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August 25, 2015
Title: Vote Buying
Topic: Vote Buying
Discussed by Iain Murray
with Competitive Enterprise Institute www.cei.org
Part 1 of 3
The regulations governing vote buying in modern liberal democracies seem
paradoxical. It is wrong and illegal to offer individual voters in political
elections money for their votes. It is, however, perfectly acceptable (or at
least, constitutionally protected) to promise identifiable groups of voters
particular benefits in exchange for their votes.
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB, a product of that 1930s legislation)
is expected to rule any day now in a case that will affect thousands of
businesses. Firms are bracing themselves for the fall-out.
The whole American business model of contracting out non-essential services
would be overturned overnight. Firms that have spent decades flattening their
structures would be forced to vertically integrate. One employment owner told
The Hill, “Every company will have to reexamine their business relationships."
He will continue this in the next segment, so listen in!
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Title: Part 2 of 3 - Every Business Will Have to Change
Topic: Joint Employer
Discussed by Iain Murray
with Competitive Enterprise Institute www.cei.org
It is probably the
biggest change in American employment law since the National Labor Relations Act
and its reform in the 1930s and ‘40s, but it could happen without the general
public realizing it.
The whole American business model of contracting out non-essential services
would be overturned overnight. Firms that have spent decades flattening their
structures would be forced to vertically integrate. One employment owner told
The Hill, “Every company will have to reexamine their business relationships."
It is not just staffing and contracting that are threatened by the NLRB’s
actions on joint employer. Other targets include franchise businesses like
McDonald’s. If franchise businesses are designated joint employers, then that
business structure will also be overturned, with significant effects on one of
the main avenues for American entrepreneurs.
Listen in as Iain lays out the power-grab by the NLRB. Obama promised change, and this will call massive unemployment.
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Title: Part 3 of 3 - Every Business While Have to Change
Topic: Joint Employer
Discussed by Iain Murray
with Competitive Enterprise Institute www.cei.org
Companies will probably
vertically integrate to cut down on transaction costs between franchises and
corporate management. As a spokesman for the National Federation of Independent
Businesses also told The Hill, “All of the sudden, a local business person who
has built a franchise up for 20 years is a middle manager.”
It is not just staffing and contracting that are threatened by the NLRB’s
actions on joint employer. Other targets include franchise businesses like
McDonald’s. If franchise businesses are designated joint employers, then that
business structure will also be overturned, with significant effects on one of
the main avenues for American entrepreneurs.
Viewed this way, the joint employer cases can be seen as a way of rewarding the
administration’s political allies in the union movement. To do so, the last four
decades or so of American business development need to be written out of history
in a move that will force the re-adoption of monolithic corporate structures
that were shown to be inefficient in the 1970s and ‘80s. That appears to be a
small price to pay in the eyes of the NLRB and the administration.
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October 24, 2008
Title: WORLD RETREATS FROM GLOBAL WARMING ALARMISM
Topic: Global Warming
Discussed by Iain Murray
with Competitive Enterprise Institute www.cei.org
Iain Murray, Senior Fellow at Competitive Enterprise Institute, urges Washington and Hollywood to look beyond our borders for other answers to “global warming”. Also, what can be done to reduce the cost of man-made gases? Log onto www.cei.org for more on this and other issues.
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June 23, 2006
Title: IF GOVERNMENT TAXES SOFT DRINKS - THEN WHAT'S NEXT?
Topic: Social Engineering
Discussed by Iain Murray
with Competitive Enterprise Institute www.cei.org
Is it the government’s responsibility to regulate my intake of sugar? Should the government tell my listeners when enough is enough. What do you think? Call our hotline with your opinion @ 713-335-3400.
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June 20, 2006
Title: IF GOVERNMENT TAXES SOFT DRINKS - THEN WHAT'S NEXT?
Topic: Social Engineering
Discussed by Iain Murray
with Competitive Enterprise Institute www.cei.org
Is it the government’s responsibility to regulate my intake of sugar? Should the government tell my listeners when enough is enough. What do you think? Call our hotline with your opinion @ 713-335-3400.
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May 26, 2006
Title: DOES AL GORE NEED TO GO ON AN ENERGY DIET?
Topic: Hypocrites Exposed
Discussed by Iain Murray
with Competitive Enterprise Institute www.cei.org
View the videos: http://streams.ceo.org Al Gore asks, "Are you willing to change the way you live?" But all the evidenace suggests that Mr. Gore is an elitist. Do you agree? Use the contact button on the main tool bar to express your opinion.
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Title: WHAT IS AMERICA'S ENERGY POLICY
Topic: Energy Prices
Discussed by Iain Murray
with Competitive Enterprise Institute www.cei.org
What is America's energy policy? How does this policy affect the price of a gallon of gasline?
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May 25, 2006
Title: WHAT IS AMERICA'S ENERGY POLICY
Topic: Energy Prices
Discussed by Iain Murray
with Competitive Enterprise Institute www.cei.org
What is America's energy policy? How does this policy affect the price of a gallon of gasline?
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June 14, 2005
Title: Are We Running Out of Low-cost Energy Supplies? Segment 1 of 2
Topic: Energy and the Environment
Discussed by Iain Murray
with Competitive Enterprise Institute www.cei.org
A gallon of gas costs over $5 in England. Why? Are we running out of low-cost energy supplies? Should China and India get a "free pass" on environmental regulations?
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Title: Are we running out of low-cost energy supplies? Segment 2 of 2
Topic: Energy and the Environment
Discussed by Iain Murray
with Competitive Enterprise Institute www.cei.org
A gallon of gas costs over $5 in England. Why? Are we running out of low-cost energy supplies? Should China and India get a "free pass" on environmental regulations?
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March 23, 2005
Title: Will the price of oil effect the price of my bread?
Topic: Energy and the Environment
Discussed by Iain Murray
with Competitive Enterprise Institute www.cei.org
Iain Murray, Senior Fellow with the Competitive Enterprise Institute, explains what will happen to the price of a loaf of bread if oil prices stay sky high. Plus - should we drill in ANWR? Should we invest in renewable energy supplies? Why won't our friends, the Saudis, help by lowering the price of oil?
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