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If “fees are taxes,” then Scott Walker raised taxes

On February 5, 2012 By

There are some far-right conservatives in the Cheddarsphere who are fond of the mantra “fees are taxes,” but who conveniently ignore an inconvenient truth about “tax cutting” Gov. Scott Walker – his biennial budget actually increased a number of fees.

Here’s just a few examples of fee increases proposed by Gov. Walker:

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Scott Fitzgerald: “If you think this budget was scary, wait until the next one.”

On January 24, 2012 By

Republican State Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, speaking on the floor of the State Senate
“If you think this budget was scary, wait until the next one.”

No doubt the next state budget will be scary because despite the lies we’ve heard about how Scott Walker and Republicans like Scott Fitzgerald balanced Wisconsin’s [...]

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DOA Secretary Mike Huebsch: Wisconsin has budget deficits for fiscal years 2012 & 2013

On January 18, 2012 By

Have you heard those new TV ads Republican Gov. Scott Walker is running touting how he eliminated Wisconsin’s budget deficits?

Don’t believe a word Walker says, because Department of Administration Secretary Mike Huebsch has the truth, which is that Wisconsin has projected budget deficits for fiscal years 2012 and 2013.

What’s more, if we [...]

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John Peterson Withdraws Nomination from SWIB.

On January 6, 2012 By

Governor Scott Walker had nominated John Peterson III to the State of Wisconsin Investment Board. The nomination was received with a fair amount of controversy including an objection from SWIB’s retired executive director, David Mills. Seems that he didn’t have the common sense to recuse himself during an earlier board stint and voted in [...]

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300,001 Signatures

On November 28, 2011 By

Tonight United Wisconsin and the Democratic Party of Wisconsin announced that 300,001 signatures have been obtained in the effort to Recall Governor Scott Walker in just 13 days, 70,000 signatures in Milwaukee County alone.

Obviously these signatures are the low hanging fruit…those Wisconsinites totally upset with the direction Wisconsin is headed under the governorship of [...]

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Even when the Gov creates a job, he fails:

On October 20, 2011 By

There is one job here in Wisconsin that Governor Walker can 100% take credit for creating…but then he went and screwed it anyway.

On September 23, 2011, by executive order, Gov. Walker created the position of deer trustee or deer czar. And then on October 3, 2011, Gov. Walker appointed Jim Kroll as Wisconsin’s [...]

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Keith Gilkes resigns…and how do you spin it?

On September 30, 2011 By

I will let the other pundits on Blogging Blue discuss the ramifications of the resignation of Keith Gilkes as Governor Walker’s Chief of Staff. But it is interesting how different people decide on how to report it or spin it.

WISN Channel 12 for instance, offered this headline: Walker’s Chief Of Staff Resigns. And [...]

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How has Scott Walker’s budget impacted you?

On July 18, 2011 By

This press release from the AFL-CIO got me to thinking….how has (or how will) Republican Governor Scott Walker’s extreme biennial budget negatively impact you?

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Kaukauna’s literally unbelievable budget miracle

On July 6, 2011 By

Over at Jake’s Economic TA Funhouse, Jake formerly of the LP has a must-read on how the school district of Kaukauna is using the union-busting provisions of Act 10 (the so-called “budget repair” bill) to balance their budget on the backs of teachers.

Here’s my favorite quote of Jake’s:
In fact, the original [...]

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This is what a smackdown looks like

On July 5, 2011 By

Ouch man, that’s gonna leave a mark.

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