September 3, 2015 by Nick Novak This column was orginially published by the Eau Claire Leader-Telegram. Do Wisconsinites pay too much in taxes or should we be paying even more? The likely answer to this question for a vast number of us is that taxes should, of course, be lower. That wasn’t the tone taken[…]
August 28, 2015 AM620 WTMJ Milwaukee [Milwaukee, Wisc…] Nick Novak joined Collin Roth, RightWisconsin Managing Editor, and Brian Sikma, Media Trackers Communications Director, on AM620 WTMJ as they filled in for Charlie Sykes to discuss the MacIver Institute’s new video series: Raising Up Wisconsin. The series looks into success stories of everyday Wisconsinites that started[…]
August 20, 2015 by Nick Novak This column was originally published by The Washington Times. It may be one of the best-kept secrets in the workforce. No matter where someone lives – in a right-to-work state or not – all workers have the freedom to leave their union and opt-out of paying at least a[…]
August 19, 2015 CBS58 Milwaukee [Madison, Wisc…] It’s a law that dates back to 1939, and it says businesses cannot sell anything below a price where it would lose money. People who think this law is out of date say the real losers are the consumers. Some legislators have tried to get rid of this decades[…]
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,[…]
August 12, 2015 The New York Times | by Trip Gabriel Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin approved $250 million in public financing for a new arena for the Milwaukee Bucks basketball team on Wednesday, a deal exposing him to charges of corporate welfare as he seeks the Republican nomination as a fiscal conservative. Mr. Walker[…]