Economics
WISDOM FOR JUSTICE
Religion at its very best is universal. It knows no boundaries, transcends all divisions and labels, judges not, excludes none. It is the ancient and eternal quest for a decent humanity, for caring societies and communities, for seeking unity with others. It accepts. It knows the human acts of thinking, questioning, doubting, of fearlessly seeking the truth, as deeply moral endeavors. It moves convictions to actions.
The Wisconsin faith based organization known as Wisdom is the embodiment of religion at its best. A member of the international network known as the ...
IMPORTANT PETITION – FAIR COMMUNITY ENERGY CONVERSATION
RePower Madison, a citizens action group in the Madison area, is asking people to sign the petition linked below asking Madison Gas and Electric executives to establish a "full and fair community conversation." Although the results of the petition were to be delivered on January 26th,the petition is being left open beyond this date and can be signed by any concerned citizen.
Contact: Mitch Brey, 920-323-9585
Date: January 26 2015
More than 750 Customers Deliver Petition to MGE asking for a Fair Community Energy Conversation
A petition in response to MGE’s ...
What Happened To the Notion of Us? A Declaration of Action
What is to become of us as a nation? Do we talk about each other in those terms or do we talk about how we function as a nation as “us and them.” I am not blameless. My worldview has been shaped by my experiences. I am human and I am guilty of viewing those on the other side of the political fence as having little empathy for others.
But deep in my heart, I do not want to believe it to be this way.
We are all being played - played by the Koch Brothers, the 1% ers and their ilk. We are constantly bombarded that “others” are to blame - the poor, the Unions, the ...
MINNESOTA WON AND WISCONSIN LOST
A letter to the editor:
Minnesota’s Governor Dayton did just the opposite of Wisconsin’s Governor Walker. Dayton raised taxes on the super wealthy and corporations who had already received the huge Bush tax cuts, and the results speak for themselves:
Minnesota ended 2014 with a $1.23 Billion Surplus that is expected to keep rising
Wisconsin faces a $2.2 Billion Deficit for 2015
In the past 25 years the nation’s economy has grown by 83 percent, and workers today produce twice as many goods and services per hour on the job as they did in 1989. But after ...
NOT A DEMOCRAT . . . . A HUMBLE OPINION
As the dust settles on the November elections and the Democrats assess the damage, one thing seems increasingly clear. . . it is no longer clear at all just who or what is a Democrat. Given the apparent identity crisis, a process of elimination may be in order. . .
If you are not willing to openly fight the historic wealth inequality that has replaced democracy in America, you are not a Democrat.
If you are not publicly advocating the breakup of “too big to fail” Wall Street banks, you are not a Democrat.
If you do not rigorously support criminal prosecution ...
Quotations From Republican Senator Dale Schultz
By the Middle Wisconsin Editorial Board
“We are now literally dismantling the state government, and people need to think long and hard about what they want for a future in our state,”
“The K-12 system in the last few years has laid off 3,000 personnel, and it looks to me like that’s going to accelerate. Out my way, I would not be shocked if a huge percentage of school districts wind up going to referendum to have the privilege of raising their own property tax because the state has walked away from its principal responsibility of providing for a ...
Wisconsin Becoming a Low-Wage Economy
By Jeanne Larson
UW-Milwaukee Professor Marc Levine's October 2014 study for the Center for Economic Development, "Is Wisconsin Becoming a Low-Wage Economy? Employment Growth in Low, Middle, and High Wage Occupations: 2000-2013," uses Bureau of Labor Statistics data to illustrate a troubling long-term trend in Wisconsin: the number of low-wage jobs is growing much faster than middle- or high-wage occupations.
Levine divided Wisconsin's 750 occupations into three tiers based on median wages, the midpoint where half the workers in the job are paid more, half are paid ...
Vote “No” On the Constitutional Amendment to Isolate Transportation Funds – It Is a Bad Idea!
Vote “No” On the Constitutional Amendment
to Isolate Transportation Funds
It is a Bad Idea!
It is poor public policy to use constitutional amendments to isolate tax revenues for special interests’ benefit. Changing the state's constitution is no small thing. States, municipalities, school districts, etc., create budgets to cover our local and state community needs. Our needs change all the time. Sometimes, disasters strike - homes and businesses are damaged and need immediate repair, people are injured and need extensive medical services, water mains break and ...
“Ask the Candidate” – Issue Specific Questions
The Middle Wisconsin Editorial Board is excited to share with its readers a compilation of issue specific candidate questions. We are hopeful that these questions can be utilized as a guide during a dialogue between citizens and candidates on some of the issues which face communities throughout the state of Wisconsin. We encourage anyone using these questions to relay back to us some of the answers given by candidates so we may publish them on our website.
The importance of an active citizenry is more important today than at any other period in our history. A ...
Let’s Pay the Bills First – Senator Kathleen Vinehout
The following article is a reprint of a recent news release by Senator Kathleen Vinehout to the people of Wisconsin. Middle Wisconsin feels strongly that the citizens need to be aware of the harm being done to our public schools and our children by the transfer of tax dollars to private institutions.
Let's Pay the Bills First
by
Senator Kathleen Vinehout
“I don’t want another cent from the state until you guys pay the bills,” the business-owner from Durand told me. “I am tired of hearing about tax cuts and deficits.”
“I want all the bills ...
