I’m taking the plunge!

One of my predictions for 2010 was that I’d finally do the Polar Bear Plunge, and thanks to an email link from “Anon,” one of the regular commenters here, it appears I’m going to take the plunge sooner rather than later. I’ve decided to take the Polar Plunge to support…

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Feingold: delay another moon mission, save $24.7 billion

U.S. Senator Russ Feingold, a member of the Senate Budget Committee, recently introduced the Control Spending Now Act, legislation to reduce the deficit by about one half trillion dollars. The Control Spending Now Act is made up of more than forty proposals to cut the U.S. deficit, which currently stands…

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Terrence Wall may not pay state income taxes, but he’s certainly got income!

In the entry I wrote yesterday about Terrence Wall not having paid Wisconsin state income taxes in four of the past five years, I noted I would be posting a copy of the financial disclosure paperwork Wall filed with the U.S. Senate when he declared himself a candidate, so here…

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The T. Wall Tax Tracker just keeps on rising!

The mercury on the Terrence Wall Tax Tracker, which had been stuck at just over $120,000 in taxes avoided by Terrence Wall, is back on the rise, thanks to the recent revelation that Wall has avoided paying somewhere in the neighborhood of $160,000 in Wisconsin state income taxes over the…

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