Criminal Justice Is No Job for the State - Doug French - Mises Daily

Criminal Justice Is No Job for the State - Doug French - Mises Daily: "the only advanced country that incarcerates people for minor property crimes like passing bad checks is the United States."

Campaign For Liberty — Collective Bargaining

Campaign For Liberty — Collective Bargaining: "rights are universal, and yet only 52% of government employees in Wisconsin enjoy the collective bargaining privileges that all this fuss is about.

Public sector employees already enjoy protections under civil service laws that far surpass those extended to private sector workers; a public sector union is redundant. And if the state cannot be trusted to treat its own employees fairly, then it should be denied the power to regulate any workplace, public or private."

"In 1993, Virginia and Wisconsin were equal in per capita income; nearly 20 years into Virginia's 'war on the middle class', their per capita income is 20% higher than Wisconsin's. You still have time to change your signs to say, 'Thank You, Mr. Walker', all you unionists, socialists, and communists coming to Madison next week.

One of the eye-opening discoveries of the recent turbulence in Wisconsin is that our teachers' union sells its own health insurance to school districts for as much as 50% over market price for private policies - collectively bargained, of course."

Republicans and UN Resolutions � LewRockwell.com Blog

Republicans and UN Resolutions LewRockwell.com Blog: "If the Republicans really wanted to get out of the UN, they could have done so when they controlled the Congress and the presidency for over four years under Bush. But of course they did nothing. Just like they will do nothing if they regain total control of the government again in 2012."