Wisconsin

Mining, militarism, and more on agenda for Wis Network for Peace & Justice

October 4, 2011 by Uppity Wisconsin

From Wis. Network for Peace & Justice:

WNPJ's member assembly and awards reception  Saturday, October 8th at the Pyle Center in Madison just got more exciting!
Bad River Tribal Chair Mike Wiggins, right, will join our discussion of "Extreme Mining in Wisconsin."  The tribe strongly opposes the proposed Penokee Hills open pit mine.

Member assembly

Gov. Jobs? More like governor jobbing Wisconsin

October 4, 2011 by Uppity Wisconsin

To boldly go....Gov. Scott Walker's job-creation fervor so far has been mostly all tax cuts for corporations ... and hot air. The state's employment shortfall actually has worsened in Walker's first year but the one thing he wants us to believe is that "job creators" -- that would be businesses which, in the main, are creating virtually no jobs while shedding scads of others -- are "uncertain" about the future and thus need more hand-holding and palm-greasing from the state Capitol.

And look at this: Walker's antics have come at the cost of the state's highest budget in history, significant cuts in wages and benefits for state employees and more spending on loyalist hacks. He's replaced scads of civil servants with political appointees answerable to him, paying some of them tens of thousands of dollars more annually than the veteran professionals they have replaced, despite their lesser experience.

Does screwing consumers create jobs?

October 3, 2011 by Uppity Wisconsin

All you need to know about the latest "job creation" bill added to the special legislative session on jobs by Gov. Scott Walker:

People who successfully sue for injuries would earn a lower interest rate on their judgments than banks and credit card companies who take their customers to court, under a bill Gov. Scott Walker included in the upcoming special legislative session on jobs.

Hey, what more could be fairer?