State Budget

Beware of Feds Bearing Gifts - $89 Million of Stimulus Money for WI Unemployment Benefits has Strings Attached

This Wisconsin State Journal editorial echoes my concerns about the strings attached to the federal stimulus money being sent to Wisconsin. But Congress made the mistake of mixing politics with what should have been temporary emergency assistanceâ...

Democrats Wrong to Push through Tax Boosts in Haste

This editorial in the Janesville Gazette highlights some of the concerns with the budget repair bill that Governor Doyle signed into law in February. Its passage and signature occurred in 48 hours, leaving little time for legislative debate. Public ...

Taxing Businesses Will Not Stimulate our Economy

Jeff Landin’s column in the Appleton Post-Crescent reflects many of my thoughts on what Governor Doyle and Wisconsin Democrats are doing to employers and jobs in our state. Legislation such as the budget bill’s job-killing tax increases, the mi...

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Taxing Businesses Will Not Stimulate our Economy

Jeff Landin’s column in the Appleton Post-Crescent reflects many of my thoughts on what Governor Doyle and Wisconsin Democrats are doing to employers and jobs in our state. Legislation such as the budget bill’s job-killing tax increases, the mi...

Democrats Wrong to Push through Tax Boosts in Haste

This editorial in the Janesville Gazette highlights some of the concerns with the budget repair bill that Governor Doyle signed into law in February. Its passage and signature occurred in 48 hours, leaving little time for legislative debate. Public ...