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Posted by Scott Walker Campaign, August 17, 2010

Dear President Obama:
Last month, U.S. Transportation Secretary, Ray La Hood was in Wisconsin to release $46.7 million of the $810 million in federal stimulus money designated for a train line between Milwaukee and Madison. Releasing these federal funds now is both premature and irresponsible. Public support for the Madison-Milwaukee train has fallen to just 41% as weary taxpayers watch our roads and bridges crumble without sufficient funds to repair them.
Still, Secretary La Hood declared that: “High-speed rail is coming to Wisconsin,” and “there’s no stopping it.” Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by MacIver News Service [Madison, Wisc…]

The State of Wisconsin has run out of money to pay unemployment benefits and has borrowed one point four billion dollars from the federal government to fill the gap.

Wisconsin’s loans place the state as one of the largest Unemployment Reserve debtors in the country.
As the economic climate worsened in Wisconsin the past few years, more and more people lost their jobs and the state’s Unemployment Reserve Fund became insolvent. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by Ron Heuer, May 26, 2010
Kewaunee County - Wake Up! The beat goes on….Following the first public meeting on the subject of Element Power’s proposed wind turbine project held at the Carlton Town Hall and attended by Execs from Element Power and about 100 concerned Kewaunee County residents, Element Power has moved on the offensive. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by State Representative Kevin Petersen, May 7, 2009

You may have heard the news rumbling through Wisconsin about Harley Davidson. In an effort to fill gaps between expenses and profits, Harley Davidson Inc. must cut $54 million in annual operating costs. To offset the difference, one of the options Harley is considering is relocating its Wisconsin factories to another state. Read the rest of this entry »

The following is an analysis by the Office of the Republican Leader John Boehner, March 19, 2010
Ten Facts Every American Should Know About Democrats’ Final Government Takeover of Health Care

NUMBERS TO KNOW:
• $569.2 billion in tax increases
• $523.5 billion in Medicare cuts
• $48 billion more for Medicaid

1. A Job-Killing Government Takeover of Health Care. No amount of changes or legislative tricks can hide the true destructive nature of this bill: $17 billion in new taxes on Americans who do not comply with the individual mandate, $52 billion in new taxes on employers that do not provide health coverage deemed “acceptable” or “affordable” by government bureaucrats, and new taxes on capital gains, dividends and interest that will further stifle economic growth and job creation. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by Bobby Eberle, February 26, 2010 at 9:09 am

Following the election victories in New Jersey, Virginia, and Massachusetts and Obama’s continuing slide in the polls, I thought it would be a waste of time for Republicans to participate in Obama’s healthcare dog and pony show — a.k.a. Health Care Summit. Let him continue on his free fall… pushing policies that run counter to the essence of what it means to be an American. That was my thought. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by Bobby Eberle, February 23, 2010 at 9:04 am

After being rocked by election defeats in New Jersey, Virginia, and Massachusetts and the growing public disapproval of his health care takeover, Obama and congressional Democrats were reeling. The American people had spoken, and what they said was Obama was taking the country in the wrong direction with the wrong approach.

Obama and the Democrats paused for a bit. We started to wonder if they had seen the light. Was ObamaCare dead? Obama then stated he wanted to “reach out” to Republicans… get their input and suggestions on health care. He even proposed a health care “summit” for this Thursday. Then… he released his “updated” plan. He rejected conservative input and has put forward the same kind of scheme as before. We didn’t want more government before, and we certainly don’t want it now! Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by WISGOP Communications, Feb 6, 2010

“Even the Democrats who voted for the disastrous state budget are complaining about all of the hidden tax and fee increases…”

MADISON – E-mails obtained by Richard Moore, an investigative reporter for the Lakeland Times, revealed one state lawmaker’s candid thoughts on the 2009-11 state budget Democrats approved in June of 2009. State Senator Jim Holperin (D-Conover) told a constituent the budget Democrats voted for contained “enough little tax and fee hikes to sink a good sized battleship.” Read the rest of this entry »

Postec by Dick Morris & Eileen McGann, Sunday, 24 Jan 2010

Highly informed sources on Capitol Hill have revealed to me details of the Democratic plan to sneak Obamacare through Congress, despite collapsing public approval for healthcare “reform” and disintegrating congressional support in the wake of Republican Scott Brown’s victory in Massachusetts.

President Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid all have agreed to the basic framework of the plan. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by Ron Heuer, Jan 15, 2010

Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold once again shows how out of touch he is with the Wisconsin Electorate. He appeared in Pewaukee Wisconsin for a “listening session” and he got an earful. This is for me, this video is reminiscent of the same message Congressmen Steve Kagen heard this past summer at his “listening sessions”. Read the rest of this entry »