So Are US Governors Allowed To Do Foreign Policy?

Cancelling his intense truck safety inspections at the Texas/Mexico border…an originally purported move to stop smuggling of drugs and humans…Texas Governor Greg Abbot announced that he had negotiated safety agreements with four Mexican border states. So, is an American governor actually allowed to negotiate foreign policy with foreign governments? OR…

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Fed Rate Hikes Will Increase Credit Card Rates, WHY?

A number of sources have stated that as the Federal Reserve Bank raises their rates, consumer lending rates will increase. That makes sense for mortgages and auto loans and such that have followed the Fed Rates down…but they also state that credit card rates will also go up with the…

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How Can You Implement More ‘Made In America’ When You Can’t Even Find Employee’s For Existing Business?

Even in Rust Belt! The Wisconsin jobless rate fell to a record low of 2.8% in December Wisconsin’s unemployment rate fell to a record low 2.8% in December, the state Department of Workforce Development said Thursday. It edged downward from 3% in November, the previous state record. Dennis Winters, chief…

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The One Thing The Wisconsin Legislature Taught Us in 2020:

Wisconsin doesn’t need a full time legislature! Despite being in the worst pandemic in a century and the resulting economic fall out, in 2020, the Wisconsin State Legislature didn’t meet for months on end and took insignificant actions to solve the problems the state and the nation faced…other than suing…

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Where the service industry can find experienced qualified employees…

They are right there in your house already working for you! Just offer all those part timers who’d like full time or those who are piecing together part time jobs, actual full time jobs with benefits. You may be losing more money from lost business by being understaffed than the…

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Quick Visual Update On Historical Jobs Numbers:

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Gov. Tony Evers fixes the Republican Foxconn boondoggle

Leave it to Democrats like Gov. Tony Evers to fix the messes left behind by Republicans like former Gov. Scott Walker… A new agreement between Foxconn Technology Group and the state announced Tuesday dramatically scales back the number of jobs the company promises to create — to only 1,454 — and reduces the…

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Milwaukee Needs To Address Issues With Fire and Police Commission Before Madison Helps Out And Another Update.

A few days ago, I finally put down my thoughts about redoing Milwaukee’s very badly broken Fire and Police Commission. But the mayor and the common council really shouldn’t wait too long because it looks like the GOP in Madison have the FPC in their sights. And the last thing…

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COVID-19: Lessons Learned: Essential Employees Tend To Be Minimum Wage Earners

As the United States has struggled with lock downs, stay at home orders, and other socially and economically disruptive actions taken to prevent the spread of the coronavirus…decisions were made about who is/isn’t an essential worker in an essential business. Obviously health care workers are essential, as are police and…

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COVID-19: Lessons Learned: The US Economy Is Built From The Bottom Up And Is Pretty Local

During the Great Recession, the Bush Administration, Obama Administration, and the Federal Reserve Bank focused on saving the economy by saving the big banks and investors and the auto industry. Those were the big players who were on the brink of bankruptcy and failure and would in fact cause great…

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