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Wisconsin is in a competition with 49 other states for job creation and retention. Based on the performance of our leadership this year we are losing that competition. There are jobs moving and being created during this recession in the United States. They are just in other states like Texas, Georgia, Oklahoma, and Alabama. Unfortunately, some of those jobs moved and were lost from right here in Wisconsin.

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Hundreds of Thousands of Americans protest decades of tyranny, usurpation, corruption, bailouts, TARP, stimulus packages and utter Constitutional contempt by the U.S. Government.

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Yesterday, the Senate passed a budget that was approved by a Conference Committee on a 17 to 15 vote with your senator, Dave Hansen voting in favor. A Conference Committee is a panel of legislators formed to iron out differences between the Senate and Assembly when they pass different budgets. The budget that came out of that committee raises taxes over $2 billion, property taxes an additional $1.5 billion, and increases government spending by nearly 7 percent. As well, there are non-fiscal policy provisions that changed in this budget compared to the Senate and Assembly versions, including those dealing with automobile insurance. This change is very important for Northeast Wisconsin drivers who, if it is enacted into law, will be paying higher insurance rates to subsidize high risk drivers in areas like Milwaukee.

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Today Senator Grothman (R-West Bend) asked Senate Democrats to delay the vote on their budget compromise, which was unveiled at 8:30 pm on Thursday night. Even Senate Democrats not in the privileged secret negotiating room, had no idea what these provisions were. A quick perusal indicates a complete turnover of the mediation arbitration provision to the teachers’ union position.

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With a budget deficit of more than $6.6-billion, Wisconsinites Interests Now says the budget problem is much bigger than the governor. Vince Schmuki (shmoo-kee) of the group says the “Recall Doyle” effort has widened its target to include lawmakers in the Senate and Assembly.

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“You’ll recall that [Gov. Jim] Doyle announced in late November that [the state] would eliminate these payments,” wrote Mr. or Ms. Throat. “Seems like a lot of them got in just under the wire.”

The list itemizes “discretionary compensation awards” — bonuses — to 82 state employees, including the UW System. A few are lump-sum payments: $1,000 here, $500 there, $3,150 to one UW-Madison supervisor for “new duties.” But most are per-hour salary adjustments for merit, equity, new duties and retention that extend permanently into the future. AIG execs, eat your heart out.

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This RECALL is NOT a partisan issue. It is simply an UP or DOWN issue and I think it is time to stand up, pull up our britches and push the lever because either the ENTIRE State of Wisconsin, with a nearly $7 BILLION Dollar DEFICIT, is going down the crapper or Doyle is.

The vast majority of our State of WI representatives are doing NOTHING but filling up the budget and taxation DOYLE-LETT with all sorts of crap. AND, BOY, DOES IT STINK!

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Rep. Roger Roth’s daily effort to Save Our State from the state budget being debated in Madison.

List of NEW ADDITIONAL taxes and fees that Gov. Jim Doyle wants Wisconsin taxpayers to pay ASAP!

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Over 50 people packed the American Legion hall in Manitowoc to hear how they could initiate what would be only the third recall of a sitting US Governor in American history.

Now originally I was a little skeptical. Yes we don’t like him, but can we recall him because he’s raising every tax and fee in town? Orville from CRG makes a compelling argument: Elections are for hiring, and Recalls are for firing.

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Do Wisconsin citizens really want to recall Governor James Doyle? If so, how come there is so little published in local Wisconsin newspapers about it? The Liberty Tree Lantern will try to shed light on these two questions over the next couple of weeks, because this is such an important issue to Wisconsin.

Their are many in Wisconsin media who scoff at suggestions that our State’s survival depends on drastic measures like a recall. But many beg to differ on this implication by such local news sources. Many people have expressed great dismay with these news organization and wonder if these outlets are trying to control political outcomes by preventing news accounts from getting out to the Wisconsin public.

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