More Paul Ryan…..

In the “throw the incumbents out” election year, Paul Ryan was re-elected overwhelmingly, despite representing three of the highest unemployment centers in the state. Rewarding him for a job well done i guess. Another example of why I call it “the year of dumb”.

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Two $810 Million Projects: Marquette Interchange and High-speed Rail: Which Creates More Jobs?

Pop quiz. Here’s a tale of two $810 million projects:

All things being equal , which project would be responsible for creating more jobs? High speed rail or the Marquette Interchange? (Don’t forget the Marquette was the state’s largest construction project at the time. Ever.)

If you answered high-speed rail, you’d be correct. 

According to [...]

The world’s most expensive bottles of beer

$800 for a bottle of beer? No thanks!

Tuesday morning links

Just a few links to start out your day…

Timothy Egan writes about how President Barack Obama saved capitalism, but at a terrible political price.

Speaking of the price Democrats paid in the 2010 elections, Luka from Forward Lookout has a great writeup of the blame game with various elements within the Democratic Party pointing [...]

Uh….what about jobs?

Here’s at least one conservative blogger’s list of legislative initiatives Republicans should tackle with their new majorities in the State Senate and State Assembly: I’ve had a request to create a list of what Republicans should do with their new majority in Wisconsin. I know this has been done in other places but seeing as [...]

Ask a CFO: Killing Wisconsin’s High-Speed Rail Doesn’t Make Financial Sense

There were a lot of numbers bandied about today about just what it would mean if Scott Walker permanently killed the high-speed rail project.

First of course, are the job loss numbers. At a time when unemployment is high and working families are in desperate need of work, killing the train project would take 5,500 [...]