Government


Social Security a “Ponzi Scheme?”

New video brought to you by the P.O.W.R.S. (Protect our Wisconsin State Retirement) Group and No Dem Left Behind. https://youtu.be/47cLX5riUGE?si=OnC9UKzwMBQSIdc2

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Project 2025: Trump’s Roadmap to the American Takeover

Read it Yourself!!     The Heritage Foundation and the 2024 Trump Election Team learned from what didn’t work in 2016 – 2020 and have decided to steal our government and democracy IF Trump wins.  How do we know?  Read it yourself in their 900-page report called “Project 2025” found at www.project2025.org. We will “systematically march into office, bringing a new army of aligned, trained, and essentially weaponized conservatives ready to do battle against the deep state”.  2025 Project Director Paul Dans, Sept. 2023. What will happen IF they ...

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Fair Maps 2024 Strategic Planning Day

Please join the Fair Maps 2024 Strategic Planning DaySaturday, April 20 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM GOAL: 75+ participants representing SE, SCentral, SW, Eastern, Central, Western, NE and NW Wisconsin. Unitarian Universalist Society, 504 Grant St., Wausau, WI Lunch Provided In-person participation is preferred. Virtual option available. REGISTER HERE: https://bit.ly/FMC_StrategyPlanning2024

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YES BUT

It is well known the United States started the war in Vietnam based on lies the about Gulf of Tonkin. An estimated 3 million Vietnamese and 50 thousand of our own servicemen were murdered by American “leadership.” Vietnam still suffers high levels of birth defects resulting from the U.S. use of chemical weapons. Villagers – children – were burned alive with napalm. Yes but, Putin is evil and China’s Xi Jinping is a dictator. In the 1990’s the Clinton Administration imposed brutal sanctions on Iraq in an attempt to force Iraqi leadership to conform to U.S. ...

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Poor People’s Campaign

On Saturday, March 2nd, there was a mass March & Assembly at the Capitol in Madison as part of a nationally coordinated day of action in 32 states plus Washignton, D.C. Here in Wisconsin, we gathered at the State Street steps, individuals, groups, congregations, and unions, all ready to march. After the march we gathered at the First United Methodist Church for a mass assembly, followed by lunch. Forward together, not one step back!  

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Who has better policy ideas?

Wisconsin Assembly majority leader Robin Vos claims that Republicans have “better policy ideas for the State of Wisconsin.” He claims this will allow Republicans to continue winning elections for the legislature. But he was only putting a positive spin on being forced to accept Gov. Evers more democratic redistricting maps. Republicans may continue to win elections despite no longer having as many gerrymandered “safe” districts. But they will not win because they have “better policy ideas.” If they win it will be because they are better at manipulating the ...

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WHAT ARE YOUR MAIN CONCERNS IN 2024

Recently, I asked family members and friends: What are your main concerns in 2024? The responses centered around: climate change and the environment; unions; supporting public schools with additional funds to counter the taxpayer money going to unaccountable private schools; gerrymandering and redistricting; the slaughter of children by high-powered rifles; Social Security and Medicare; raising the minimum wage; increase the number of charging stations for vehicles; use money from the military budget for people programs—education, healthcare, childcare; as our local ...

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We Share the Blame…

“Is it for freedom or our comfort and convenience? Is it to profit for big business we pledge our allegiance? Are we prisoners in the land of the brave and the bold? Held by indifference, our hearts grown hard and cold?   From Sara Thomsen's song “Is It For Freedom.”   As a nation, our hearts have become hard and cold to the killing of innocent people all over the world. We are so accustomed to our government constantly bombing someone, somewhere that we can not see the humanity of the victims. Claiming to be defending freedom, democracy or ...

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Moderate/Extremist? Left/Right

Words, and their meanings, matter. Words are not vessels that can be filled with whatever meaning one wants. Kung Fu-tzu, who lived 500 years before Christ, said that before a debate begins, the participants should participate in “rectification of terms.” What he meant was that the participants in the debate should agree on the definitions of the key words to be used. After rectification of terms, many points of dispute disappear. In the US today, we need a rectification of terms, especially in politics and media news. Opposing sides use the same words in disputation, ...

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Tiffany’s Foreign Policy Foolishness

“... when confronted by small men doing big and stupid things, we need to resist with all the wit and creativity we can muster...” Bill McKibben, environmentalist and author “Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative.” John Stuart Mill (1806 – 1873), an influential British political and economic thinker. It would be impolite for me to suggest that Wisconsin Rep. Tom Tiffany, being extremely conservative, might fit J.S. Mills famous maxim. It would not be inappropriate, however, to point ...

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