UPDATE: AOC’s Green New Deal Could Cost $93 Trillion, Study Finds

By Matt Kittle - February 27, 2019

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Government, Green New Deal, Greta Neubauer, Mark Pocan, Medicare for All, Nancy Pelosi, NASA, Socialist

By M.D. Kittle – Make no mistake, taxpayers of all income levels — not just the wealthy — would pay dearly should the fantastical, socialist Green New Deal ever becomes law.
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Transportation ‘Tax Force’ Likes 5.5-Cent Gas Tax Hike, Return Of Indexing

By Matt Kittle - February 5, 2019

Craig Thompson, Department of Transportation, Gas Tax, Government, Registration, Revenue, Task Force, Tax Hikes, Tony Evers, Transportation

By M.D. Kittle and Chris Rochester – Gov. Tony Evers’ Transportation task force has spent the past couple of days weighing all kinds of tax-and-fee-increase ideas, but members appear to overwhelmingly support a hike in the state’s gas tax and a return to gas tax indexing. Read More Transportation ‘Tax Force’ Likes 5.5-Cent Gas Tax Hike, Return Of Indexing

MacIver News Minute: Transportation Task Force Stacked Against Taxpayers

By Chris Rochester - February 5, 2019

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Gov. Tony Evers’ Transportation Stakeholders Task Force is looking more like a Tax Farce – with one hand out and another in taxpayers’ pockets. The Task Force met last Thursday and again on Monday and set a revenue-first reform-later agenda. Everything was on the discussion table, from gas tax hikes to heavy truck fees – even a mileage tax and tracking system. You know who wasn’t at the Tax Force table? Taxpayer advocates. Read More MacIver News Minute: Transportation Task Force Stacked Against Taxpayers

MacIver Newsmakers Podcast: Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald

By Matt Kittle - January 23, 2019

Budget, Democrat, Education, Government, Liberal, Medicaid, Republican, Scott Fitzgerald, Tony Evers

By M.D. Kittle — Underwhelmed. That’s how Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald says he felt after listening to Gov. Tony Evers’ first state of the state address Tuesday evening. Read More MacIver Newsmakers Podcast: Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald

Is This Justice? Deborah Jordahl And Her Family Lived The Real John Doe

By Matt Kittle - January 4, 2018

Brad Schimel, Brian Bell, Conservatives, Deborah Jordahl, Department of Justice, Elections Commission, Ethics Commission, Gerald Nichol, Government, Government Accountability Board, Investigation, John Doe, Legislature, Michael Haas, Scott Walker, Targets

By M.D. Kittle – Deborah Jordahl’s story cuts to the quick the defenders of the politically driven John Doe II investigation and, as we have recently learned, the abusive probe’s offshoots. Read More Is This Justice? Deborah Jordahl And Her Family Lived The Real John Doe