Wed Nov 7, 2012, 12:05 PM

lutefisk (3,393 posts)

What will be the Republican agenda in Wisconsin?

For starters, here's a list taken from a reader posting in the Cap Times comments section:

With complete control of both houses in Wisconsin we could have the following bills on the table for hardworking Wisconsin families.
1. Right to Work
2. Additional cuts to state aid to school districts and municipalities
3. Major expansion of the school voucher program
4. Additional cuts to the state university system
5. Deregulation of the Payday Loan interest caps
6. Reduction in taxes for manufacturers
7. A deregulated mining bill
8. Deregulation for the fracking sand industry
9. A complete takeover of the Department of Public Instruction
10. State mandated changes to Science and History curriculum in K-12 schools
11. A move to privatization of the state prison system
12. Additional regulation of renewable energy sources
13. Revisiting the Wisconsin retirement system

http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/elections/republicans-retake-state-senate-full-control-of-state-government/article_89232d4a-28ca-11e2-8f58-001a4bcf887a.html

I think they will quickly push through a mining bill, go after the WRS, and obliterate and profitize both k-12 education and the UW-System. What else is on the agenda and how can it be slowed, if not stopped?

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9 replies	Author	Time	Post
What will be the Republican agenda in Wisconsin? (Original post)	lutefisk	Nov 2012	OP
Let's work for a new Supreme Court justice	dragonlady	Nov 2012	#1
Thanks- that's something concrete to work for...	lutefisk	Nov 2012	#2
This message was self-deleted by its author	lutefisk	Nov 2012	#9
K&R	midnight	Nov 2012	#3
What's with the long numbered list? There's only one agenda:	mojowork_n	Nov 2012	#4
First laugh of the day- thanks! Sad but funny.	lutefisk	Nov 2012	#5
Number 5 in dude's list tripped the association.	mojowork_n	Nov 2012	#6
Empty the coffers and dumb down the populous.	yourout	Nov 2012	#7
Fuck workers. Fuck women. Fuck the environment.	Viking12	Nov 2012	#8

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Wed Nov 7, 2012, 12:17 PM

dragonlady (2,564 posts)

1. Let's work for a new Supreme Court justice

Patience Roggensack is up for reelection in April next year, and the campaign for her successor should start tomorrow. (I have no idea who that person should be.)

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Wed Nov 7, 2012, 12:21 PM

lutefisk (3,393 posts)

2. Thanks- that's something concrete to work for...

I'm grasping here- the next 12 months is looking bad for the State.

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Wed Nov 7, 2012, 12:22 PM

midnight (23,435 posts)

3. K&R

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Wed Nov 7, 2012, 01:31 PM

mojowork_n (2,224 posts)

4. What's with the long numbered list? There's only one agenda:

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Memorable line from Goodfellas summarizes it nicely....

Strangle, maim, cripple, bury or dispose of government/union/communitarian and/or green function.
Proceed to the check out line:

Apologies for the vulgarism, but there's nothing civilized about their agenda. Period.

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Wed Nov 7, 2012, 01:46 PM

lutefisk (3,393 posts)

5. First laugh of the day- thanks! Sad but funny.

At least the Mob only f**ks up a few people and not a whole state.

This bunch is so, so bad. We know the people of Wisconsin are going to suffer in the months and years ahead. This is just going to be crazy.

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Wed Nov 7, 2012, 02:05 PM

mojowork_n (2,224 posts)

6. Number 5 in dude's list tripped the association.

Number 1 -- divide and conquer in pure form ("right to work for less"), then 4 items in a row about how to dumb down critical thinking, then after all that hard work, time to remember a pay-off:

2. Additional cuts to state aid to school districts and municipalities
3. Major expansion of the school voucher program
4. Additional cuts to the state university system
5. Deregulation of the Payday Loan interest caps

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Wed Nov 7, 2012, 03:24 PM

yourout (6,140 posts)

7. Empty the coffers and dumb down the populous.

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Wed Nov 7, 2012, 09:29 PM

Viking12 (5,904 posts)

8. Fuck workers. Fuck women. Fuck the environment.

In no particular order.

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