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"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." ~ John F. Kennedy

Sunday, July 29, 2012

(Un)Real Job Losses

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Rick Barrett informs, Impending Military Cuts Could Cost Wisconsin 11,000 Jobs . Luckily, public sector jobs aren't real jobs  (accord...

The Water Is Right Here

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The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has been critical of the City's dealings with Waukesha over diverting Lake Michigan water for Waukesha...

Work Until You're Dead

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Christian Schneider, of the  Journal Sentinel  and WPRI , advises, Take It Slow On Pension Changes . This isn't the first time the Journ...

Government Is A Bargain

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Excerpt : "Few consumers have noticed, but the federal government has essentially been on sale, with taxpayers paying about 20 percen...

NOT Fannie, Freddie, the CRA, Nor The Poor

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Republicans have been somewhat successful in diffusing the idea that Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, the Community Reinvestment Act, and poor peopl...

Ruinous Wall Street

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"Plus, there's the fact that the entire industry continues to get preferential treatment from the government -- be it the $700 bill...

State & Local Austerity Hurting Job Growth

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Three years into recovery, just how much has state and local austerity hurt job growth?

Annualized Growth Of Federal Spending

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Who is the smallest government spender since Eisenhower?  

Businesses Paying Less, Saving More

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Corporations are saving more and paying less. Also: Idle Corporate Cash Piles Up
Saturday, July 28, 2012

Libor

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The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes , Political Humor & Satire Blog , The Daily Show on Facebook ...

Taxes, Voter Fraud & Campaign Finance

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For Further Reading: The Fraudulence Of Voter Fraud The Myth Of Voter Fraud The Voter Fraud Hoax Voter ID Fact Sheet Voter Iden...

The Missing Link

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It's good to (finally) see the Journal Sentinel clutching onto Richard Longworth's promotion of a more regional governance between...

Frothy Mix Of Sweet & Spicy

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The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes , Political Humor & Satire Blog , Video Archive

The Good Government Does, Yet Another Example

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I just received a letter from my health insurance provider. The Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare") requires insurance companies t...
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Conflict Of Interest

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Republicans Shorting Treasury Bonds, Would Profit From Government Defaults If your job is to shape policies that benefit America (or at le...
Friday, July 27, 2012

Presidential Administrations & Government Employment

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Spot The Socialists

I Built My Business, Mr. President (With Some Help)

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The Daily Show Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes , Political Humor & Satire Blog , The Daily Show on Facebook

Debt, Investment & America's Future

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Debt , as a percentage of GDP, hasn't been this high since the Great Depression. And ? Television personalities, pundits, supposed-e...

You Didn't Build That...No, Really

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Monday, July 23, 2012

Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt

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Monday, July 16, 2012

More Republican Hypocrisy

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As Michael McAuliff reports , "When Congress passed the health care law, it required members of Congress to get their insurance on exch...
Saturday, July 14, 2012

Milwaukee: Open For Business

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Who would have thought (considering its relatively small size and after listening to Scott Walker talk about how scary Milwaukee is) that M...
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Mitt "O.G." Romney

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Republicans have been beating on the idea that Unions are the worst. (Eyes off the 1%.) Yes, those unionized bastards living a seemingly mid...

Prognosis Negative

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It's about time. Walker M.D. is on the case. We've been having an arduous debate over health care reform. Now that reform has pass...
Sunday, July 8, 2012

Wasteful Corporate Welfare

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More corporate welfare is shown to be ineffective... The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy's latest report, Rethinking Property Tax In...

Wisconsin Economic Development: Walker's Untraceable Slush Fund

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What a novel idea...actually holding someone accountable for the things they claim they will do. "Wisconsin's Legislative Audit ...

More Bad Pension Reporting

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The Journal Sentinel's PolitiFact Wisconsin deemed Marty Beil's (executive director AFSCME) description of the state pension plan b...
Monday, July 2, 2012

Monday Reading

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The Anti-Union Roberts Court Corporate Profits Hit All-Time High, Wages Hit All-Time Low Declining Number Of Union Members Affects All Wor...
Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Midweek Reading

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Americans Like Federal Spending After All Americas Long Slope Down Declining Labor Share & The Global Rise Of Corporate Savings The H...

Politicking With Pensions

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Back in April I posted : "From the Daily Kos : I saw this post on a trusted person's wall on Facebook, and felt that due to th...
Sunday, June 24, 2012

Rethinking The Shit That Comes Out Of Your Mouth

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Post-Truth Politics

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h/t Crooks & Liars

Sunday Funnies With Stephen Colbert

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The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes , Political Humor & Satire Blog , Video Archive The Colbert Repor...

48 Hours

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The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes , Political Humor & Satire Blog , The Daily Show on Facebook
Saturday, June 23, 2012

Is There Anything A Stadium Can't Solve?

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We're broke. (Well, at least that's what Scott Walker keeps telling us.) What better time to build a few hundred million dollar st...

Bar City Of The Year

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Milwaukee

Weekend Reading

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Bush Ignored Seven Warnings About Attacks Dear Mr. Dimon, Is Your Bank Getting Corporate Welfare? The Hard Lessons Of Wisconsin How Polic...
Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Republican Scapegoat Politics or Demeaning Government: Cutting Off Our Nose To Spite Our Face

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Austerity! Shrink government! Make those teachers sacrifice! Those labor unions have too much power!  Medicare, Social Security, pen...
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