Monday, July 15, 2019

While Wis budget has help for many, it'll likely be tougher in 2 years

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Let’s look at what the LFB says the structural numbers are set as for this budget, and then the next 2 years. You can see where the prob...
Saturday, July 13, 2019

US might hit the debt ceiling? Sounds like it's time for House Dems to play hardball

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This throws an interesting monkey wrench into events in DC over the next couple of weeks, on top of all of the other craziness in that pl...

Farmers and consumers keep racking up debt. When does it hit the wall?

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There was an alarming story that Reuters had this week, which included reports from Wisconsin and mentioned that Wall Street banks have sto...
Friday, July 12, 2019

Charlie Pierce nails it on past and present House Speakers

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Two articles from late last week cemented why Charlie Pierce as one of the best political writers in this country. The first came on Thursda...
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Thursday, July 11, 2019

If the economy is so great, why is Wall Street counting on a rate cut?

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While President Trump and other Republicans talk up the stock market and the overall economy, Fed chair Jerome Powell was telling Congress...

Now that Evers wields veto pen. GOPs now care about powerful executive.

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Oh, so Republicans are now snippy about Governor Evers outwitting them as he signed the state budget last week? And now they want to change...
Tuesday, July 9, 2019

Minimum wage study shows more are better off the closer you get to $15

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So here’s the high-level summary of what the CBO had to say about what would happen if the minimum wage was raised to 3 different levels. ...