WATCH – Shortly after Gov. Walker won his recall election in 2012, The MacIver News Service interviewed DOA Secretary Mike Huebsch about Act 10. In these never-before-seen interview clips, Huebsch describes the dire financial situation that Wisconsin faced when Walker took office and why they determined collective bargaining reform was the only way to fix it. Read More Act 10 At 10: Mike Huebsch On The Origins Of Act 10
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Special Podcast – The Walker Years: A Legacy of Conservative Reforms
By Chris Rochester -
Act 10, Budget, Conservative Reforms, Dale Kooyenga, Democrats, Education, Eric Bott, Eric Schutt, Foxconn, Gov Scott Walker, Health Care, Jim Doyle, Legislature, MacIver Newsmakers, Mike Huebsch, Obamacare, Republicans, School Choice, Scott Walker, Tax, Tony Evers, Walker Legacy, Welfare
The MacIver Institute looks back at a remarkable era in Wisconsin history in our special presentation, “The Walker Years: A Legacy of Conservative Reforms” which aired on News/Talk 1130 WISN. Read More Special Podcast – The Walker Years: A Legacy of Conservative Reforms
The Walker Years Podcast: Mike Huebsch
By Chris Rochester -
Conservative Reforms, Gov Scott Walker, MacIver Newsmakers, Mike Huebsch, Scott Walker, Walker Legacy
Mike Huebsch, Gov. Scott Walker’s first Secretary of Administration, was in the middle of the maelstrom as protesters descended on the Capitol in the heady days following the introduction of Act 10, and he was at Walker’s side throughout the battle to right Wisconsin’s fiscal ship. Huebsch shares his thoughts on the Walker years in this edition of a special MacIver Newsmakers podcast series examining the legacy of Scott Walker in conversations with those uniquely qualified to tell it. Read More The Walker Years Podcast: Mike Huebsch
The Scott Walker Years: Taxpayer-Centered Reforms in Wisconsin
By Chris Rochester -
Act 10, Alberta Darling, Budget, Dale Kooyenga, Democrats, Education, Eric Bott, Eric Schutt, Foxconn, Grover Norquist, Health Care, Jim Doyle, Legislature, Mike Huebsch, Obamacare, Republicans, School Choice, Scott Walker, Tax, Tony Evers, Welfare
By M.D. Kittle – Walker’s signature success, Act 10, is, for many, the defining win of his two eventful terms. But it was just the beginning of a long list of limited-government reforms the likes of which Wisconsin had never seen. Read More The Scott Walker Years: Taxpayer-Centered Reforms in Wisconsin
The Scott Walker Legacy: An Unprecedented Time of Reform and Taxpayer Victories
By Matt Kittle -
Act 10, Alberta Darling, Budget, Dale Kooyenga, Democrats, Education, Eric Bott, Eric Schutt, Foxconn, Grover Norquist, Health Care, Jim Doyle, Legislature, Mike Huebsch, Obamacare, Republicans, School Choice, Scott Walker, Tax, Tony Evers, Welfare
By Matt Kittle – The Republican governor’s limited-government policies were so anathema to their big-government religion that progressives launched a recall movement, the birth of the left’s national resistance movement, against him. They hated him so much that they readily endorsed a secret, unconstitutional “John Doe” investigation — one of the darkest chapters in Wisconsin history — into Walker, his campaign, and many of the center-right organizations in the state. But Walker and the conservative Legislature embraced the battle, and bested progressives at nearly every turn. Read More The Scott Walker Legacy: An Unprecedented Time of Reform and Taxpayer Victories