Socialism Supports the Troops… So Why Not the Rest of Us?

This year a number of candidates for state and national offices are running as democratic socialists. Many of these candidates are women and minorities. AND they are being successful in the primary elections! It appears that younger voters are looking for real solutions to our problems and are not as susceptible to meaningless attack ad labels. Bernie Sanders is a democratic socialist. But Bernie does not intend to change the structure of the economy. Rather he simply advocates making the economy work better by being more inclusive. His support for universal healthcare, ...

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A Tale of Two States

“It's the economy stupid.” James Carville, aide to Bill Clinton in the 1992 presidential race. In the Wisconsin election for governor the state of the economy is a big issue. Governor Scott Walker claims to be improving the state's economy and making Wisconsin “open for business” with his conservative policies. But prosperity has not trickled down to many working people or to many areas of the state. Minnesota took a different path and the results have been better. Who gets elected does make a difference in the lives of people. Wisconsin voters should take ...

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UE UNIT XIII The deadly false belief that taxes pay for spending

We must get this through our heads. At the Federal Level: “TAXPAYER DOLLARS” DO NOT PAY FOR GOVERNMENT SPENDING. THE US TREASURY IS THE CONSTITUTIONALLY AUTHORIZED CREATOR OF THE NATION’S MONEY. GOVERNMENT SPENDING IS THE SOURCE OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS. NOT ONE PENNY OF TAXPAYER MONEY IS EVER NEEDED, OR USED, TO PAY FOR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SPENDING. Whenever progressives or their leaders at the federal level thoughtlessly accept the false premise that taxes pay for government spending, they are effectively saying the Government of the United States of America has no ...

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Build Trust in Wausau

You’re invited to a community dialogue on Wednesday, October 3 entitled ‘Building Trust in Wausau: The Impact of Race’ How do news headlines, pictures and language that identify race, ethnicity or religion affect how we understand the news and the people in the news? What is the responsibility of media and law enforcement in reporting incidents that involve minority populations? Join us in a FREE facilitated community conversation that brings together news media, law enforcement and the public to talk about the impact of media coverage of incidents involving ...

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Solar Power Coming to Wausau

You can learn more about Solar Power for you. In October Solar Power Hour will be held in the Wausau Area. Learn how to save money with solar power. The program is well on its way to reaching the next benchmark of 100 kW, triggering a $.10 per watt ($1,000) rebate. Currently the average homeowner buying through the program will receive a $500 rebate, we need just 18 kW more to reach the program's second benchmark. Attend an upcoming Solar Power Hour to learn more about going solar! Grow Solar is a collaborative effort to make solar affordable for private home ...

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“Supporting” the Troops Hypocrisy

“White House Takes Aim at Financial Protections For Military,” “The Trump administration is taking aim at a law designed to protect military service members from getting cheated by shady lending practices.” National Public Radio, August 13, 2018. “Mulvaney Looks to Weaken Oversight of Military Lending,” “The Trump administration is planning to suspend routine examinations of lenders for violations of the Military Lending Act, which was devised to protect military service members and their families from financial fraud, predatory loans and credit ...

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Why Care about the Environment?

“Only within the moment of time represented by the present century has one species -man- acquired significant power to alter the nature of his world.” Rachel Carson author of Silent Spring “These temple destroyers, devotees of ravaging commercialism, seem to have a perfect contempt for Nature, and, instead of lifting their eyes to the God of the mountains, lift them to the Almighty Dollar.” John Muir In 1969 the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland caught fire. There was so much oil and flammable chemicals floating on the river that it could burn. I saw this river ...

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ALL IS NOT WELL IN RIVER CITY

I am fortunate to be one of the nearly 50 citizens advising the DNR on matters related to the state's first Inland Trout Management Plan. In this capacity, I decided to visit with dedicated trout anglers and professionals from all over the state : Driftless Region, Central Sands, Blue Hills, Northern Highlands, Namekagan River area. We need to pay attention to what they said. In a nutshell, trout fishing is poised to go backwards without change. What convinced these passionate anglers that changes are needed? Few anglers fishing after mid-June in most areas. Fewer ...

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THE UNIVERSAL ECONOMY UNIT XII: THE RICH CLASS WAR ON SOCIAL SECURITY

ec “Social Security” is unusual because unlike most other government programs, we pretend a specific tax finances it. That makes it easy to mentally match payroll tax revenues and benefit payments, and to calculate whether the 75- year actuarial balance is positive or negative. No one knows or cares whether the defense program runs actuarial deficits -- because we don't pretend that a particular tax pays for defense. In reality, Social Security benefits are paid in exactly the same way that the government spends on anything else - by crediting somebody's bank ...

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SAVE MONEY BY USING SOLAR POWER

SOLAR WISCONSIN GROUP BUY is just 18 kW away from hitting their second benchmark, triggering a $1,000 rebate for participants! The program is well on its way to reaching the next benchmark of 100 kW, triggering a $.10 per watt ($1,000) rebate. Currently the average homeowner buying through the program will receive a $500 rebate, we need just 18 kW more to reach the program's second benchmark. Attend an upcoming Solar Power Hour to learn more about going solar! Grow Solar is a collaborative effort to make solar affordable for private home owners as well as busine...

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