By Pax Americana Institute During his campaign for the Wisconsin governorship, Scott Walker pledged to create 250,000 new jobs by November 2014; reduce the tax burden for Wisconsin families and businesses; and return the state to a sound fiscal footing. In order to accomplish this ambitious legislative tripartite, Governor Walker called for an emergency legislative…
Monthly Archives: January 2011
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Stimulus Package
It is a slow day in the small Saskatchewan town of Pumphandle, and streets are deserted. Times are tough, everybody is in debt, and nearly everybody is living on credit. A tourist visiting the area drives through town, stops at the motel, and lays a $100 bill on the desk saying he wants to inspect…
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Tune up the Tiny Violin
Assembly Minority Leader-Elect Peter Barca (D-Kenosha) has given us a new definition of hardship, as understood by legislative Democrats when it comes to unionized public employees. With Democrats scrambling in their final days as a legislative majority to approve union contracts, Barca released a briefing memo he thought would evoke sympathy for the oppressed workers.…
American Tradition Institute
Law Center, Taxpayers Request University of Virginia Documents Pertaining to Climate Scientist Michael Mann
Three Virginia taxpayers including one state lawmaker, in conjunction with the American Tradition Institute Environmental Law Center, are asking the University of Virginia to produce important “global warming” records under the Commonwealth’s Freedom of Information Act. These emails and other documents relate to claims made by Dr. Michael Mann to obtain, and claim payment under,…
Pax Americana Institute
Will 2011 Be Known as the Year of Conservatism and Common Sense?
By Pax Americana Institute Will 2011 be the year that common sense replaces ideology and conservatism is honored? Will conservatism and common sense return fiscal responsibility to the Federal government’s spending spree? Will the deficit and national debt be addressed? It can be argued that common sense tells us that you cannot, and should not,…
Paul Driessen, Willie Soon
EPA’s Texas power grab
Hollywood climate monsters are a lousy basis for energy and economic policy By Paul Driessen and Willie Soon Any Texas granddaddy will tell you he’s seen it all, when it comes to weather and climate extremes. Tornadoes, hurricanes, heat waves, blizzards, droughts, flash floods, and storms that bring unique combinations of wind, dust, thunder and…