THANKS FOR EMBARASSING US, GOVERNOR

Thank you, Governor, for embarassing the State of Wisconsin and going to Washington with your tincup in hand, crying for a bailout. Our state, which used to pride itself on financial conservatism, is nothing more than a beggar at the doors of the Federal treasury.

The Federal money is BORROWED, you have signed a budget which, to quote the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, "solved each budget with one-time fixes, relying on accounting tricks, increased borrowing and transfers from the state's transportation fund." Maybe someone should point out to you that a major contributor to the current fiscal crisis in this country is the MASSIVE amounts of borrowing, both at the government and consumer level. We MUST stop creating this monstrous legacy of IOUs, which my children and grandchildren will be paying for when the debt comes due.

The first step we need to take is removing the D and R from the end of each legislator's names. Too much rhetoric has already been wasted in Washington on finger-pointing and the blame game. This is a BI-partisan issue. Rather, let me say a NON-PARTISAN issue. Anyone who is looking to increase their support base and vote totals via this financial crisis ought to be voted right OUT of office.

Gov. Jim Doyle joined four other Democratic governors today to call for a $1 trillion federal economic stimulus package that would include $250 billion for education. Doyle and the others - Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland, New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine, New York Gov. David Paterson and Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick - said in a conference call with reporters that federal assistance for education was essential to avoiding deep cuts in cash-strapped states.
Specifically, they wanted a $1 trillion, two-year package to include:
• $350 billion for road and other infrastructure projects that could quickly put thousands of people to work.
• $250 billion to cover education costs - from preschool through college - that are currently covered by states.
• $250 billion for Medicaid, unemployment insurance, welfare and other assistance programs.
• $150 billion - or more - for middle-income tax breaks.
“The assistance would be manna for us,” said Paterson.
(From the Milwauke Journal-Sentinel)