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Monday, February 11, 2013

Employment

News                                                                                                                             
CNN Money | Obama to propose pay hike for federal workers
President Obama plans to propose a 1% pay hike for civilian federal workers in his budget proposal for 2014.
Washington Times | Bring up right to work
Tired of lagging economic growth, wasteful government spending and high unemployment, states in the industrial Midwest have decided to break the iron triangle between Big Labor bosses, union political spending and the politicians who do their bidding. Now it’s time for Washington to do the same.

Econ Comments & Analysis                                                                                            
Politico | It’s time to give workers basic skills
During his first term, President Barack Obama called for greater investments in the skills of our people — our young, our poor, men and women laid off after lifetimes of work — so they could participate in our country’s economic recovery.