Wisconsin Workers Fishing Opener and Boat Parade | Center for Media and Democracy

Wisconsin Workers Fishing Opener and Boat Parade | Center for Media and Democracy

"This year marks the 46th annual WI Governor's Fishing Opener - to be held at Lake Wissota, near Chippewa Falls, WI, on Saturday, May 7.

But Wisconsin Workers are planning a fishing opener of their own! All workers are invited to join in fishing from 8:00am-11:00am, a boat parade at 11:00 am, and a cookout at noon. Let's show our governor a thing or two about fishing, eating, and enjoying the outdoors!

Invited guests include the WI 14 and other Wisconsin Democrats in addition to ALL Wisconsin workers."more info | Center for Media and Democracy

Assembly Dems Flee Wisconsin

Assembly Dems Flee Wisconsin

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RT @NickMilroy: Assembly Dems Flee Wisconsin - eepurl.com/dcA7c

"My colleagues and I have decided that we've had enough of the Republican's railroading their radical agenda through the legislature. All 38 Assembly Democrats have fled the state in order to build public awareness about the devastating affects of Governor Walker's proposed budget. We did not take this action without serious deliberation. In the end, we decided that leaving the state was in the best interest of the state that we all love." Nick Milroy

States Pass Budget Pain to Cities as Cutbacks in Services Cascade - NYTimes.com

States Pass Budget Pain to Cities as Cutbacks in Services Cascade - NYTimes.com

"The cuts are a vivid illustration of a fact of fiscal life: budgetary pain flows downhill. Although state tax collections are finally improving again after the longest and deepest decline on record, they remain well below their prerecession levels. Stimulus money from Washington, which helped keep many states afloat over the last two years, is drying up. So states facing large deficits are proposing cuts in local aid. Ohio’s deficit is projected to be $8 billion over the course of its two-year budget — hence Governor Kasich’s proposed cuts."

posted by US Uncut
This is the only kind of "trickle down economics" that has any basis in reality.
States Pass Budget Pain to Cities as Cutbacks in Services Cascade
www.nytimes.com
More layoffs, service cuts and tax increases are almost certain as deep cuts loom for state aid to cities.

Question Austerity....Wisconsin Public Radio

AUDIO LINK To The Best of Our Knowledge/Wisconsin Public Radio
Question Austerity....

"Governors are slashing state spending, and the President has put some of his own party's favorite programs on the chopping block. But how much of the new austerity is really necessary, and how much is politics? In this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge, is austerity a dangerous idea? Join us as we question austerity and talk about other options. Also, the short, ugly history of how America became a debtor nation."

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