Governor Walker has admitted he doesn't have the people to challenge the over 1 million Recall signatures an alliance of groups have gathered to force a Recall election.
His team has only managed to go through some 400 thousand names claiming ten percent are either fraudulent or missing some important detail.
So the Recall is on sometime this late spring or early summer. The governor and several other Republicans will be on the stump including the state's Lieutenant Governor and several Senators.
The Governor says the Recall is a tragic 'distraction' that will cost about $9 million tax dollars, not including the many more tens of millions of dollars that will flow from the Koch Brother's and their Americans For Prosperity tax-free charitable group.
Wisconsin Democrats are asking the IRS to review the tax-exempt status of Americans For Prosperity, which by law is not permitted to campaign for a politician or party. Recently, billionaire David Koch told a newspaper in Palm Beach, Florida that Americans For Prosperity would be spending 'more money' to support Governor Walker's fight against the Recall.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Dems Challenge Americans For Prosperity Tax Status
The Democrats are demanding the IRS and the weak-kneed state Government Accountability Board investigate the Americans For Prosperity group that is a big fan of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.
You've probably seen the ads from the Americans For Prosperity (AFP) group primarily funded by the billionaire Koch Brothers, Charles and David. The group gets tax exempt status meant for charities and educational institutions.
They love Mr. Walker and hate unions. Especially public sector unions.
Fair enough. Or is it?
What the AFP has been doing is getting tax breaks as a non-profit organization that is strictly prohibited from supporting any political candidate.
Recently, at Palm Beach Florida, David Koch told the local paper, the AFP is actively working for Walker. “We’re helping him, as we should,” Koch said of Walker. “We’ve gotten pretty good at this over the years. We’ve spent a lot of money in Wisconsin. We’re going to spend more.”
And that's at the heart of the complaint against the AFP. Not its right to say whatever it wants. But against the Milwaukee teacher supporting the group's actions with her/his tax dollars.
Interesting to see where this goes.
You've probably seen the ads from the Americans For Prosperity (AFP) group primarily funded by the billionaire Koch Brothers, Charles and David. The group gets tax exempt status meant for charities and educational institutions.
They love Mr. Walker and hate unions. Especially public sector unions.
Fair enough. Or is it?
What the AFP has been doing is getting tax breaks as a non-profit organization that is strictly prohibited from supporting any political candidate.
Recently, at Palm Beach Florida, David Koch told the local paper, the AFP is actively working for Walker. “We’re helping him, as we should,” Koch said of Walker. “We’ve gotten pretty good at this over the years. We’ve spent a lot of money in Wisconsin. We’re going to spend more.”
And that's at the heart of the complaint against the AFP. Not its right to say whatever it wants. But against the Milwaukee teacher supporting the group's actions with her/his tax dollars.
Interesting to see where this goes.
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Wisconsin Wins Race To Bottom
I've been watching Wisconsin politics with my head shaking back and forth like someone with an uncontrollable tick so i figure I might as well blog about it.
A year ago Scott Walker won the Governor's Office in Wisconsin promising "It's all about jobs".
Since then as the country has pulled out of the Wall Street bankster recession, all states have added jobs. Except for Mr. Walker's 'jobs jobs jobs' Wisconsin. Since Mr. Walker's budget kicked in this past July, the state has lost 35 thousand jobs. No other state has done so poorly.
Facing recall, the Governor has made trips to the rubber chicken circuit, most recently at the James Madison Institute in Florida begging for cash to fight the 'union ads' he says are being run against him.
Here is where I scratch my head. The one shaking back and forth.
There have been no union ads. Lotsa Koch Brother Americans For Prosperity ads and Walker ads (he's spent $7 million so far telling us his program is working). We're headed in the right direction we're told.
Meanwhile the Philadelphia Federal Reserve isn't buying it. "There is little prospect that such trends will reverse given the contractionary policies implemented in the budget".
A year ago Scott Walker won the Governor's Office in Wisconsin promising "It's all about jobs".
Since then as the country has pulled out of the Wall Street bankster recession, all states have added jobs. Except for Mr. Walker's 'jobs jobs jobs' Wisconsin. Since Mr. Walker's budget kicked in this past July, the state has lost 35 thousand jobs. No other state has done so poorly.
Facing recall, the Governor has made trips to the rubber chicken circuit, most recently at the James Madison Institute in Florida begging for cash to fight the 'union ads' he says are being run against him.
Here is where I scratch my head. The one shaking back and forth.
There have been no union ads. Lotsa Koch Brother Americans For Prosperity ads and Walker ads (he's spent $7 million so far telling us his program is working). We're headed in the right direction we're told.
Meanwhile the Philadelphia Federal Reserve isn't buying it. "There is little prospect that such trends will reverse given the contractionary policies implemented in the budget".
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