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Here is Scott Walker's own political version of the famous Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle in physics:
Republicans are for certainty -- except when that would benefit Democrats. Then, they're for uncertainty.
Walker, commenting on the Department of Revenue's decision to slam small "roll your own" cigaret shops:
"What we hear from employers all the time … is they want the certainty of knowing what the law is, what the rules are, that they're applied universally and across the board."
But when implementing the state's new Voter ID law, the Walker administration has told its Department of Transportation service centers that they are not to volunteer to citizens seeking the IDs the information that, under the law, they don't have to pay the usual $28 fee if they're only going to use the card to get a ballot at a polling place.
So, businesses need certainty to create jobs! But if you're an average citizen? Walker wants you to keep on guessing! Especially if you're a member of the opposition.
Wait till Ron "Regulations Kill Jobs" Johnson hears about this. WisPolitics reports:
Walker also defended the Revenue Department's decision to require additional permits for so-called "roll your own" cigarette machines amid complaints that some retailers are shutting down because of the regulations.
The governor rejected the argument that the policy was hurting businesses, saying the DOR decision provides certainty for all retailers in the tobacco industry.
"It's not picking winners and losers. It's applying what the law is," Walker said.
"What we hear from employers all the time … is they want the certainty of knowing what the law is, what the rules are, that they're applied universally and across the board," he added.
Funny, what Ron Johnson hears from employers all the time is that it's not "certainty" they want. What they want is no regulations.
The idea that regulations are what's keeping businesses from creating jobs is as bogus as can be. But it's become GOP gospel, and Walker says it, too. Just not in this case.
AFTERTHOUGHT: Maybe the question we should be asking is which of Walker's special interest friends and contributors is this helping?
Wait till Ron "Regulations Kill Jobs" Johnson hears about this. WisPolitics reports:
Walker also defended the Revenue Department's decision to require additional permits for so-called "roll your own" cigarette machines amid complaints that some retailers are shutting down because of the regulations.
The governor rejected the argument that the policy was hurting businesses, saying the DOR decision provides certainty for all retailers in the tobacco industry.
"It's not picking winners and losers. It's applying what the law is," Walker said.
"What we hear from employers all the time … is they want the certainty of knowing what the law is, what the rules are, that they're applied universally and across the board," he added.
Funny, what Ron Johnson hears from employers all the time is that it's not "certainty" they want. What they want is no regulations.
The idea that regulations are what's keeping businesses from creating jobs is as bogus as can be. But it's become GOP gospel, and Walker says it, too. Just not in this case.
AFTERTHOUGHT: Maybe the question we should be asking is which of Walker's special interest friends and contributors is this helping?
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California Labor Federation
by Angie Wei, California Labor Federation
Bank of America's new $5 monthly debit fee, unveiled Friday, sparked howls of protest from furious bank customers now threatening to walk away to more consumer-friendly banking options. No one knows exactly how many will follow through on the threat, but according to one poll, a $5 monthly fee will drive 66% of debit users towards alternative methods of payment—cash, credit cards, or “other.” Agree or disagree with the 66%, but at least everyone can agree that it’s good consumers can freely decide to spend however they want and bank wherever they choose, right? Wrong.
Thanks to unaffordable fees, credit checks and other obstacles, big banks have shut out about a million California households from access to any banking services whatsoever. These “unbanked” workers, unable to receive direct deposit, have in recent years found employers replacing paper paychecks with mysterious “payroll debit” cards—electronic cards that charge massive fees only a banking lobbyist could love. Employers issue cards directly to workers, wages are loaded onto an account managed by the bank, and every payday, the nickel and diming begins anew.
Original Author:
(James Rowen)
Ah, State Sen. Mary Lazich, (R-New Berlin) - - Wisconsin's gift to political theater that keeps on giving.
On Thursday morning she's scheduled
a hearing on the state's use of traffic roundabouts - - that foreign roadway import that calms traffic, and saves on stoplight costs, but which Lazich finds overwhelmingly baffling.
City of Milwaukee Mark Belling fears a New Berlin roundabout, too.
Even though all turns are to the right.
Some other true-fact items from the Lazich archives:
* She proposed
criminalizing prank phone calls. This came after Scott Walker was embarrassed spilling the beans to the fake David Koch and earned her a shout out on "The Colbert Report."
* Led opposition to the Great Lakes Compact of 2008 even though it was making it possible for her home town to get the Great Lakes water supply it sought, because she believed it would destroy
Wisconsin's sovereignty.
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