When the media talk about wages, its usually a story of stagnation or decline. So why does the government say compensation has increased by 7.7 percent since last year? One word: benefits.
[3]
Coastal Protection Turned into Reefer Madness [3]
Environmentalists to thank for yet another eco-tastrophe.
[4]
G: USA Today finds tax cuts rising tide lifting all boats
B: NBC changes Fleecing series rules to slam oil companies, not government waste
U: American Morning heats up hit piece against senator skeptical of global warming [4]
On Day of Dow Record, CBS Warns of Economic Problems [5]
Oklahoma Senator Spars with CNNs Miles OBrien in Interview [6]
Wash. Post Media Critic: NPR Is Liberally Biased [7]
NBC Accuses Oil Firms of Fleecing Taxpayers [8]
Dick Armey: A game plan on gas prices [10] (FreedomWorks)
All income groups saw drop in tax liability since 2000 [11] (Tax Foundation)
Geoffrey Segal: California Prop. 86 sticks it to smokers [12] (Reason)
Bart Hinkle: Health care isnt, and cant be, a right [13] (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Dan Griswold: Fools to the farm [14] (Cato Institute)
Brian Riedl: Senate set to bust budget caps by $32 billion [15]
(Heritage)
Clogging the Pipeline: New central planning and the energy crisis [16]
Foundation for Economic Education
Irvington-on-Hudson, N.Y., October 14
RSVP by October 10 here [17].
Education Reform: What Works [18]
Heartland Institute/Wisconsin Forum
Milwaukee Athletic Club
Milwaukee, Wis., October 24
Federal Reserve policy in the face of crises [19]
Cato Institute
Washington, D.C., November 16
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