Day: January 28, 2015
Suburban Republican legislators Dale Kooyenga & Alberta Darling think they know how to fix Milwaukee!
Apparently Republican State Rep. Dale Kooyenga of upper class Brookfield and Republican State Sen. Alberta Darling of filthy rich River Hills think they know just how to fix poverty in the City of Milwaukee. Rep. Kooyenga and Sen. Darling, who’s famous for privatizing the Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare and…
I am not an economist, but even I know that supply side economics is a crock.
It’s nothing but magical thinking…no better than “if you build it, they will come”. It is not the “rising tide that lifts all boats” that Jack Kemp, one of the earliest advocates of enterprise zones, promised when he introduced the use of tax cuts to stimulate economic growth in certain…
Some Thoughts On The Double Deck Freeway
As many of you living in and around Milwaukee know, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation is suggesting that the stretch of I-94 from 19th Street to 70th Street be rebuilt and expanded to four lanes. Because of space restrictions at the Miller Park interchanges and the veteran’s cemetery just west…
Mitch McConnell gets a dose of his own medicine and doesn’t like the taste
Yesterday U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) issued a statement after Senate Democrats filibustered legislation advancing the Keystone XL oil pipeline. U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made the following remarks on the Senate floor calling on Senate Democrats to support the Keystone Pipeline: “The Keystone jobs bill is…
The top 10 rejected names for Scott Walker’s 2016 PAC
Yesterday Jason Stein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Gov. Scott Walker has formed a political action committee (PAC) in advance of his certain 2016 presidential run. Only days after traveling to the early presidential race state of Iowa, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has formed a committee to help explore…
So let’s talk about the “economic impact” a new Bucks arena would really have for the City of Milwaukee
Yesterday it was reported Gov. Scott Walker supports the state of Wisconsin borrowing $220 million to help the billionaire owners of the Milwaukee Bucks build a shiny new arena from which they can draw greater profits to line their pockets, and the issue quickly became a hot topic among folks…
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