Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Walker Wants to Save 12,000 Jobs; Unions Don't Want Them; Obama Group "Organizing for America" Bussed in Protesters; Walker too Generous to Unions

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Walker Wants to Save 12,000 Jobs; Unions Don't Want Them; Obama Group "Organizing for America" Bussed in Protesters; Walker too Generous to Unions: "If this was really 'about the kids' rather than about the greed and arrogance of the public unions, teachers would be in the classroom teaching instead of fraudulently calling in sick, with help of doctors aiding and abetting that fraud."

"The ideal approach is to end collective bargaining altogether. Public union workers who do not like their offers would have the same choice as everyone else: accept the job or leave.

Those who think they can make more in the private sector are free to do so. Yes, it really is as simple as that."

Real-World Cases Prove: Spending Restraint Works | Daniel J. Mitchell | Cato Institute: Commentary

Real-World Cases Prove: Spending Restraint Works | Daniel J. Mitchell | Cato Institute: Commentary: "Two percent annual spending increases would lead to fiscal balance by 2021. Limiting spending growth to 1% annually would balance the budget by 2019. A spending freeze would balance the budget by 2017."

Connecticut Town Ordered to Pay for Union Workers’ Coffee - FoxNews.com

Connecticut Town Ordered to Pay for Union Workers’ Coffee - FoxNews.com: "A Connecticut town must provide their union workers free coffee and milk, according to a ruling from the State Board of Labor Relations.�

The board also ordered town leaders to reinstate “Dress Down Fridays” for the union clerical and custodial workers.�"

The Smaller Fish Tries to Eat the Bigger Fish — Mises Economics Blog

The Smaller Fish Tries to Eat the Bigger Fish — Mises Economics Blog: "The very existence of UPS and Fed-Ex is something of a miracle, companies that were built up based on a loophole in the letter statutes that give the government itself a near-total monopoly on mail, or at least that was the idea. Private shipping companies found the workaround and ended up driving all the innovation in this industry that has taken place for decades. The Post Office is reduced to a pathetic game of catch up amidst constant threats of insolvency.

And yet we are asking the same government to adjudicate an antitrust suit in the private sector? If we are looking for monopolistic behavior, it is not hard to find. Look no further than the USPS. The doctor should heal thyself."