ALG responds to the decision by a judge in Wisconsin to reverse the much-needed reforms to collective bargaining: It is distressing that a judge in Wisconsin has chosen to usurp the will of the people in dealing with core financial issues. State elected officials established collective bargaining for public employees, and they have an absolute right and responsibility to end [...]

By David Nace — Despite all the rhetoric and millions of dollars spent by both sides in Wisconsin, the fundamental issue is very simple.  Should workers have the right to voluntarily join a union and pay union dues? The reason that unions were so incensed at Governor Walker’s reforms had nothing to do with their members having to pay a [...]

By Bill Wilson — With Scott Walker’s crushing victory over Tom Barrett to retain his seat as Governor of Wisconsin, the nation may be reaching a critical turning point over the fundamental relationship between taxpayers and public employees. Between the government, and the governed. Predicated on the consent of the governed, the U.S. experiment with democracy has reached a fundamental [...]

By Rick Manning — Tuesday, June 5 is the day of reckoning for the nation’s labor movement.  After more than a year of state legislative walkouts by Democratic state Senators, non-stop recalls and political shenanigans, the Wisconsin voters will decide whether to replace Governor Scott Walker with Big Labor favorite Tom Barrett in another recall election. Labor is expected to [...]

By Rick Manning — Not content with making the health insurance industry unprofitable, through rules and regulations set out in enacting Obamacare, the Obama administration released the first eight grants/loans under the Consumer Oriented and Operated Plan (CO-OP) program. The CO-OP program was established under the Obamacare law to put into place one federal government selected group in every state [...]

Americans for Limited Government President Bill Wilson responded to the release of the first eight grants/loans under the Obamacare created Consumer Oriented and Operated Plan (CO-OP) program today. The CO-OP program was established under the Obamacare law to put into place one federal government selected group in every state that is supposed to provide an insurance alternative to those few [...]

By Rick Manning — Ohio’s state government has a problem.  They face an $8 billion deficit in a state where the economy was struggling with more than half a million Ohioan’s are unemployed. Ohio’s tax base is not expanding.  Over the past ten years, Ohio’s population did not grow as rapidly as the rest of the nation showing the third [...]

Report compiled by Brad Tidwell — From the Solyndra scandal to the ongoing investigations into Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker, this current administration finds its way into the heart of situations it should avoid. Americans for Limited Government (ALG) continues its list highlighting examples of the president and his team’s most egregious actions. Operation Fast and Furious Early in the [...]

By Frank McCaffrey — New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and other states have joined Wisconsin in dealing with unions and big government. ALG’s Adam Bitely explains and reporter Frank McCaffrey has the story.

By Frank McCaffrey – Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s union legislation has brought about protests and it has also brought stability to state municipal bonds: