SPIRITUALITY, POLITICS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
The ways our spirituality and our politics interact can be profoundly significant. Recently, during a very pleasant conversation I was told that God gave us dominion over the earth. That comment startled me then and has bothered me ever since, germinating a few thoughts along the way.
It seems wholly outrageous that our Creator would put us in charge of something as complex as this planet - at least as outrageous as the idea of us accepting the offer. How could we even consider dominating the earth when just by tweaking the carbon dioxide settings in our atmosphere ...
CITIZEN ACTION MAKES A DIFFERENCE
Citizen Action North Central Wisconsin Co-op member Hans Breitenmoser Jr. spearheaded a successful effort to pass a non-partisan redistricting resolution on the Lincoln County Board last week.
By roll call vote, Lincoln County Democrats and Republicans stood up together and said our system for drawing these lines is fundamentally flawed and needs to be changed.
A copy will be sent to the Governor, the Counties Association, the Towns Association, the League of Municipalities, all members of the state legislature and to each Wisconsin county.
In Wausau co-op members ...
PART ll ….CHEMICALS AND AUTISM
(Denele Campbell blogs from Arkansas.)
Despite compelling and well-documented scientific studies showing the strong link between certain chemicals and a slate of neurodevelopmental disabilities including autism, the EPA has for decades postponed any meaningful action to more strictly regulate (or ban) the culprits. In a recent publication, scientists stated:
In 2006, we did a systematic review and identified five industrial chemicals as developmental neurotoxicants: lead, methylmercury, polychlorinated biphenyls, arsenic, and toluene. Since 2006, epidemiological ...
FOUR DEATHS
Four people are dead in the Wausau community. Four families are grieving along with a shocked community. Thousands of people came to pay their respects to the fallen police officer. A woman who was abused and her six children will deal with the grief for the rest of their lives knowing what the husband/father has done. The families will never be the same. The Wausau community will continue to soul search and ask: how can this happen here?
What do Wisconsin Republican legislators do? Propose a bill that allows hidden deadly weapons to be carried without a permit. This ...
ACA: Aftermath And Consequences
WIPPS (Wisconsin Institute of Public Policy)
Few issues in recent years have ignited as much political debate as the creation of the Affordable Care Act. Under the Trump administration, the ACA is certain to undergo many changes, be repealed, replaced or have some other result. WIPPS Economics Fellow Dr. Marty Finkler will present possible scenarios and likely effects at the 2017 Public Issues Series.
Thursday, April 6
7 p.m.
Free and open to the public
James F. Veninga Theater
UW Center for Civic Engagement
625 Stewart Avenue, Wausau
Dr. ...
WEALTH AND MONEY PART XXXI THE FRIGHTENING IGNORANCE OF THE “BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT”
A dangerous assault on the United States of America is now well underway. It hardly makes the news. Under the guidance of the billionaire Koch brothers funded American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and other corporately supported think tanks, 29 states have passed a resolution calling for a Constitutional Convention for the purpose of passing a federal “Balanced Budget Amendment.” Only 5 more states are needed to reach the 34 required to force the holding of this historically unprecedented event (the original Constitutional Convention was held in 1787). Led by ...
APRIL EVENTS
APRIL EVENTS
TUESDAY, APRIL 4….ELECTION…..PLEASE VOTE
Go to your local polling station and vote for State Superintendent of Public Schools and members of your local school board. Wisconsin is the only state to elect their State Superintendent. Other states appoint their superintendent.
THURSDAY, APRIL 6….
Few issues in recent years have ignited as much political debate as the creation of the Affordable Care Act. On Thursday, April 6, at 7 p.m., WIPPS Economic Policy Fellow Dr. Marty Finkler will be presenting on, "The Affordable Care Act: Aftermath and ...
ACTION ALERT
ACTION ALERT
2 EVENTS IN WAUSAU
WEEK OF MARCH 20
The first event is at 11 AM, and it takes place at Sean Duffy's Wausau Office, 208 Grand Ave, 54403, this Tuesday, March 21st.
Rep. Duffy, and the House Republicans are set to vote on the American Health Care Act (AHCA) sometime next week. We would like express opposition to this replacement of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as it will block access to affordable healthcare for over 22 million Americans, make the cost of healthcare even higher for the elderly, and raise costs on those with ...
THE WAGE GAP
Laura Dresser, Ph.D, the Associate Director of COWS (Center on Wisconsin Strategy) spoke at the Interfaith Coalition for Worker Justice Breakfast February 13th, 2017 in Madison. Laura Dresser is a co-editor of The Gloves-Off Economy: Workplace Standards at the Bottom of America’s Labor Market. She is addressing issues on the connection between quality care, quality jobs, and minimum wages.
In her speech, Laura Dresser addressed the issue of the wage inequity working women face in the labor force.
***Women are paid less than a man for doing the exact same job.
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WEALTH AND MONEY Part XXX: THE CONQUERING (AND RESCUE) OF AMERICA
The Wall Street Bank System
Washington Public Banking Coalition
Public Banking Institute
One of the first actions President Donald Trump and his newly appointed cabinet members ( several of whom are former employees of Wall Street bank Goldman Sachs) plan to take in “Making America Great Again” is to substantially increase our already destructively bloated military budget. It will do nothing to make us more safe. While our corporately directed armed forces are manipulated to pursue pre-emptive, imperialist wars abroad, we as American citizens are being impoveri...