In the wake of comments on an earlier post, The Minimum Wage and Liberal Math, I thought to look at the results of raising the Minimum Wage at a real company. I chose Dunkin’ Donuts, a company Liberals highlighted in a recent email campaign as only paying its workers the minimum wage of $7.25 an hour. [...]
Less than 12 hours after Senator Rand Paul ended his 13 hour filibuster, John McCain offered up this response reported in the Washington Times: “The country needs more senators who care about liberty, but if Mr. Paul wants to be taken seriously he needs to do more than pull political stunts that fire up impressionable [...]
I got an email from a Liberal named Alex Palombo. With editing, she said the following … My friend Danee works 2 full-time jobs, and she’s still poor. Every morning, she wakes up at 5 AM [for] her job at Dunkin’ Donuts. When her shift [ends at Noon], she eats … and drives to her [...]
Tennessee state GOP lawmakers Representative Glen Casada and Senator Jack Johnson, both from Franklin, announced they have filed HB 500 and SB 595 to modify the TCA and create the Office of the Repealer. Under the direction of the Office of Tennessee’s Secretary of State, Tre Hargett, the Office of the Repealer would be tasked [...]
The AP is reporting that appointments to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) by President Obama in January of 2012 are unconstitutional. The President declared the Senate to be “in recess” and made the appointments. His detractors condemned the tactic saying that the Senate’s status at the time did not meet the Constitutional definition of [...]
Blue Collar Muse is pleased to host this guest post from Justin Owen, president and CEO of The Beacon Center of Tennessee. A newly published book shines light on policies that will make Tennessee a freer, more prosperous place to live and do business. The book, written by a score of economists, researchers, and professors, [...]
For those of you who were not able to be with us on Saturday the 19th at the state capitol for Gun Appreciation Day, Ari Kopel filmed the entire event and posted the video online. Pop some popcorn, grab your favorite beverage, take an hour and view it here. Or you can scroll down and [...]
This week we are surrounded by family and exchange gifts and express the sentiment “Merry Christmas!” or perhaps the more bland “Happy Holidays!” But why? The Fiscal Cliff stands ready to be plunged off of; volunteer firemen and school children are murdered by madmen; fools are in charge of important policies in our nation’s capitol [...]
