April 20, 2011 11:16AM

Wednesday Links

By George Scoville

• "Collective bargaining gives unions the exclusive right to speak for covered workers, many of whom may disagree with the views of the monopoly union."
• "Which two have done more to improve your life -- Thomas Edison and Steve Jobs, or Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi?"
• "A temporarily frozen debt limit could instead signal U.S. lawmakers’ resolve to get our fiscal house in order. It may even reassure investors about long-term U.S. economic prospects."
• "What makes Americans exceptional is our ornery resistance to being bossed around."
• Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) spoke recently at a Cato forum on fiscal policy about the CAP Act--here's an excerpt of his remarks:

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