Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
New resources
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Resources
Latest reviews
Search resources
Members
Current visitors
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Open Football Discussion
Green Bay Packers Fan Forum
Charles Woodson and Wis. Protesters
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="TJV" data-source="post: 357903" data-attributes="member: 4300"><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Just so there’s no confusion, Wisconsin faces a $3,600,000,000 deficit over the next biennium. The previous Governor plugged budget holes by raiding the Patients compensation fund – something the WI Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional. He also diverted about $1B of the transportation fund into the general fund. And of course he and the dems pushed through a $1B tax and fee increase with no public hearing which was approved by the Legislature the day after it was introduced. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Unlike the Federal government, Wisconsin has a constitutional mandate to balance its budget and of course cannot print money or engage in quantitative easing once, let alone twice. When Walker introduces his budget, there will be large cuts in state money going to local governments. He wants to give those local governments the ability to make their employees chip in more for their lavish health insurance and pension benefits. That’s long overdue in my opinion. And keep in mind, “staunch conservatives” like President Franklin Delano Roosevelt were against collective bargaining for government employees. </span></span></p><p> </p><p>BTW, for those thinking the Federal government can bail out the states: The Federal debt is approximately 14 trillion dollars. To put that in perspective, one billion dollars = $1,000 million. One trillion dollars = $1,000 billion, so 1 trillion dollars = one million million. And we are 14 of those in debt. Our gross domestic product - the value of all the goods and services we provide - is about 14.5 trillion. Here's a <a href="http://www.usdebtclock.org/" target="_blank">link</a> that should scare all of us. But this is a <strong><span style="color: darkgreen">WORLD CHAMPION GREEN BAY PACKERS</span></strong> forum and that involves to some degree escaping such realities so I'll step off my soapbox now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TJV, post: 357903, member: 4300"] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Just so there’s no confusion, Wisconsin faces a $3,600,000,000 deficit over the next biennium. The previous Governor plugged budget holes by raiding the Patients compensation fund – something the WI Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional. He also diverted about $1B of the transportation fund into the general fund. And of course he and the dems pushed through a $1B tax and fee increase with no public hearing which was approved by the Legislature the day after it was introduced. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Unlike the Federal government, Wisconsin has a constitutional mandate to balance its budget and of course cannot print money or engage in quantitative easing once, let alone twice. When Walker introduces his budget, there will be large cuts in state money going to local governments. He wants to give those local governments the ability to make their employees chip in more for their lavish health insurance and pension benefits. That’s long overdue in my opinion. And keep in mind, “staunch conservatives” like President Franklin Delano Roosevelt were against collective bargaining for government employees. [/FONT][/COLOR] BTW, for those thinking the Federal government can bail out the states: The Federal debt is approximately 14 trillion dollars. To put that in perspective, one billion dollars = $1,000 million. One trillion dollars = $1,000 billion, so 1 trillion dollars = one million million. And we are 14 of those in debt. Our gross domestic product - the value of all the goods and services we provide - is about 14.5 trillion. Here's a [URL="http://www.usdebtclock.org/"]link[/URL] that should scare all of us. But this is a [B][COLOR=darkgreen]WORLD CHAMPION GREEN BAY PACKERS[/COLOR][/B] forum and that involves to some degree escaping such realities so I'll step off my soapbox now. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Members online
Matt39
Heyjoe4
ThePerfectBeard
shockerx
weeds
Latest posts
H
2024 3rd round #88 MarShawn Lloyd RB
Latest: Heyjoe4
2 minutes ago
Green Bay Packers Fan Forum
162-0
Latest: weeds
13 minutes ago
Milwaukee Brewers Forum
Green Bay to Host '25 Draft!
Latest: weeds
19 minutes ago
NFL Discussions
S
2024 Packer UDFA Tracker....
Latest: Schultz
Today at 5:55 AM
Green Bay Packers Fan Forum
2024 draft discussion thread
Latest: Thirteen Below
Today at 12:58 AM
Draft Talk
Forums
Open Football Discussion
Green Bay Packers Fan Forum
Charles Woodson and Wis. Protesters
This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register.
By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies.
Accept
Learn more…
Top