“Right-to-Work” Divides Indiana Lawmakers as General Assembly Continues WFPL ...Bauer is unapologetic about the filibuster. “It is the only tool of the minority against a majority that wants to thrust a crown of thorns upon the working people of this state,”...
Today in Tallahassee: Prison privatization, university gigs, and a presidential breather? Orlando Sentinel ...The biggest event of the day in Tallahassee is likely to be the Senate Rules Committee at 1 p. m., which is hearing its bills to privatize prisons in 18 southern Florida counties (SB 2038) and another to delay the production of a “business case” for agencies privatizing services until after it has awarded a contract to a private vendor (SB 2036)...
Mitt Romney's misery, in a word: Bain Politico ...He fumbled questions about whether he’d release his tax returns, gave shifting answers on how many jobs he’d helped create and told a crowd earlier this month that he liked being able to fire service providers...
CRS report: Congress can require Keystone oil pipeline approval The Hill ...Capitol Hill lawmakers probably have the Constitution at their back if they require a permit for the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline that President Obama rejected days ago, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service...
MPs to discuss sale of Parliament Independent ...MPs will tomorrow discuss selling the Palace of Westminster amid concerns over its long-term future...
New York Times Tells Us Only Chinese Near Slave Labor Could Handle Steve Jobs' Demands naked capitalism ...Silicon Valley executives say that the cost of US labor is not what is driving their decisions. It is the responsiveness of the supply chain, which among other things means ability to recruit factory labor and engineers quickly (and to get the factory workers to put in Foxconn like hours). Thus the savings is in inventory costs rather than labor per se...
