Mary Burke: I’m a “fiscal conservative”

According to a report in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Democratic gubernatorial frontrunner Mary Burke called herself a “fiscal conservative” during a meeting on Tuesday with Milwaukee business leaders. While I understand that calling herself a “fiscal conservative” will win her some votes among moderates and independents, it’s certainly not going…

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Don’t preach “fiscal responsibility” unless you live it in your own life

“It’s not just good enough to say, you know what, we think Barack Obama’s doing a bad job. You’ve got to say what you would do instead. And I think there’s so much to be done, whether it’s stop the growth of the federal government, stop spending money we don’t…

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Feingold a favorite Democrat of conservatives?

According to a recent piece in Newsweek, U.S. Senator Russ Feingold is one of a few Democrats who have won praise – or at least grudging respect – from conservatives despite a less than bipartisan political atmosphere in the nation. Here’s what Newsweek had to say about Sen. Feingold: Current…

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Feingold’s fiscal responsibility

Here’s an interesting fact for all those conservatives who like to attack U.S. Senator Russ Feingold: U.S. Senator Russ Feingold has never requested an earmark during his time as Wisconsin’s Junior U.S. Senator. Here’s another interesting fact for those same folks: according to the group Citizens Against Government Waste, earmarks…

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Five ways for the big three to cut the deficit!

With the recent election results of republicans taking over the House and also the State of Wisconsin, it is time to lower the deficit. With Paul Ryan(R-Wall St.), Jim Sensenbrenner(R- Tampons) and Tom Petri (R-WI) just banded together(being fiscal conservatives and deficit hawks) to come up with a proposal to…

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Republican obstructionism reaches new levels

In a stunning display of obstructionism, Republican Senator Richard Shelby of Alabama has put a “blanket hold” on at least 70 nominations President Obama has sent to the Senate, according to multiple reports. The hold means no nominations can move forward unless Senate Democrats can secure a 60-member cloture vote…

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Time To Raise The Gas Tax!

Long time readers know that I have been a proponent of raising Wisconsin’s gas tax for some time. Particularly after watching the state’s infrastructure suffer while the governor funded the Department of Transportation with debt. In the articles that I linked in yesterday’s article about Governor Tony Evers’ People’s Budget…there…

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Vos and Fitzgerald Are Trolling Wisconsin With Tolling!

The Wisconsin GOP cabal that was former Governor Scott Walker plus the continuing Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald kept kicking the can down the road on funding for highway repairs and construction. In their last two budgets, hewing to their no tax increase mantras, instead…

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Scott Walker spent less than 1 hour per day doing his job during his presidential campaign

If this isn’t the very definition of “government waste” then I don’t know what is. Gov. Scott Walker spent an average of less than one hour per day doing state business during his short-lived presidential campaign, according to records released to FOX6 News. Over his 71-day campaign, Walker’s official monthly…

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Scott Walker’s WEDC acted politically instead of prudently? Say it ain’t so!

According to a recent report in the Wisconsin State Journal by Matthew DeFour, WEDC, the public-private hybrid job creation agency created by Gov. Scott Walker in 2011, in many cases acted irresponsibly in doling out taxpayer monies in order to benefit supporters of Gov. Walkers. Of course, this should surprise…

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