The Wreck of the Brothers Fitzgerald

Oh this is so full of awesome! UPDATE: This gem is from singer/songwriter Peter Leidy of Madison.

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From Blog Post to Peer Review: Higher Top Tax Rates Help America!

Back at the end of 2010, economist Mike Kimel wrote a blog post on Presimetrics speculating on the top marginal tax rate that would generate the highest levels of GDP growth for America.  His estimate was remarkably prescient.

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Look to the Comments!

Sometimes it really pays to read the comments.

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Blessed are the meek…..just not in Walker’s Wisconsin PART 2

Just thought I’d riff on Zach’s post!

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It ISN’T the Regulations, Stupid!

From Paul Ryan to Jim Sensenbrenner, from the Governor’s mansion to the Assembly & Senate floors, the siren’s call of the deregulation fairy can be heard across the Dairyland.  The trouble is, regulations aren’t the problem.  In fact, in the financial sector, a lack of regulation has caused global catastropher….

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2011 Turkey of the Year

It is time for my 2nd annual Turkey of the Year award. Last year my inaugural Turkey of the Year award went to Rebecca Kleefisch, for throwing her gay uncle under the bus and choosing as a cancer survivor, to make getting people OFF of healthcare her signature issue. Last…

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Blessed are the meek…..just not in Walker’s Wisconsin

Matthew 5:5 – Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. Just don’t tell that to the 65,000 poor people leaving Wisconsin’s health insurance programs thanks to cuts in Medicaid approved by the Legislature’s Republican-controlled budget committee. Apparently Scott Walker and his Republican rubber-stamps in the Legislature aren’t…

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Stone & Clarke mulling runs against Abele? Yes please!

According to a report by Steve Schultze of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Republican State Rep. Jeff Stone and Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke, a Republican too afraid to run as what he really is, are both considering challenging incumbent Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele in 2012. While I’m hardly a…

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Let’s get real: Tommy! ain’t a farmer

“I still farm in Elroy, Wisconsin. I’m farming 700 acres– I’ll be on my tractor this week, before Thanksgiving, harvesting corn… I’m still the farmer from Elroy, Wisconsin and I’m proud of it– and the proudest days are when I’m on my tractor, on my farm in Elroy, lookin at…

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