Category Archives: Free Enterprise Alliance
HTA Spokesman Shares Real-World View of Big Labor
Nationally recognized political expert Michael Barone has published the experience of our own HTA spokesman! Reader Brett McMahon, who has a concrete construction business, is puzzled why Rick Santorum’s votes on union issues have not proved a political liability in Southern states. I am not sure I share his characterization of Santorum’s record, but I [...]
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HTA: The End of Big Labor May Be Nigh
As part of Halt The Assault’s ongoing effort to raise awareness of the assault by Big Labor and Big Government, we highlight over at Townhall.com one argument why The End of Big Labor May Be Nigh … And while we’re at it, don’t forget: not all politicians stand up for free enterprise against special interests [...]
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Why Unions Hurt The Middle Class
For decades we have been told that unions help the middle class. We have heard it from unions, from politicians that receive union contributions and from a sympathetic media. However, when one examines the facts this claim is completely false. How can an organization that represents a small minority the workforce, just over 10%, but [...]
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EPA Messes With Texas
Over at American Thinker, HTA spokesman and business owner Phil Hoppman tackles the issue of regulatory overreach — the practice of government bureaucrats creating too many rules to let small business flourish. Hoppman, whose business is in Dallas, looks at regulations and finds that many are going to be bad for Texas, which is one [...]
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Ronald Reagan Was Born 101 Years Ago Today
Today marks the 101st anniversary of the birth of Ronald Reagan. For many, he was the face defending America against the expansionist Soviet Empire abroad and the expansionist federal government at home. Defenders of free enterprise, in particular, remember this speech: If you’re interested in helping spread the word about Reagan’s legacy, sign the Facebook [...]
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HTA In The News
We wanted to draw your attention to a couple recent articles by HTA spokespersons and supporters. Over at Townhall, Brett McMahon weighs in on the confusing priorities from the White House with “Obama: Cautious with Keystone XL, but sprints over the Constitution” and looks at the massive government-imposed headwinds facing small business and asks, “Why [...]
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Don’t We All Have A Right To Work?
Right now, legislators in Indiana are fighting over an issue that should be so simple: should the state really let union bosses force employees to pay for “representation” just to keep their job? Of course not! So we weighed in over at The American Thinker to explain the issue and our guy concludes, simply: “To [...]
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Labor-relations agency goes rogue
In an op-ed running over at the Washington Times today, Geoffrey Burr, chairman of the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace, writes of the troubling moves at the National Labor Relations Board and attempts to rig the rules in favor of Big Labor: Recently, the lone Republican NLRB member, Brian Hayes, took an unusual step of [...]
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Take Action Now To Halt The Assault From The NLRB!
UPDATE: See our article at Townhall.com explaining why your action TODAY is so important: Many of us spent this weekend with families and focused on the thanks in our hearts for our blessings, but once again Obama’s job-killing National Labor Relations Board is giving us plenty to remain un-thankful about. For those not entirely familiar [...]
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The Road We Really Traveled, President Obama