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Given that the "Coalition to be Honest with the Voters" seems to have lost my mailing address again this election season, I did a little homework after getting some mail recently from one of these goofy-named groups that always seem to pop up right before we vote.
I got a card from a group dubbed "Wisconsin Institute for Leadership" (evidently the Coalition to Love Mom and Apple Pie is weighing in on an election somewhere else right now) and was urged to thank Brett Davis for fighting a supposed $15-billion tax increase while working to improve the economy and help farmers.
Before picking up the phone I thought I should look for myself. Turns out the "leadership" they credit Rep. Davis for, actually helped keep digging the hole we're in right now with more people losing jobs and farm families fighting for survival.
The vote that this group cites was actually the first real attempt offered at the State Capitol to change a busted health care system to make coverage more affordable.
If the "Coalition for We're All Getting Screwed by the Status Quo" was to send me a card, it might point out that Rep. Davis has never even offered a law to fix this health care crisis that's resulting in employers cutting jobs.
Forcing farmers to milk cows morning and night and take another job off the farm in between just to afford health insurance and medical bills isn't job creation.
Too many work too hard to face the life-and-death decisions forced upon them by a broken health care system and the politicians bought and paid to protect it.
I got a card from a group dubbed "Wisconsin Institute for Leadership" (evidently the Coalition to Love Mom and Apple Pie is weighing in on an election somewhere else right now) and was urged to thank Brett Davis for fighting a supposed $15-billion tax increase while working to improve the economy and help farmers.
Before picking up the phone I thought I should look for myself. Turns out the "leadership" they credit Rep. Davis for, actually helped keep digging the hole we're in right now with more people losing jobs and farm families fighting for survival.
The vote that this group cites was actually the first real attempt offered at the State Capitol to change a busted health care system to make coverage more affordable.
If the "Coalition for We're All Getting Screwed by the Status Quo" was to send me a card, it might point out that Rep. Davis has never even offered a law to fix this health care crisis that's resulting in employers cutting jobs.
Forcing farmers to milk cows morning and night and take another job off the farm in between just to afford health insurance and medical bills isn't job creation.
Too many work too hard to face the life-and-death decisions forced upon them by a broken health care system and the politicians bought and paid to protect it.
