Robin Vos’ Latest Stupid Idea!

Everyone including Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R) admit that the state revenue sharing formula isn’t working. I discussed this a bit a few weeks ago. Milwaukee now has a new generation of leadership and they don’t have the divisive political baggage of their predecessors. So Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson…

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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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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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Speaker Vos: I Don’t Need A Tax Cut In 2023!

Yes, I am one of those retired guys living on a fixed income that you keep hearing about. And yes inflation has taken a couple of chunks out of my wallet. But right now I am willing to forgo another state income tax cut because there are some other things…

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Ron Johnson Wants To Destroy Your Social Security

First off: Social Security and Medicare receipts and expenses are not part of the federal budget. They do not contribute to the federal deficit. They are collected from employers and employees as part of the payroll process and deposited in separate accounts that are not part of the federal general…

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So, Is This Human Trafficking or Just Plain Kidnapping?

It was reported that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) flew at least one plane (maybe two) with fifty immigrants to Martha’s Vineyard…piggy backing on the bus stunts of Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R). But the immigrants Abbott has been sending north came from Texas…and guess what…those sent by DeSantis did…

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Could You Imagine If Biden Did This? This Day In History:

August 15, 1971:

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So Now We Have The CHIPS bill…Can We Manufacture The Dang Things In That Money Pit In Mount Pleasant.

So the feds have passed a bill to encourage and subsidize the manufacture of computer chips in the United States. And the president has signed it. Besides increasing manufacturing opportunities in this country, the secondary goal is to solve some of the supply chain issues that are vexing any number…

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