State: Wisconsin

By Brendan Steinhauser on March 04, 2009

Help us Fight Taxes and Spending in Wisconsin!

I just wanted to take a minute and update you on our efforts to fight taxes and spending in Wisconsin. Many of you will be excited to learn that we are planning a Tax Day Tea Party in Milwaukee on April 15th. This is due to the overwhelming interest in joining our effort to fight wasteful government spending, and the massive bailouts of entire industries. You can rsvp for the event by visiting IamWithRick.com and signing up to attend the protest.

By Adam Brandon on February 20, 2008

Support Budget Transparency in Wisconsin

The first step toward smaller government is an accountable government. Wisconsin legislators Robin Vos, Bill Kramer, and Senator Bob Wirch are proposing a searchable database and website of all state expenditures over $100. This kind of transparency in government helps the public hold their government responsible for the way their money is being spent.

TAKE ACTION 

By Adam Brandon on December 21, 2007

FreedomWorks Applauds Governor Jim Doyle's Approval of the Wisconsin Video Competition Act

Taking a stand for consumers, Governor Jim Doyle gave his approval to the landmark Assembly Bill 207, the "Wisconsin Video Competition Act," paving the way for cable choice throughout the state. All fall, FreedomWorks activists throughout Wisconsin helped to pass this important legislation: making phone calls, sending letters and emails to their assemblymen.

By Adam Brandon on December 10, 2007

Make a Call to Bring Technology Freedom to Wisconsin!

As I wrote in an earlier email, the Wisconsin Senate passed a pro-competition bill called the Wisconsin Video Competition Act. Now the Assembly needs to follow suit in order to bring free-market competition to the state’s telecommunication industry.

Take a couple of minutes and call 800-362-9472. Ask to speak to your assemblyman, and then tell him or her to support the Wisconsin Video Competition Act.

By Adam Brandon on November 19, 2007

Help us Push Pro-Market Telecom Reform Over the Finish Line!

Thanks in part to your efforts, the Wisconsin Senate recently passed the pro-competition Wisconsin Video Competition Act. Now the Assembly needs to act in order to bring free-market competition to the state’s telecommunication industry.

By Adam Brandon on October 11, 2007

Pass the Wisconsin Video Competition Act

Earlier this year the Wisconsin Video Competition Act passed the state Assembly. Now the Senate needs to act in order to bring free-market competition to the state’s telecommunication industry.

Please TAKE ACTION and send a message to your Senator that you support this bill, which would bring competition to the video programming market in Wisconsin.

By Adam Brandon on July 13, 2007

Help Bring Cable Choice To Wisconsin!

With the state legislature battling over the budget, taxes and health care, it is important that another vital economic issue not be forgotten: cable choice. As you know, the Wisconsin Video Competition Act has passed the state Assembly and is now in the Senate.

By Adam Brandon on July 03, 2007

Wisconsin Taxpayer Alert!

This week, Senate Democrats will be pushing their budget plan that would raise taxes significantly on Wisconsinites and create a socialized health care system. If the Democrat Senators get their way on all their budget proposals, Wisconsin could move from the eighth most taxed state to #1! The health care plan would cost over $15.2 billion next year alone, according to the Tax Foundation.

By Adam Brandon on July 03, 2007

Wisconsin Senate Democrats Want New Taxes on Individuals and Businesses

Tax scheme would make Wisconsin highest taxed state in nation.

This week, Wisconsin Senate Democrats are planning to push a budget plan that would raise taxes significantly for both citizens and businesses. Currently Wisconsin has the eighth heaviest tax burden. If the Democrat tax scheme is realized, Wisconsin would become the highest taxed state in the nation. FreedomWorks, a grassroots organization based in Washington, DC with 11,000 members in Wisconsin, urges Wisconsinites to fight the new tax plan.

By Adam Brandon on June 20, 2007

Tax would be passed onto consumers in the form of higher prices

Recent polls in Wisconsin show that consumers don’t see tax increases on energy providers as a solution to high gas prices or the state’s budgetary shortfalls. In fact, 82% of consumers believe they will have to pay the price for these tax increases in the form of higher prices on fuel. View the poll results here and see what the majority of Wisconsin citizens are saying about the prospect of more tax hikes.

State Blogs

By Jim Hoft on May 23, 2012

With Recall Vote Days Away - New Study Shows Walker's Reform Saved Wisconsin $1 Billion

Democrats had such high hopes just weeks ago that they would recall Governor Scott Walker and oust him from office. But their dreams are fading fast. With just two weeks to go before the election, Governor Walker holds a six point lead in the latest Marquette poll.

State Press Releases

By Brendan Steinhauser on March 04, 2009

Help us Fight Taxes and Spending in Wisconsin!

I just wanted to take a minute and update you on our efforts to fight taxes and spending in Wisconsin. Many of you will be excited to learn that we are planning a Tax Day Tea Party in Milwaukee on April 15th. This is due to the overwhelming interest in joining our effort to fight wasteful government spending, and the massive bailouts of entire industries. You can rsvp for the event by visiting IamWithRick.com and signing up to attend the protest.

State News

By Web Team on June 01, 2008

Prudence Pays for Profligacy

Ali Auch is a chump.

Auch and her husband, both 22, are renting an apartment in Kiel while they work, go to college and raise a toddler. They looked at houses in their present price range but found them slummy. They could have bought way above their price range: When they lived in Green Bay last year, some lender prequalified them for a $220,000 mortgage, the payments on which would have exceeded their entire income. They said no.