Top 5 Ways To Improve The Republican Budget

By MacIver Staff - June 28, 2021

2021-23 Budget, Big Government, Gov. Evers, Government Waste, Rep. Mark Born, Sen. Devin LeMahieu, Sen. Howard Marklein, Sen. LeMahieu, Speaker Robin Vos, Tax Cut, Top 5 Ways To Improve The Budget, Wisconsin State Budget

Five big issues that should have been addressed during the budget debate, despite Evers’ line item veto power. Read More Top 5 Ways To Improve The Republican Budget

Budget Blog: How Much Land Does Government In Wisconsin Need To Own?

By Brett Healy - June 10, 2021

2021-23 Budget, Big Government, Bonding, DNR Knowles-Stewardship Program, Government Land, Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program, Private Property, State Spending, Stewardship, Unnecessary Spending, Wasteful Spending

Stewardship vote today How much government-owned land is enough in Wisconsin? 20%? 30%? 50%? The Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program is scheduled for a vote today in the Joint Committee on Finance. The Finance Committee is finishing up its work on Governor Evers’ 2021-2023 state budget proposal. There is speculation that Republicans on the Finance Committee may try to reauthorize the program past the current end date of 2022 and increase the current bonding limit of $33.25 million a year so government can purchase even more private property and take it off the tax rolls. Given the recent fiscal re-estimate and …

Home Alone

By MacIver Institute - June 19, 2019

2019-21 Budget, Big Government, Dan O'Donnell, Gov Scott Walker, Gov. Tony Evers, Government Spending, Wasteful Spending

This week, Dan O’Donnell writes that without the fiscal father figure of former Gov. Scott Walker, legislative Republicans are throwing a big-spending house party. Read More Home Alone

On the Dan O’Donnell Show: MacIver Analysis Debunks The Left’s Minnesota Myth

By Chris Rochester - May 25, 2018

Big Government, Conservative Reforms, Mark Dayton, Minnesota, Progressive Policy, Scott Walker, Wisconsin

The left has dusted off its beloved canard that Minnesota is a utopia under big government progressive policies, but there’s a problem: it’s not true. The fact is Wisconsin has outpaced Minnesota in many key measures under the fiscally responsible policies of Gov. Walker and the conservative Legislature. MacIver Communications Director Chris Rochester debunks the latest liberal claims on the Dan O’Donnell Show, guest hosted by Matt Kittle. Read More On the Dan O’Donnell Show: MacIver Analysis Debunks The Left’s Minnesota Myth

MacIver News Minute: Insanity on Parade in Madison Broadband Boondoggle

By Chris Rochester - May 3, 2018

Big Government, Boondoggles, Broadband, Broadband Boondoggle, Insanity, MacIver News Minute, WISN

Forget the fact that Madison is already one of the nation’s most digitally connected cities. Forget the half-million dollar failed broadband pilot project. Forget that private sector internet providers are already offering options for low-income residents. Madison politicians and bureaucrats sure are – despite all those inconvenient truths, they’re forging ahead with a city-owned broadband boondoggle that could cost taxpayers as much as $130 million. Isn’t that the definition of insanity? Read More MacIver News Minute: Insanity on Parade in Madison Broadband Boondoggle