WI GOP wants to do away with the Governor!? How to make a little, small VOS essentially the Governor from the WI Assembly.

Do you really think a person like VOS, who is accountable to a very small part of the State of Wisconsin should be the "effective" co-governor of the state with his counterpart in the State of Wisconsin Senate.

His district is gerrymandered to keep him in office and he does NOT represent the majority of people, let alone voters in the State.

This would be like making one Alderperson from Madison or Green Bay the effective Mayor of those cities.  The Alderperson does not represent all of the citizens of the city.  It is not "democracy".  No accountability.

#WIGOP WI #GOP wants to do away with the Governor!?  How to make a little, small #VOS essentially the Governor from the WI #Assembly.  Is this #democracy ? Hardly representative! 

GERRYmander #VOS - #WIGOP WI #GOP wants to do away with the Governor!?  How to make a little, small #VOS essentially the Governor from the WI #Assembly.  Is this #democracy ? Spent a $1M on #Gableman for #Trump 

Would you prefer a Recession? Have you lost your job?

Inflation is a personal experience.  The price of gas.  How and how far you commute to work.  The price of bread.  How much is your personal inflation rate and after the purchase do you have any discretionary income. 

Losing your job is the way corporations and/or companies fight inflation. They fire you because inflation hawks insist on high interest rates and product/services prices go up.

Balance and realism.  What do you really need?

Discretionary income is what a household or individual has to invest, save, or spend after necessities are paid.

I doubt that Musk or Bezos or even Putin notice.  A recession is uniformly experienced by the economically disadvantaged or those about to become uniformly disadvantaged - the bottom half of the income distribution - not the wealthy!

The economic narratives we hear don't really tell us the right story.  The number of jobs available and the resistance of those returning to work tells us what the pandemic has taught us.

IT WAS COSTING YOU MORE TO WORK THAN STAY HOME ... 

In the weeds ... the concept of elasticity applied to economics and consumerism.  Demand for 'things' is elastic ... we can pick and choose so long as we have income or wealth. Supply these days is inelastic ... we have trouble finding what we want to buy!

Wealth inequality video goes viral

Would you prefer a #Recession ?  Would you prefer to be #Unemployed ? Are you #Poor or #Wealthy ? Have you ever received #UnemploymentCompensation ?

Have you lost your job? Inflation is elastic (no real impact) for the #Wealthy . Would you prefer a #Recession ? Would you prefer to be #Unemployed ? Are you #Poor or #Wealthy ? #GOP States always want to cut benefits to the #Umemployed

Wealth inequality video goes viral!  Are you #Poor or #Wealthy? 

Political Tropes: Be Afraid, Very Afraid

 This idea of political tropes should perhaps be subdivided by the special interests or "common characterizations"

• Choice
• Immigration
• Vaccines - COVID
• Guns
• Prohibition
• Education
• Safety Net
• Socialism
• Regulations and Rules
• Gerrymandering
• Voter Fraud

Tucker Carlson

Trickle down economics, flat tax, inequality

A Trump Tool -  We're All Gonna Die! How Fear Of Death Drives Our Behavior

Political #Tropes:  Be Afraid, Very Afraid - #Politics - #TrickleDown economics, #flatTax, #inequality, Tucker #Carlson 

Trump #Tropes (about minute 24):  Be Afraid, Very Afraid - #Politics - #Immigrants , #MAGA , #inequality , #China  

Wisconsins Fraudulent Electors: Vos Must Know ... Gableman too?

