Taxes Here Claimed 10.8% of Income in 2014MADISON—New Census Bureau figures just released for 2014 show Wisconsin’s state-local tax burden declining from 15th highest among the states in 2013 to 16th in 2014. Taxes here fell from 10.9% of personal income in 2013 to 10.8% in 2014. Nationally, taxes relative to income rose from 10.4%…
Government Circus
Wisconsin Business Leaders Optimistic About U.S. Economy, Trump Presidency
Survey predicts uptick in hiring, profitability during first half of 2017 MADISON – Wisconsin business leaders begin 2017 very optimistic about both the direction of the U.S. economy and what a Donald Trump presidency means for the business climate, according to a survey conducted in November and December by Wisconsin’s largest business association. Sixty percent…
John Anthony
Draining the cultural swamp in our children’s minds
While Donald Trump maneuvers to cleanse government’s cesspool, communities face a bigger challenge at home. Academics, classroom teachers, newspapers and television, movie stars and the Cultural Arts are seducing our children into believing it is their duty to relinquish their rights for a coveted scrunch into the bloated backseat of the global collective. Like a…
General
WILL Responds to Evers/DPI over ESSA Claims
Nothing prevents state legislature from asserting its constitutional “legislative power” January 9, 2017 – Milwaukee, WI – Last week, WILL attorneys CJ Szafir and Libby Sobic released a memo explaining how new federal law, Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), impacts K-12 education in Wisconsin. The memo mentions how Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Evers is…
Gary Wickert
Wisconsin’s Race for State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Who is currently the Superintendent of the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, and why is that position important for Wisconsin taxpayers? They would make good trivia questions at a party because almost nobody knows the answers. The Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction is an elected position in the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI). The…
Paul Driessen
Reality-based climate forecasting
Continuing to focus on carbon dioxide as the driving force will just bring more bogus predictionsThese days, even shipwreck museums showcase evidence of climate change. After diving recently among Key West’s fabled ship-destroying barrier reefs, I immersed myself in exhibits from theNuestra Senora de Atocha, the fabled Spanish galleon that foundered during a ferocious hurricane…