From LaVern Isely
Monroe
Legislators keep talking about fixing Social Security which might be all right because it might have some problems but I feel it has a lot less problems than our federal and state governments do. Up to now, these two groups have done very little to look into the fraud aspect. Otherwise, AARP, which I'm a member of, wouldn't have started their own fraud department and even in Wisconsin. If you're not getting weird phone calls and letters in the mail, things our local police even say they can't do anything about because it has to be looked into higher up.
While a lot of states are getting rid of payday lenders, Wisconsin still has them. A lot of companies and individuals use things called the "Las Vegas loopholes," as well as using offshore tax havens which government has failed to control. On top of this, we have hedge fund dealers who are reported to make billions of dollars a year, paying federal income tax at only a 15-percent tax bracket instead of the top rated of 35 percent.
We have a growing debt in our government on the federal level, as will as the state level, such as Illinois, which is affecting their bond ratings and if the ratings go, they won't even be able to borrow money to meet their obligations. So Illinois has decided to raise the income tax on the wealthiest individuals to help their debt. Wisconsin is going to lower or freeze taxes to get in more industry and businesses. Wisconsin property taxes are already higher than Illinois and they didn't say what they're going to do about that What would happen if Illinois improves their bond rating by "taxing on ability to pay" and Wisconsin lost because, while they might get more industry, they would find a lot more people moving out-of-state because of our ever-increasing property tax here in Wisconsin?
So, just because we don't have government on the federal or state level that doesn't want to prosecute the criminals that are doing this, which they call all legal, but in reality, they're still crooks. Like an article in The Monroe Times of Feb. 2, a reprint from "The Post Crescent" from Appleton titled, "Clean up After Orphaned Earmarks" and I quote: "These orphaned earmarks are dragging down the system and confuse lawmakers and taxpayers."
Good government is management.
Monroe
Legislators keep talking about fixing Social Security which might be all right because it might have some problems but I feel it has a lot less problems than our federal and state governments do. Up to now, these two groups have done very little to look into the fraud aspect. Otherwise, AARP, which I'm a member of, wouldn't have started their own fraud department and even in Wisconsin. If you're not getting weird phone calls and letters in the mail, things our local police even say they can't do anything about because it has to be looked into higher up.
While a lot of states are getting rid of payday lenders, Wisconsin still has them. A lot of companies and individuals use things called the "Las Vegas loopholes," as well as using offshore tax havens which government has failed to control. On top of this, we have hedge fund dealers who are reported to make billions of dollars a year, paying federal income tax at only a 15-percent tax bracket instead of the top rated of 35 percent.
We have a growing debt in our government on the federal level, as will as the state level, such as Illinois, which is affecting their bond ratings and if the ratings go, they won't even be able to borrow money to meet their obligations. So Illinois has decided to raise the income tax on the wealthiest individuals to help their debt. Wisconsin is going to lower or freeze taxes to get in more industry and businesses. Wisconsin property taxes are already higher than Illinois and they didn't say what they're going to do about that What would happen if Illinois improves their bond rating by "taxing on ability to pay" and Wisconsin lost because, while they might get more industry, they would find a lot more people moving out-of-state because of our ever-increasing property tax here in Wisconsin?
So, just because we don't have government on the federal or state level that doesn't want to prosecute the criminals that are doing this, which they call all legal, but in reality, they're still crooks. Like an article in The Monroe Times of Feb. 2, a reprint from "The Post Crescent" from Appleton titled, "Clean up After Orphaned Earmarks" and I quote: "These orphaned earmarks are dragging down the system and confuse lawmakers and taxpayers."
Good government is management.
