Walker's budget shifts Wisconsin's priorities... Gordon Hintz takes a shot...

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Throughout the 2010 state election campaign and during the past six months, we have heard about the financial challenges facing Wisconsin. Wisconsin and 48 other states have been challenged by revenue shortfalls caused by the global economic recession.

Even in difficult financial times, a budget should serve as a planning document and establish the priorities for the state. It should provide a blueprint on how to address our state's challenges. How will we meet our long-term economic needs? Educate our workforce of tomorrow? Take care of our most vulnerable citizens? Keep our communities safe and our environment protected?

Governor Walker's budget ignores many challenges confronting Wisconsin while it pushes an ideological agenda, contrary to Wisconsin values. It was expected that this budget would include spending cuts. But it was shocking to see Walker's budget change the state's priorities in ways that hurt middle-class families and undermine our quality of life.

Global economic competition makes education and job-training more important than ever. While not perfect, Wisconsin's public education system has been a major strength of our state. Its quality is reflected in our workforce today. Thus, it is hard to understand Governor Walker's massive cuts amounting to $1.68 billion in public K-12 education funding while we see increased funding to expand unproven private voucher and virtual schools.

more:

http://www.thenorthwestern.com/article/20110508/OSH0602/105080343/Commentary-Walker-s-budget-shifts-Wisconsin-s-priorities?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|FRONTPAGE|s

...my buddy open for bidness Scott Walker.



The classic Gordon Hintz rant, pure blue cheese:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9xi3Of786M

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1. "Are you seeing a pattern here?" Hintz's rant was awesome. n/t

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2. K&R

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3. What makes it so significant is that it's totally in the moment... real, unplanned.

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4. so the Republiscum lie & tell the WI Dems to be here at this time to vote

on a bill & they vote before that time & pass their poison. Reminds me of that audio that went around, when they had a voice-count vote, & they lost BUT they LIED & CALLED IT, passing it. It was during W. ALL DEMS should KNOW BY NOW the Right is dirty to the end, they cannot be trusted, so why are they going around, not in the Capitol building-or wherever-when THEY KNOW THE RIGHT IS NOTHING BUT DIRTY TRICKS?
Yes I see a pattern here! Now play for real, because increasingly, Americans' lives are now at stake!

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5. kick