Category Archives: Economics

Third World Wisconsin

For a generation, the average worker’s pay and benefits have been stagnant. Wisconsin’s governor now wants to create a third-world state by crushing the one group of workers that hasn’t already been crushed. Continue reading

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The Green Bay Packers Are Good For America

The Packers are the only major sports franchise in the USA that’s a non-profit organization owned by the community, rather than a corporation owned by a cabal of billionaires. Continue reading

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The Shoddy Stadium Rant

Stadiums should be built to last at least 100 years. And when you build a roof in a snowy climate, it should be strong enough to handle a lot of snow. Continue reading

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Yes, we can!

There comes a time in the summer when our garden is producing tomatoes faster than we can eat them. That’s when we round up the surplus and can them. Continue reading

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Personal Cap-and-Trade

Tax the greedy, help the needy, and motivate conservation across the economy. Continue reading

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Transportation Liberation

Save the Planet, Save Money, and Save Your Sanity by Not Driving Hybrid vehicles and bio-fuels may help, but they are not the solution. Solving the global warming problem will take dramatic action, and becoming car-free is an action with … Continue reading

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Economic Secession

A few weeks ago, I wrote a rant titled “Resist the Unacceptable”. It concluded that the executive branch of the United States government is occupied by the leaders of yet another coup disguised as an election. It is the patriotic … Continue reading

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Low-wage WalMart jobs erode tax base

WalMart drones will go on about “low prices”. They confuse price with value. We are far better served at “Main Street” stores, where the staff actually know and care about their products and their customers. Continue reading

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