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Information Technology SolutionsMiddle WisconsinNews
A FACT-DRIVEN VOICE FOR
MIDDLE WISCONSIN VIEWS
FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE STATE
FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS
De ce m b e r 2 0 1 2
Editors Note ........................1
The Farce of the Fiscal Cliff..... 1
Filthy Rich .............................3
Working Wisconsin ...............4
Voter ID Law .........................5
Paul Wellstone ......................6
Grover Norquist ....................7
Speak Up! .............................8
Bernie Sanders .....................9
Damned Fools ....................10
Anchoring Wealth ...............11
Challenging the Myth ..........12
2012 Midd le Wiscons in
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By Dave Svetlik MosineeThe Farce of the Fiscal Cliff
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The longer we
listen to one
another with
real attention
the more
commonality
we will ind
in all our lives.
Barbara Deming
Auh
You stick
together
til its won.
Pete Seeger
Amec fk ge
2012 Midd le Wiscons in
The Farce of the Fiscal Cliff Continued
Throughout our history, Americans have stood shoulder to
shoulder to ght through the worst. At this decisive moment,
the Budget for Allasks the most fortunate to contribute a
sensible share. We ask because we value a teacher as much
as a CEO, a grocer as much as a venture capitalist, working
moms as much as working dads, and our rough neighbor-
hoods as much as our safe suburbs. The CPC budget is a governing vision for all
Americans. It is a reecon of their priories and voices.
Americans believe in the covenant made between a government and its cizens.
We hear them, and honor the promises made by Social Security, Medicare, and
Medicaid. The CPC budget protects these basic guarantees: When you are old, you
will not live in poverty; when you are sick, you will have aordable health care; and
when youve fallen on tough mes, you will have support to get back on your feet.
Those promises are not up for negoaon or experimentaon.
The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) Budget
The Budget for AllExcerpt
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I 10 Filthy-Rich, Tax-Dodging Hypocrites Pushing Disastrous Austerity on America
Ade d Kge (Oc. 26, 2012) decbe hw he Fx-he-Deb cf
me h 80 CEO ug he -ced c c ppuy pe f
me cpe x bek. Th c pedg $60 m med d
bbyg cmpg pme he de deg wh he c
chege. Ade d Kge p u he y he fc h these tax-
dodging CEOs have been major contributors to the naonal debt they claim they
know how to x.
The Fix-the-Debt coalion proposes cuts to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid,
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In 2011, the 10 most protable U.S. companies including Exxon Mobil, Apple,
Microso, JPMorgan Chase, and General Electric paid an average federal tax
rate of 9%. Exx Mb pd y 2% f $73.3 b eg he IRS. Eec-
ve cpe x e ecey h 40-ye w cpe p e -
me hgh. Cp beeg m fm we eecve x e e mg
he bgge bbyg pede. (Eche, The Hug P, Aug. 6, 2012)
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mgmuy cm he wud ccep m cee dvdu xe f he
wehy exchge f cmpeheve budge de h cude he e
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Middle Wisconsin NewsDe ce m b e r 2 0
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To hear some
pundits tell it, the
Lame Duck budget
battle is about the
unsustainable
federal deicit,
or entitlement
reform, or even
tax rates. These char-
acterizations make it
sound like a contest
between two
competing sets of
policies and
programs. But under-
lying all of the policy-
speak, the Lame Duck
budget battle is
really about one ques-
tion. Will the 1% of
Americans who had
the party that caused
the deicit be asked to
pay the bill?
Robert CreamerPc Ogze
Pe Demccy Pe
Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
robert-creamer/budget-battle_b_2189553.html
2012 Midd le Wiscons in
By Jeanne Larson Phillips
Filthy-Rich, Tax-Dodging
Hypocrites
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It happens every me whenever I hear someone say that this state or that state is a
Right to Work State: The h d up he bck f my eck, d I cge eve
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he py pfm. Wke hud e he b dvduy he cp. Cecv
bgg d de u demccy ee ufy fg he pce f e b.
T he Repubc, h cu pf d h w d. Wke e expedbe.
D yu fed d fme fv... Whe mee y gh wk, epd by
yg mehg ke: Oh, you really mean worker exploitaon laws, which are meant
to harm working people by driving down wages, eliminang benets, and valuing prot
over people. The gve yuef p he bck f efmg he ue by ug
Repubc-pek d f ckg up f wke.
