21st Century Style Western Colonialism Rears An Ugly Head

This article centers on the United Kingdom’s recruitment of medical personnel from around the world…putting the health of residents of third world countries at risk by raiding their healthcare professionals. But this isn’t unique to the UK. Many other western nations including the United States are actively recruiting abroad as…

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Kevin McCarthy! Pay Your Damn Bills

It is not unusual for the federal government to reach its legal spending limit. It has done so four times in the past six years…three of those times in the previous administration. Those three times the limit was raised with few qualms and little quarrel. But every once in a…

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I Think It’s Time For A Foxconn Economic Impact Study

So we all know that Scott Walker and Donald Trump gave away the farm…or several farms if you look at the impact of eminent domain in Racine County…but Foxconn never kept their part of the bargain. And the facility in Mount Pleasant WI is a fraction of the promised investments…

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Odd Phenomenon In Northern Lights! Is This Environmentally Friendly?

Everyone from NPR to Yahoo News is reporting on this phenomenal spiraling light show that appeared over Alaska recently as part of a Northern Lights Display. But it’s not a purely natural phenomena, it’s man made. And how can this be safe? Northern light enthusiasts got a surprise mixed in…

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Senator Joe Manchin Presents A Solid Plan To Fix Social Security…Just Exactly What Blogging Blue Has Been Supporting For YEARS!

Manchin proposes raising FICA income cap: According to the Social Security Administration, each U.S. worker and their employer contributes 6.2% of their wages to the program, rising to $160,200 by 2023, while the self-employed pay a larger 12.4% of their wages (since no employer co-pays). However, if you’re a millionaire,…

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Ideas On Wisconsin State Income Tax Reform

After showing little taste for a flat tax during the 2022 campaign cycle, the Republicans in charge in Madison are now actually considering the unwarranted tax cut for the state’s fat cats without any actual relief for most of the rest of us (Wisconsin GOP’s Latest Bait and Switch? The…

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Can We Get A Wellness Check on Josh Hawley, ASAP?

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The Lack Of Wisconsin State Revenue Sharing Is Hurting More Than Just The Big Blue Cities!

Even Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos admits the state revenue sharing with local governments is broken despite having his fingerprints all over the current levels. And led by Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson, a number of Wisconsin mayors have banded together to work with the Assembly to get something done. There’s…

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Democrats vs. Republicans By The Numbers:

and no, I haven’t vetted this. The one thing I’ve taken away from the MAGA crowd is, facts ain’t worth shit. And it confirms my world view, so it must be fact! [sarcasm]

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Wisconsin GOP’s Latest Bait and Switch? The Flat Tax!

I didn’t pay as much attention to the individual state assembly and state senate races at the mid-terms as I had in the past. I concentrated on my local races and the statewide races. But I don’t remember the Flat Tax being a mid-term election issue with anyone other than…

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