 

POLITICS & GOVERNMENT VOTING COMMENTARY We must hold Wisconsin’s fraudulent electors accountable Wisconsin is the epicenter of the struggle to preserve American democracy. Jeffrey Mandell JEFFREY MANDELL JANUARY 6, 2022 7:00 AM Wisconsin Examiner

Weeks earlier, when the Electoral College met in each state, 10 Wisconsinites chose to commit fraud. While the electors chosen by the people met in public and cast Wisconsin’s votes in accordance with the election results, they skulked in the shadows and met in secrecy. These 10 Wisconsinites — including then-Chair of the state Republican Party Andrew Hitt and Wisconsin Elections Commissioner Robert Spindell — met somewhere in the Wisconsin Capitol and signed papers purporting to cast Wisconsin’s 10 electoral votes for the losing candidate. In doing so, they broke the law. Wisconsin, like every other state, statutorily pledges to cast its electoral votes for the candidate who wins the popular vote statewide. These fraudulent electors disregarded that fundamental principle of our democracy and of Wisconsin law. They also seem to have violated Wisconsin laws prohibiting forgery, falsely assuming to act as public officers, misconduct in public office, and conspiracy to commit criminal acts, possibly among others. They may well have also violated federal law. 

Wisconsins 2020 Fraudulent #Electors: #Vos Must Know ... #Gableman too? Accountability? #Fitzgerald now in Congress voted against legal WI Electors! 

Fraud began in #Wisconsin - 2020 Fraudulent #Electors: #Vos Must Know ... #Gableman too? Accountability? #Fitzgerald now in Congress voted against legal WI Electors! 

Senator Manchin and the "Two Faced" politician?!

So this is nothing new?   Politicians have always talked out of two sides of their mouth!  Nuanced messages to different constituencies.

I would say it has never been like this because we are in a "new media era" every month.  Senator Joe Manchin simply offers the best illustration of the point.

Consider ... this last week Manchin announced he will not support "Build Back Better".  Where and how  did he make this pronouncement - "Fox News".  STRATEGIC.

He knows his "conservative" or "Trump" supporters will hear this message as they listen only to Fox.  His detractors will be heard only on the "lib" media!

He thus has it both ways!  Later his principal supporters will only remember he was against BBB.  So he can get away with changing his posture with little impact. The "cons" will not be too critical because he has them believing he may switch to their POV.

So he maintains or enhances his leverage with both groups - the "cons" and the "libs" ... what a master at the straddle!

Senator #Manchin and the " #TwoFaced " #politician ?! 

Atticus, Fiona - The existence of FEMA is INFRASTRUCTURE ... in these times of earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes and unseasonal storms

Who does not understand this? Biden or Trump !

... and the problem is still generally Congress.  Although the paper towel rolls that Trump tossed to Puerto Ricans were appreciated I'm sure :)

FEMA was created and signed into law by President Carter!

Tornado Storm #Atticus , #Fiona - The existence of #FEMA is #INFRASTRUCTURE ... in these times of #tornadoes and unseasonal storms! #Biden gets it! 

Which Billion $ company is going to cleanup and help the people after the latest hurricane?  Walmart helped after Katrina, Tesla has taken some steps in the past ... I'm waiting Amazon, Facebook. 

Partnership To Fight #ChronicDisease ... misleading, follow the money to #Pharma #Lobbying - anti #Medicare #Medicaid

 Partnership To Fight Chronic Disease 

Rollcall - Partnership To Fight Chronic Disease ... deep links to Pharma

By Emily Kopp

Posted September 30, 2021 at 8:27am

The nonprofit organization behind a wide-reaching ad campaign against allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices has deep ties to pharmaceutical lobbyists.

A cable ad campaign has made a patient group called the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease ubiquitous on television screens in Washington, D.C., and 13 states including Arizona, Colorado and Georgia.

“Thirteen years ago, I noticed a lump on my stomach, and sure enough, they found a cancerous tumor on my liver. I’ve got to take about 22 pills a day,” a man named Bo says in one of the group’s ads. “Take it from someone who knows: Medicare price negotiation isn’t the answer.”

Undisclosed in the heart-wrenching commercials: The Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease has extensive ties to the lobby for major pharmaceutical companies, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, or PhRMA.

For nine years, it shared an address with PhRMA, which advocates for pharmaceutical companies including Pfizer, Amgen and GlaxoSmithKline. Lobbyists for the partnership also lobby for drug companies, and they list PhRMA as a related organization on their required disclosure forms.

 Partnership To Fight #ChronicDisease ... misleading, follow the money to #Pharma #Lobbying - anti #Medicare #Medicaid