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Adam Smith is usually claimed by conservatives since his economic principles, detailed in his masterpiece The Wealth of Nations underpin the ideas of modern “free market” fetishists. Never mind that what Smith said has been perverted, twisted and distorted out of all recognizability by libertarian economists… I digress. What many may not realize is that [...] If you’ve been following the developments in the push by Republicans in the legislature to allow strip mining in northern Wisconsin (mining that would have a tremendous negative impact on native americans living near the mine), you can watch a LIVE Broadcast of the protest against the mining bill right here: Watch live streaming [...] Watch and listen as Republican State Sen. Mike Ellis of Neenah expresses his feelings about Green Bay Preble High School, calling it a “sewer” while holding court with Republican State Rep. Robin Vos and Republican State Sen. Sheila Harsdorf. The video I posted was edited and re-posted with the permission of the fine folks [...] John Nichols has a great piece in todays Cap Times making the case that Lori Compas should run for state senate against Scott Fitzgerald. I couldn’t agree with him more. In fact, I would argue that in spite of the impressiveness of the 1.9 million signatures delivered to the GAB by recall volunteers from across [...] Well, cheap if you’re a multimillionaire… Wisconsin’s Boy-Governor is for sale to the highest bidder. The free market in action! Gov. Scott Walker received $1 million in one weeklong stretch alone from just four donors as part of his fundraising blitz that helped him raise more than $12 million over the last year — and [...] Good news for the US economy on the trucking front (not so much for Wisconsin, though): The American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index jumped 6.8% in December after rising 0.3% in November 2011. The latest gain put the SA index at 124.5 (2000=100) in December, up from the November level [...] The current Republican Party. In a follow up to my follow up to my post this morning, pointing out that the republican party is complaining that President Obama is being to divisive in his rhetoric, comes this video from Think Progress. Here is Republican Presidential candidate and former Republican Senator Rick Santorum taking questions. [...] |
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