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In our glorious
ght for civil rights,
we must guard
against being
fooled by false
slogans, such as
'right-to-work.' It
provides no 'rights'
and no 'work.' Its
purpose is to
destroy labor
unions and the
freedom of
collecve bargain-
ing... We demand
this fraud be
stopped.
Dr. Marn Luther
King, Jr.
The problem withunions today is thatthere aren't enough
of them.
Marn Johns2011
2012 Midd le Wiscons in
Working Wisconsin Labor News & Views
By John Spiegelhoff MerrillWorker Exploitation Laws
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2012 Midd le Wiscons in
The Voter ID Law Is It Necessary?
By Joyce Luedke Hayward
Nobody will ever
deprive the
American people of
the right to vote
except theAmerican people
themselves
and the only way
they could do
this is
by not voting.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Voter ID absolutely would have made a
dierence in the elecon outcomew W-
c Se Senator Alberta Darlings
(Repubc, 8h Dc, Rve F) e-
pe que bu Ac 23, he ve
ID w, whe ppeg Nvembe 10 he
TV hw UpFront with Mike Gousha. Abe
Dg eved c-ch f he Rmey/
Ry cmpg. She cued: Were look-
ing at all sorts of dierent precincts and all
sorts of same-day registraon.
What is Senator Darling implying by her
statements?
1. Is she implying that 200,000 or more
people commied voter fraud W-
c? Pede Obm/Vce Pede
Je Bde w he e f Wc
wh 52% f he ve d mg f
ve 200,000 ve. I he mpyg h
hee ve e vd?
2. Is she implying that voters who voted in
dierent precincts are more apt to
commit voter fraud than others? I he
mpyg h ve fud mp bu
ju c be pved?
I Juy, De Cuy Judge David Flanagan
uck dw Wc ve ID w v-
g he e cu expe pec-
f vg gh, g h: Sce
2004, ve fud veg hve bee
udeke by he Mwukee Pce Dep-
me, by he My f Wc, d by
he Depme f Juce, wkg wh
vu cuy pecu hugh he
(Repubc) Aey Gee Eec
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pduced pecu f ve fud v-
h wud hve bee peveed by
he ve ID equeme Wc
ve ID w. (Bed Fche,
PRWch.g, Nv. 14, 2012)
3. Is she implying that the thousands of
people who registered on elecon day
commied voter fraud? I he mpy
h he p wke wud kwgy
d wgy d he ve cmm
ve fud? I w p beve
eec dy. I w hd hw cef
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he pg e.
4. Is she implying that had Act 23 been in
place, more than 200,000 would not
have been able to vote: me, he
dbed, he hmee, he edey,
ude, my pee, he p,he defched?
I believe what Alberta Darling was implyin
is this: The ew vg w, Ac 23, w pu
pce Wc by Repubc gve
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Wellstone Acon w ceed 2003 h d emembe U.S. Senator Paul Wellstond h wfe Sheila Wellstone, wh ded pe ch 12 dy befe he 2002 eec.
Wee w Pgeve fm Me.
I ey 10 ye f exece, Wee Ac h ed 55,000 pepe
pgeve pc hughu he USA.
The fwg e me mp eu fm he Nvembe 6 eec:
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Wee Ac um.
I Minnesota, Demc w bh he Hue d See, wh 40 f he um
kg ce. Ae 30 gh defe he b bx, he Me Ue
f A Fme w he gh f mge equy.
I Maine, Wee Ac peed wh Me Ued f Mge.
Th efeedum w. N e h eve ppved me-ex mge by
ppu ve.
I Florida, Wee Ac pyed key e wg h e. They eme
up wh Fd New Mjy d he Fd Immg C ge u he
ve cmmue h e e ged.
I North Dakota, Wee Ac e Pe Re Seme d he em
Nve Ve bugh vcy f Hed Hekmp, he feme U.S. Se
Nh Dk hy.
Yu c ed me bu Wee Ac d um www.wellstone.org.
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The future will
not belong to
those who sit onthe sidelines.
The future will
not belong to
the cynics.
The future
belongs to
those who
believe in thebeauty of their
dreams.
Paul Wellstone
Pgeve
Me Se
2012 Midd le Wiscons in
Remembering
Senator Paul Wellstone
By Virginia Kirsch Wausau
We all do beer when we all do beer.
