182 results for author: Middle Wisconsin
MOLLY IVINS QUOTES
Molly Ivins (1946-2007) was a political commentator with a sharp wit—a take-no-prisoners critic of what she considered silly, outrageous, or unfair. Molly Ivins was based in Texas, and both loved and made fun of her state and its culture and politicians.
Here are some of her quotations:
“The first rule of holes: when you’re in one, stop digging.”
“What you need is sustained outrage….there’s far too much unthinking respect given to authority.”
“The best thing about democracy is that it is not neat, orderly, or quiet. It requires a certain relish for confusion.”
“Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless ...
THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war.
We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate—we cannot consecrate—we cannot hallow—this ...
Thomas Street Design Input Due to City By December 5
Please take just a few minutes of your day today to provide the City of Wausau with your input on the 30% Design Plan for Phase II of the Thomas Street Project. It impacts a neighborhood and community, and your opinion makes a difference!
The local media has recently touched on an array of issues with the project's design, including the demolition of blocks of affordable housing including a low-income apartment complex. The planned medians will make it difficult for neighborhood and city residents to even enter and exit homes and businesses. All of this will require a heavy community and financial cost (leverages TIF funds with anticipated future ...
TERRIBLE GOP TAX PLAN
By Common Dreams Staff (11-21-17)
(This article is licensed under Creative Commons.)
Americans for Tax Fairness warns that the bill gives most of the tax cuts to the richest 1%, makes 82 million middle-class families pay more in taxes, and endangers funding for public services.
Amid mounting efforts to block the Republican Party’s latest attempts to cut taxes for the nation’s corporations and wealthiest families, a new report out Tuesday details 13 “terrible things” about the most recent GOP tax bill put forth in the U.S. Senate.
The analysis by Americans for Tax Fairness (ATF)—a campaign of more than 425 national, state, and ...
IT IS TIME FOR SINGLE-PAYER HEALTH CARE
Under single payer, you get a health care card and you can go to any doctor or hospital in the United States. The doctors are not employees of the government. The hospitals remain in private hands. You get to choose your doctor and hospital.
Right now in the United States, the private health insurance companies ration care. If you don’t have health insurance, you don’t get health care. More than 30 million Americans currently lack health insurance. There are some problems in the Canadian system, but most of what you hear about long lines is health insurance industry propaganda.
Single-payer is the only health care reform that ...
EVENTS FOR DECEMBER
SATURDAY DEC. 2
5th Annual Hunger and Homeless Summit sponsored by Rep. Duffy. Open to the public 9-12:30 at the Expo Center in Cedar Creek.
Register at Duffy.house.gov for a seat.
MONDAY, DEC. 4
History Speaks. Professor Jeff Leigh of UWMC will speak on “Putin and Russia”
7 p.m.
Edgar High School, 203 E. Birch, Edgar
Free and open to the public.
TUESDAY, DEC. 5
Drinking Liberally It is our third anniversary.
5:30 – 7:00 p.m. Malarkey’s Pub 408 Third Street, Wausau
Phone 715-819-3663
THURSDAY, DEC. 7
Women for Women
6:00-7:30 p.m. Mar. Co. Dem. Office 833 S. Third Ave, Wausau
Jay Heck with Common ...
DEMOCRATS CALL FOR HEARING ON PROPOSED CITIZENS UNITED RESOLUTION
The Assembly Committee on Constitution and Ethics held its first meeting of the 2017-18 legislative session. Representative Lisa Subeck (D-Madison) and Senator Dave Hansen (D-Green Bay) requested that Committee Chairperson, Rep Scott Allen (R-Waukesha), include Assembly Joint Resolution 53 [2] on today's public hearing agenda.
AJR 53 would place a statewide advisory referendum question on the ballot asking voters whether they support a constitutional amendment overturning the United States Supreme Court's decision in _Citizens United v. FEC_. AJR 53 was referred to the Committee on Constitution and Ethics in May.
Yet, Rep. Allen refused the ...
LIMITS OF POWER
By WIPPS
What are the limits of power in our government? And how has the relationship between the Constitution, Congress and the presidency changed over time, especially in the 21st century?
WIPPS and the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters will present a panel of experts who will address:
Why presidents sometimes issue executive orders that fundamentally change public policy, while other times appear completely impotent to political action
Where the limits of institutional power are considered unsettled
If presidents have used executive orders more often to get around Congress
The limits of institutional power when it ...
RETIREMENT SECURITY FOR PRIVATE SECTOR WORKERS
By Powrs (Protect Our Wisconsin Retirement System)
Two Wisconsin legislators, Rep. Eric Genrich-DePere and Senator Dave Hansen-Green Bay, have teamed up to bring retirement security to private sector workers in Wisconsin. Assembly Bill 403 and Senate Bill 302 propose solving the impending retirement crisis by helping create a way for everyone to achieve a decent retirement income in the future.
These ideas were proposed in the past, but the Republican-controlled legislature has not allowed the bills out of committee for a floor vote. The need for retirement-for-all is too important to give up: EVERYONE deserves a secure retirement and that is ...