tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post6925741139796715002..comments2024-02-20T19:58:27.733-06:00Comments on Jake's Wisconsin Funhouse: Wisconsin proving to be the "gold standard" of jobs failureUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post-82301649195752573832017-06-11T17:48:27.633-05:002017-06-11T17:48:27.633-05:00Well, you are a paid right-wing liar/troll, so I g...Well, you are a paid right-wing liar/troll, so I guess these are good times for no-decency types like you. And it goes a long way toward explaining why this state keeps failing.<br /><br /> The rest of us with a belief in doing something productive for society and where decency and hard work are rewarded, not so much. And Wisconsin needs us a helluva lot more than they need no-talent slime like you. Jake formerly of the LPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15660401299391001751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post-20933124800039217402017-06-11T17:41:41.272-05:002017-06-11T17:41:41.272-05:00No, I'm WINNING in Wisconsin along with just a...No, I'm WINNING in Wisconsin along with just about everyone I know, so I'm quite good, no, strike that, GREAT with how things are going. Governor Walker is going to carry on to a third term in 2018, Jake, and hopefully you can move your ass to Minnesota or Illinois or some other state you profess to love so much. WashCoRepubnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post-70845670449622597562017-06-10T12:21:47.472-05:002017-06-10T12:21:47.472-05:00The interesting thing about the comparison between...The interesting thing about the comparison between Minnesota and Wisconsin currently in my mind is what the difference will be for 2017 and 2018 and beyond because MN finally passed a 1 Billion Dollar bonding bill(hasn't happened in over 4 years) that's fully passed along with an additional $700 million from the surplus to roads as well as around 700 million in refund surplus rebates. The comparison for 2016 wouldn't include anything like that as previous state spending was so low and minimal in the last few budgets. That's on top of the Mayo expansion of Rochester and all the private development totaling billions, and the fact WI is running out of workers faster, cutting deeper than ever before,and MN starting liquor Sunday sales for the first time since becoming a state. What is the difference in jobs/finances going to look like this year, next year and beyond especially if the national economy doesn't expand faster or even slow slightly? The graphs between both states might end up being on different pages at the rate things are going at the moment. Wisconsin is also getting a lot of residents from Illinois so they must be losing far more residents to MN or other states if the population isn't increasing faster. This may be one reason why Madison alone is growing faster. Although it confuses the situation in Milwaukee areas where they are shrinking even with people moving in from Illinois? Could the influx from Illinois by offset by larger losses to MN and other states? Development on the MN side of the St. Croix does seem much faster than on the Wisconsin side. The same seems true with Rochester vs La Crosse and Duluth vs Superior from what I've seen recently.Jake Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03609331924008419458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post-42894947878834655242017-06-09T13:56:36.945-05:002017-06-09T13:56:36.945-05:00A couple of friends and I were talking about this ...A couple of friends and I were talking about this yesterday. You'd think the Kansas story would be major news, and that Dems should be yelling about it from all corners. <br /><br /> TRICKLE DOWN AND CORPORATISM DOES NOT WORK. Calling out this fact is an electoral winner, because people know things are wrong, but Dems are often too scared to tell others whose screwing them. <br /><br /> Go look at how well Jeremy Corbyn and Labour did last night in the UK. There's a reason why, because he spoke truth to power, and had a message that unapologetically said that he was against the corporate elite. <br /><br /> I'm sick of losing in Wisconsin. Aren't you? Jake formerly of the LPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15660401299391001751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post-59376063005872240652017-06-08T16:15:25.079-05:002017-06-08T16:15:25.079-05:00That Kansas legislature has had enough of Sam Brow...That Kansas legislature has had enough of Sam Brownback's Koch/ALEC policies, as they are now having to face the anger of their constituents, who see all too clearly the wreckage Kansas has become.<br /><br />Brownback ran for Governor, advised by supply-side guru Arthur Laffer. Brownback's program, written through ALEC, would be touted as his "real live experiment" that would become the "red-state model" for America to emulate. Trouble was, it didn't work out, exept for Charles Koch and Koch Industries.<br /><br />Brownbeck created a Governor's Council of Economic Advisors, tasked with preparing quarterly reports on just how these policies were fostering Sam's "Comeback" economy.<br />They stopped making reports in mid-2016, as they were proving an embarassment and political liability.<br /><br />Scott Walker has followed the Brownback "Comeback" playbook, getting much the same results. Paul Ryan, fresh from his stint writing speeches for supply-side charlatan Jack Kemp at Empower America (later to become Freedom Works, of the Tea Party and Americans for prosperity), became legislative director for Sen. Sam Brownback for 2 years, then coming back to Wisconsin to set up his political career here.<br /><br />What happened in Kansas with Brownback and his legislature will send shockwaves nationwide. Let's hope our legislature will see the light and break with the Koch pipedream, for the sake of Wisconsin.<br /> <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com