Paul Wellstone
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Grover Norquist we he Taxpayer Protecon Pledge, whch h hed Cge
cpve, eug umeu U.S. c pbem gg uved. (Senator Ron
Johnson d Congressman Sean Duy hve ged h pedge.)
Nw vce f pp h pedge e beg hed. Me h 80 e
execuve f he USA ge cmpe hve ued he upp f gup
ced Fix the Debt.They e yg ud d ce h he Ued Se c
ve c pbem whu g xe he wehyg wh
wg he Bush Tax Cuts expe.
Nqu fuded he Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) 1985 he eque f
President Reagan. A he cu, he pedge hd bee ged by 218 Hue
membe, 39 U.S. Se, 13 gve, d ve 1,200 e eg. The
umbe e mewh educed, e he Nvembe 6 eec.
Nevehee, u elected ocials who signed the pledgeeem hd he yy h pedge bve he yy u U.S. Cu.
O pe e, Gve Nqu w b Mchue 1956. He gdu-
ed fm Hvd Bue Sch wh MBO. He h bee m-gveme,
w-x cv d h hed my p h ed:
Chef peech we f he U.S. Chmbe f Cmmece
S f he Repubc Pm Cmmee 1988, 1992, d 1996
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mah Alrayyes, Ab-Amec wh Kuw . They dped w chde fm
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Ab-Amec f Rmey.
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It is true, as
indicated in the
last cited case, that
every exaction of
money for an act is
a discouragement to
the extent of the
payment required,
but that which in itsimmediacy is a
discouragement
may be part of an
encouragement
when seen in its
organic connection
with the whole.
Taxes are what we
pay for civilized
society.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Supeme Cu Juce
(qu fm
1927 cu ce)
2012 Midd le Wiscons in
Grover
Norquist
By Virginia Kirsch Wausau
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Speak Up!
By Joyce Luedke Hayward
Thoughtful
Americans
understand that
the highest
patriotism is nota blind acceptance
of oficial policy,
but a love of
ones country
deep enough to call
her to a higher
standard.
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Idepede Senator Bernie Sanders
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pe eed Sp Dmg Sc Secuy d Medce.
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"You have given
the wealthiest
[portion] of the
population a
break, and nowyou are coming
before the
American people
and saying,
'We don't have
enough money to
protect the sick
and the old.
Bernie Sanders
U.S. Se
Vem
2012 Midd le Wiscons in
By Jeanne Larson PhillipsBernie Sanders
. . . [T]he large decit that we are now experiencing was primarily causedduring the Bush years by two unpaid-for wars, huge tax breaks for the rich
and a prescripon drug program wrien by the insurance and drug com-
panies. Further, as a result of the greed, recklessness and illegal behavior
on Wall Street which drove us into this terrible recession, revenue at 15.2
percent of GDP is the lowest in 60 years.In order to cover the cost of the unpaid-for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan,
they want to make signicant cuts to Social Security that will aect not
only seniors but disabled veterans. They want to do this despite the fact
that Social Security is funded by the payroll tax, has not added a penny to
the decit and has a $2.7 trillion surplus.In order to cover the cost of tax breaks given to millionaires and billion-
aires, they want to increase the Medicare eligibility age from 65 to 67 and
throw millions of families with children o of Medicaid.At a me when the United States has the most unequal distribuon of
wealth and income of any major country and the gap between the very
rich and everyone else is growing wider, their decit-reducon plan calls
for lowering the top tax rates for the rich and large corporaons to 28
percent or even lower.
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Demc chked up he defe he
ec eec hed ee h ye e hg...mey. Bu wh Bck Obm
fey eued he Whe Hue,
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gme bg wy hey k hed
he 2014 eec. N ge d hey ee Supe PAC d dk
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eve my he Repubc ( de) becue I gee wh
he mem med ceu h bg mey he 2012
eec. O he ufce mgh ppe h he ke f f-c,
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he pe mewhee he eghbhd f $50 m ve
ce d h cdde evey ce. Ove, mehg ke
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w becue f he wy h ded he pcy ged, he
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ece, ye eeced ffc e egc debe he ubjec.
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f 1% f cey h cuy beef fm cke-dw pce.
