MacIver News Service – Social enterprises might be one part of the answer to combating poverty in the United States, according to a new study by the New Jersey-based Mathematica Policy Research. Read More Social Enterprises: A Solution to Employing the Hard-to-Employ?
While most of the attention focused on the right-to-work debate last week, budget discussions started in earnest as state agency heads briefed the Joint Finance Committee (JFC) on the Governor’s plans for their respective departments. Here’s a run down of some of the action.
Read More ICYMI: Budget Hearings Ramp Up Debate On State Priorities
MacIver Perspective by James Wigderson – With such majorities, this is a time to be bold. While there are possible, ahem, political considerations in the East Wing, those considerations should not stop the legislature from enacting a conservative agenda that will have a lasting impact on Wisconsin. Read More Wisconsin Taxpayers Should Expect Bold Reforms from Lawmakers
MacIver News Service – Governor Scott Walker’s re-election campaign released its Continuing Wisconsin’s Comeback plan today, laying out policy priorities that Walker aims to pursue if he wins another term in November. At the top of the list are initiatives to cut taxes, continue educational reforms, and implement more changes to welfare.
Read More Governor Walker Wants More Tax Cuts and Education Reform in Second Term
MacIver News Service – U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Janesville) spoke about his new plan to combat poverty at and event hosted by the MacIver Institute recently. He argued that the current system creates barriers to escaping poverty and has done little to change the poverty rate over the last 50 years. Read More Paul Ryan Aims to Eliminate Poverty, Not Manage It
MacIver News Service – U.S. House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Janesville) introduced a range of policy ideas to combat poverty in America during a speech at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) on Thursday morning. Ryan has spent the last year touring the country and learning from people who are in his words, “fighting poverty on the front lines.” Read More Paul Ryan: ‘We Need to Expand Opportunity in This Country’
Wisconsin has seen many types of welfare fraud, from food stamps to unemployment compensation. In fact, the MacIver Institute reported recently on the large about of unemployment fraud in the Badger State. However, there is another government program that may be rampant with fraud and it is very easy to do. Read More From National Review: Me and My Obamaphones
Assembly Republicans have taken on a new initiative, Right the Rules, to perform a comprehensive review of the Administrative Code. Read More Regulation Review by the Wisconsin Legislature
On Saturday morning former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, the prsumptive Republican nominee for President, announced he had picked Janesville Congressman Paul Ryan to run along side him as the GOP’s vice presidential nominee. Read More Romney Selects Paul Ryan as Running Mate
But we are where we are. In the short term, there are three ways to close the funding gap and avoid cutting pensions: a) force current employees to contribute more (fat chance), b) force the taxpayer to pay more (fatter chance), or c) invest in stocks and allow corporations to increase profits and generate higher returns. Read More Nerenz: Welcome to Later