Saturday, May 15, 2010

Saturday Linky Love

 Let's talk about unions...

From Legal Insurrection:

Greece Syndrome Defined

The fiscal equivalent of Stockholm Syndrome:
A term used to describe a paradoxical psychological phenomenon wherein government officials express adulation and have positive feelings toward unsustainable union contracts that appear irrational in light of the danger or risk posed by such contracts to the government.
Our politicians are hostages, they just don't know it. Hence, our federal jobs policy is geared towards subsidizing unsustainable state and local union contracts which states and local governments cannot afford  read the rest
Doug Ross: People's Republic of California Commisar Arnold Schwarzenegger Announces "Abosolutely Terrible" Budget Cuts.

 Via Memeorandum:

Uk Telegraph:   US faces one of biggest budget crunches in world 


Quote of the Day from Ordered Liberty

From Big Government:

First Healthcare, Now Banks: Is Anyone Seeing a Pattern Here?
by Dr. Elaina George
Health care reform is the latest piece of the puzzle to be put in place. If you add this to what has happened in the financial industry and the banking industry a bigger picture begins to emerge. With the proposed financial regulations, there seems to be a movement towards the consolidation of power in a few institutions, systematically removing free competition, setting up the too big to fail phenomenon, thereby giving people less choice that will ultimately cost everybody more in the long run. read the rest
Reaganite Republican:   How to Delete FaceBook account?

The Blog Prof:   Government to monitor your children using non-scientific BMI

In Case You Missed It:

Here's Someone Else Who Gets It

Eric Cantor's "You Cut" Site.  Will It Make a Difference?

The Welfare State's Death Spiral

1 comment:

Mark D. said...

Thanks for the link! Great round up of commentary from around the web, too. Thanks for posting it!