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Wc hve he upp f u cmmue d hvewched hepey Repubc hve bu chp ce
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Wc pubc empyee u, Demc wee geg $6
fm bue ee f evey d hey wee ecevg fm
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eve whe ppe e. Ad Demc e m f
whe bg mey w. Whe hey e pped pyg he
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Demc he U.S. See, Demc he e ee d
dd mke de he ge GOP mjy he Aemby.
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wee dw.
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Ad he hee e Demc.
Reprinted from Wisconsin Democracy Campaign
Big Money Blog, November 28, 201
http://blog.wisdc.org/2012/11/there-are-damned-fool
and-then-there.htm
There Are Damned Fools, And Then There Are DemocratsBy Mike McCabe Madison
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Wealth & Money
2012 Middle Wisconsin
Community wealth
building aims at
improving the ability
of communities and
individuals to
increase asset
ownership, anchor
jobs locally, expand
the provision of public
services, and ensure
local economic
stability. Community
wealth strategies are
designed to draw
more dollars into the
community
by raising the
inancial assets ofindividuals, by
increasing the level of
common assets
within a community
that are locally
owned, and by
leveraging the use of
funds from
institutions that are
based in the
community for
community-beneiting
purposes.
Source:http:evergreencooperatives.
com/evergreen-toolkit/community-wealth-
building/
Anchoring Wealth
How Saving Money at a Big-Box Store
Impoverishes Us
A umbe f ude hve demed h c m, whe hey e pduc
he c mke, ed ped ge pp f he cme c wge
d pcueme, whe ch e e me key dve eveue bd dmp fm bd. F ce, 2007 udy S Fcc fud h evey
$1 m pe c bke ceed $321,000 dd ecmc cvy
he e cudg $119,000 wge pd c empyee whe he me
$1 m pe ch bke geeed y $188,000 c ecmc
cvy, cudg $71,000 c wge. The udy fuhe fud h if residents
shied 10% of their spending from chains to local businesses that would generate
$192 million in addional economic acvity S Fcc d m 1,300
ew jb.
Source: hp://evegeecpeve.cm/bu/
Anchoring wealth is about the growing movement to prevent wealth from leaving
our communies. I bu keepg u weh c, he h g g
cp, gy vepd CEO, d he pedy geed f W See.
Anchoring wealth is about working as a community for the common good, about co-
operaves, about employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) for our local businesses
and corporaons. I bu eg h we c deped up hud we
be hed hge g ude meyed ee cee c vg -wge jb.
Achg weh bu hw we cmmuy eg c f u w ecm-c dey d bu pvdg f ppue f eveye.
I uge yu k he fwg webe h pvde emkbe exmpe f wh
beg de c Amec d ud he wd:
Community Wealth Building: hp:evegeecpeve.cm/evegee -k/
cmmuy-weh-budg/
Worker Cooperaves: hp://www.cmmdem.g/hede/2010/02/15 -7
Co-ops: hp://cmmuy-weh.g/ege/pe/cp/dex.hm
Sustainable economics: hp://www.w.g/
By Dave Svetlik Mosinee
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And if all others accepted the lie which the party imposed
if all records told the same tale
then the lie passed into history and became the truth
George Orw
1984 (pubhed 194
CHALLENGING
THE MYTH...
The Myth of
Conservativesvs.Progressives
Polics Exam
1. The majority of which of the following constituencies favors raising taxes on the rich?A. Conservatives B. Progressives C. Both A and B
Answer __C__
2. The majority of which of the following constituencies is against any cuts to social security?A. Conservatives B. Progressives C. Both A and B
Answer __C__
3. The majority of which of the following constituencies is against any cuts to Medicare/Medicaid?A. Conservatives B. Progressives C. Both A and B
Answer __C__
4. The majority of which of the following constituencies favors more regulation of Wall Street?A. Conservatives B. Progressives C. Both A and B
Answer __C__
Theres class warfare, all right, but its my class,
the rich class, thats making war, and were winning.
Warren Bue
If we ce g beg hkg We he Pepe, we w e h he cue pc be
beg wged Amec e bewee cevve d pgeve, bewee pubc d pve wke,
bewee y f he he pgehe we hve bee pced dvde u. We he Pepe d udemccy e ude u fm gchc/pucc pwe ee, d he e we uded h,
he e we c j gehe, ued cevve d pgeve, gh bck.
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