August 16, 2015 by Nick Novak & Brett Healy This column was originally published by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and the Wisconsin State Journal. In March of this year, power was taken away from Big Labor’s special interests and handed back to the dedicated workers of Wisconsin. When Gov. Scott Walker signed right-to-work into law,[…]
July 30, 2015 by Nick Novak This column was originally published by The Washington Times. On July 30, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed a bill into law that created the federal Medicare and Medicaid programs. While both started with good intent, the past 50 years have left the American public with two massive entitlements[…]
July 7, 2015 by Nick Novak Originally published by The Washington Times. Until quite recently, it seemed like a common understanding that the U.S. Supreme Court would strike down one of the most critical portions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Liberal groups were employing scare tactics to encourage governors to set up state-based exchanges. Conservative[…]
June 22, 2015 by Nick Novak Originally published by The MacIver Institute. From what we have seen, the proposed plan for a new Bucks arena in downtown Milwaukee is anything but a win for taxpayers. Estimates put the total cost to taxpayers at $400 million, and there is very little return for that money. Will[…]
June 17, 2015 by Nick Novak Originally published by the Wausau Daily Herald. A little over four years ago, Wisconsin lawmakers took bold action to protect current and future taxpayers from the high costs associated with restrictive collective bargaining laws. Since then, Act 10 has proved to be a success at every level of government.[…]
June 16, 2015 by Nick Novak Originally published by The Washington Times. This is going to come out a little blunt, but I feel that bluntness is required here. Chicago Blackhawks fans (of which I am one), you are racist. At least you are if you have the audacity to wear apparel with the team’s[…]
June 10, 2015 by Nick Novak Originally published by The Washington Times. Without trade, one in five workers in the United States would not have a job. That is how important trade is to our economy, and that is why it must continue to be expanded through global partnerships and trade agreements. However, these agreements have had[…]
June 2, 2015 by Nick Novak Originally published by The Washington Times. “Without a doubt, it was a very big victory,” Maria Elena Durazo, a vice president at the hotel and restaurant union Unite Here, said last week of the Los Angeles City Council’s decision to raise the minimum wage to $15 by 2020. Was it a victory[…]
April 28, 2015 by Nick Novak Originally published by The Washington Times. It is no secret that the Midwest is at the heart of the labor reform movement in our country. First, Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin signed comprehensive public-sector collective bargaining reform in 2011 – a move that has catapulted him to frontrunner status for the[…]
April 10, 2015 by Nick Novak Originally published by The Washington Times. It’s one of the oldest stories in the book. A new technology is invented, businesses begin to implement that technology, and then big-government bureaucrats decide they need to regulate it. I’m sure the horse and buggy lobby was pretty upset when the first cars started to roll[…]