Do Government Workers Make More than Private Sector Workers?
The Heritage Foundation has posted a new working paper that considers whether public workers in California are overpaid compared to their private sector counterparts. The paper’s findings are...
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Gov. Scott Walker Defends Reforms; ‘Our Most Powerful Tool Is the Truth’
Gov. Scott Walker delivered a passionate defense of Wisconsin’s reforms at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday night. The embattled Republican governor used his keynote speech at...
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Chart of the Week: 1 in 5 Americans Are Dependent on Government
The number of Americans dependent on the federal government has exploded over the past five years, reaching a record 67.3 million people, according to Heritage’s annual Index of Dependence on...
View ArticleOne Year Later: Myth vs. Fact Video on Wisconsin’s Budget Reforms
One year ago all eyes were on Wisconsin as labor unions stormed the Capitol building in Madison to protest Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s budget reforms. Heritage sent a team to cover the...
View ArticleMorning Bell: How Radical Were Wisconsin’s Reforms?
One year ago, the state of Wisconsin adopted sweeping reforms that curbed collective bargaining rights among government workers, brought the state’s pension system into line, and empowered those...
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Chicago Teachers’ Strike: Unthinkable and Intolerable
“Unthinkable and intolerable.” So President Franklin Delano Roosevelt considered strikes by government employees. Karen Lewis, the president of the Chicago Teachers’ Union (CTU), has a different view....
View ArticleHHS Secretary Crosses the Line
By her own admission, U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius committed a clear violation of the Hatch Act when she traveled to North Carolina—at taxpayer expense—and gave a...
View ArticleChicago Teachers’ Strike Contradicts Principle of Public Service
Students at Chicago schools are spending another day at home today, after a 700-page court filing against the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) was sidelined for later consideration. Teachers walked off...
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Government Employees Work Less Than Private-Sector Employees
A new Heritage Foundation study shows that government employees work around three hours less per week and roughly one month less per year than private-sector workers. Substantial differences in work...
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Government Unions Go All Out for the President
The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) has spent more than any other outside group to re-elect President Obama. The union has spent $74 million to return Obama to the Oval Office, exceeding...
View ArticleMorning Bell: Should We Pay Government Employees More?
Federal employees—who work on average a month less than private-sector workers and get paid more—are lobbying for higher pay. Government unions know that Congress is looking for ways to nip and tuck...
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Even Government Employees Think Private Sector Works Harder
The polling firm Rasmussen offers some interesting data on the work effort of government employees compared to private-sector workers. In five separate surveys this past year, Rasmussen asked a...
View ArticleTop 10 Heritage Research Papers of 2012
As the year comes to a close, we reflect on 2012 by offering highlights of the top 10 most-read research papers by Heritage scholars. 1) The 2012 Index of Dependence on Government By William Beach and...
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Federal Pay and the Ryan Budget: Brazen Falsehoods from a Federal Employee Union
Newscom Congressman Paul Ryan’s (R–WI) budget outline calls for federal employees to contribute more to their pensions, but the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) is none too happy...
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GDP Grew 2.5 Percent in the First Quarter
Newscom After dreadfully low growth in the last quarter of 2012—just 0.4 percent—gross domestic product (GDP) returned to a healthier rate of growth of 2.5 percent in the first three months of 2013....
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Greece: Austerity Doesn’t Involve Public-Sector Layoffs
imago stock&people/Newscom Slate’s Matthew Yglesias might be attacked as an “austerity denier” now that he has joined Heritage’s Salim Furth in pointing out that there is a lot of policy diversity...
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No Room for Spending Cuts? How About Government Employee Trips to the Caribbean?
Buccaneer Hotel (Camilla Zenz/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom) If government employees can enjoy a stay in a luxury hotel made famous on The Bachelor, then surely Congress could find somewhere to make spending cuts....
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Unions Getting Creative in Election-Year Struggle
Ringo Chiu/ZUMA Press/Newscom If it seems like unions are making a fuss lately, it’s because they are. It’s an election year, and they need money. Just one in 15 private-sector workers is a union...
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