachers, their unions and the politicians they support.

Reason.TV breaks down how the Machine works, and how it robs parents of their tax dollars, while simultaneously depriving students of a brighter future.  Evan Coyne Maloney wrote and narrated this piece, produced by Reason in cooperation with the Moving Picture Institute (www.MovingPictureInstitute.org).

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18 Jul 2012
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Urban Ghost Towns

What happens to cities when they become overly dependent on one industry to survive, and that industry falls victim to increasing foreign competition and unsustainable union demands? Here are portraits of two Midwest cities — Detroit, Michigan, and Gary, Indiana — that once were teeming metropolises but now are struggling to fend off urban blight and decay. Detroit is seen through the prism of Burn, a new documentary that showcases firefighters dealing with an explosion of arson in the Motor City. The report on Gary is from RT, a Russian TV network with worldwide bureaus, including some here in the United States.  H/T Moonbattery and Riehl World View

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