More Money for Public Schools Is Not the Answer

America’s public school students continue to score well below students from other developed countries on standardized tests of math, science, reading, and problem solving.  Embarrassed teachers’ unions are blaming the poor performance of American students on budget cuts.  This is nothing more than finger pointing to distract taxpayers from the real reasons for poor performance, but it is at least a well-timed if disingenuous distraction. Because of the disastrous economic policies of the Obama administration, most states have had to suffer through persistent recessionary conditions for three years and counting.

As a result, local school systems in most states have experienced on-going budget cuts or, at least, what teachers’ unions call budget cuts.  In many cases the so-called cuts have really been reductions in projected increases as opposed to actual cuts.  In fact, only the skewed logic of the left could define a reduction in a proposed budget increase as a budget cut.  A cut is when you end up with less funding than you had, not less than you wanted.

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http://patriotupdate.com/articles/more-money-for-public-schools-is-not-the-answer

Still Moving Up - Wisconsin Business Climate Now 20th

Will Wisconsin Rise Again?

May 2 2012 by Dale Buss

The Badger State keeps rising in the Chief Executive Best States/Worst States list, and that’s got Wisconsin businesses cheering—as well as investing. Nevertheless, CEOs and entrepreneurs there are worried that an election recall this summer of their champion, Governor Scott Walker, could upend the great improvements made in the state’s business climate in just two years.

Wisconsin leapt to 20th place in our Best States/Worst States list this year from 24th last year, one of only eight states that enjoyed a rise of at least four spots. That followed a phenomenal 17-place leap in last year’s list, where it occupied the doldrums of 41st place. 

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Don't let gender flap distract

Wisconsin State Journal editorial | Posted: Thursday, April 26, 2012 5:00 am

The grand total of women (and men) in Wisconsin who have used a 2009 state law to file employment discrimination lawsuits is — zero.

So don't believe the hype about state leaders supposedly stopping women from getting paid the same as men by repealing the law this month. Any worker in Wisconsin who is discriminated against based on gender, age, race or other factors can still seek justice from state and federal agencies as well as the federal courts.

The repeal of the 2009 state law that nobody used doesn't change that.

Democratic candidate for governor Kathleen Falk recently claimed that women who suffer pay discrimination "can't do something about it" because of a Republican-backed bill Gov. Scott Walker just signed into law.

But PolitiFact Wisconsin just rated Falk's claim as false: "Of the four legal options available under the current law, only one would be eliminated by the bill," according to the fact-checking website that Milwaukee Journal Sentinel journalists operate.

Moreover, it's the only one of those four option that hasn't been used.

"Nobody has obtained a finding of liability from a law judge and then gone into state court and asked for damages," Scott Beightol, a Wisconsin lawyer who represents employers on discrimination issues, told the State Journal on Wednesday.

He added: "How this became a gender pay issue is beyond me," given that the 2009 law, approved when Democrats controlled the state Legislature, wasn't specific to women.

Falk isn't the only one exaggerating the issue. Sen. Glenn Grothman, R-West Bend, suggested repealing the 2009 law would be the most pro-business piece of legislation taken up by the Republican-controlled Legislature this session, according to the Journal Sentinel. That doesn't say much for the GOP's efforts to boost economic activity in Wisconsin.

Let's root out sexism in the workplace with less show and more substance.

The WI Mine Would Have Been Safe!

Fun Fact Of The Day

Did you know...

•The mine would not have had any negative environmental effects as the DNR & EPA were involved in the planning and supervision.

•Donna says that she wants to work together, but yet she voted against all these jobs just to play politics in the recall elections. We don't want someone representing us that says one thing and does another.

Donna Seidel Voted No on 1000's of Jobs

Fun Fact Of The Day
Donna Seidel voted against the mine, which would have created over 5,500 jobs and generated approximately $1.2 billion (yes, billion with a "b") per year in much needed revenue for our economy? Particularly here in Northern Wisconsin.

Jerry Petrowski - Solid Amid False Charges

Fun Fact Of The Day
Have you seen the recent ad Rep. Donna Seidel is running against Rep. Petrowski? She is claiming that Jerry cut funding for breast and cervical cancer screenings that are part of the Well Woman Program. Did you know that is 100% false? The non‐partisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau released a memo showing that the only cuts made to the program were in the 2009‐11 state budget, which Seidel voted for and Petrowski voted against. In the 2007‐09 state budget, which was cited in the ad, funding was actually increased to the program. Petrowski voted for the 2007‐09 budget, and Seidel voted against. Please 'like' and share!