Posts Tagged ‘Scott Walker’
Dow jumps on Bernanke Federal Reserve expectations … or Walker’s Wisconsin win
Yesterday, the Dow Jones jumped 2.37 percent and two media reports I heard late in the day specifically mentioned “expectations” about Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s testimony scheduled today … not the Gov. Scott Walker (R-Wisc.) [big] win the day before.
Read MoreA funny thing happened to union membership in Wisconsin
Republican Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin was able to obtain the passage of new laws dealing with public sector unions in Wisconsin. Their employees now actually have to shoulder the burden of paying something close to the value of their health insurance coverage and their future pension costs. But, there was another interesting provision of…
Read MoreA short lived “civil” discourse
Last month in Tucson, President Obama gave one of his more memorable speeches at the memorial for those slain and injured in the Tucson shooting. He called for a more “civil and honest public discourse”.
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